MVV16K General Problems of EU Law after Lisbon

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Prof. Dr. Fabian Amtenbrink (lecturer), prof. JUDr. Vladimír Týč, CSc. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. Vladimír Týč, CSc.
Department of International and European Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Hana Brzobohatá
Timetable
Mon 10. 11. 13:30–15:00 025, Tue 11. 11. 15:05–16:35 030, Wed 12. 11. 16:40–18:10 025, 18:15–19:45 025, Thu 13. 11. 15:05–16:35 133, 16:40–18:10 025
Prerequisites (in Czech)
MP609K Law of European Union I || MP704K Law of European Union I
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 65 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/65, only registered: 0/65
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
Course title
General Problems of EU Law after the Treaty of Lisbon: Further Constitutionalization or Gradual Dismantling of the European Integration Process?

Aim
To equip students of law with an advanced understanding of the complex constitutional and institutional issues resulting from the multidimensional system of governance that the European Union as a legal order beyond the nation state stands for and the consequences which the rejection of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe in 2005 and the uncertain faith of the Treaty of Lisbon may have on the future of European integration.

Literature
For this course no single text book is prescribed. Instead literature linked to the different topics listed above will be made available (electronically) to the participants. Moreover, the lectures are accompanied by Power Point Presentations which are also made available to participants.
Furthermore, participants should have an up-to-date English language copy of the EU Treaty, EC Treaty and the Treaty of Lisbon (documents are available for free at http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/treaties/index.htm

Lecturer
Professor Dr. Fabian Amtenbrink
Department of European law, School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam (http://www.frg.eur.nl/english/)
Syllabus
  • The course provides students with a broad introduction to the multidimensional constitutional structure of the European Union and the most important challenges it faces, as well as the attempts to provide European integration with a new (constitutional) basis, firstly through the establishment of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe and thereafter with the Treaty of Lisbon. Both the substance of these Treaties as well as the developments surrounding their adoption and subsequent ratification in the Member States highlight the limitations of the current process of European unification more than 50 years after the signing of the original treaties of Paris and Rome. This raises the provoking question whether and how European integration can succeed in the future.
  • The course consists of 6 lectures of 2 hours each and will inter alia include the following topics:
  • 1. The constitutional relationship between the Member States and the supranational European legal order
  • 2. The form of government in the European Union: between confederation and federation
  • 3. From Treaties to a Constitution: from economic to political integration in the European Union
  • 4. Towards a more democratic, transparent and efficient Union? The aims of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe and the subsequently the Treaty of Lisbon
  • 5. The EU: midlife crisis or terminal patient? Causes for the failure of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe and (for the time being) the Treaty of Lisbon
  • 6. Further widening and deepening of the European Union: what way forward with or without the Treaty of Lisbon?
Literature
  • Studijní materiály jsou studentům poskytovány před započetím kurzu na ISu v anglickém jazyce
Assessment methods
The course takes place in one weeks block. Examination: elaboration of an essay on a given topic.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught only once.
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