Saint-Louis University - Bruxelles
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LEUSL2020 - Institutional Law of the European Union



Credits : 6

Lecturer :
Mode of delivery :
Face-to-face , first term, 45 hours of theory.

Language of instruction :
French

Learning outcomes :
This course is dedicated to the organization of the EU's institutional and normative system. The students acquire a competence to analyse the EU's legal processes, and to understand the means of implementation and interpretation of European legal acts.


Prerequisites :
None

Co-requisites :
None

Course contents :
The course embraces the following topics:

1) General framework: constitutional evolution of the EU; relations between the EU and the member states and competence sharing between them; legal status of the EU;
2) Institutional system, decision-making process: role and judicial control of EU institutions;
3) Normative system: analysis of Community acts; analysis of their implementation and interpretation; analysis of the control mechanisms applying to European legal acts.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Ex cathedra presentations.

The course is divided into three parts: after drawing the general framework of the EU Institutional Law and the principles that govern the relations between the EU and its member states, it examines the institutional system and the decision-making process. Finally, the third part focuses on analysing the normative system.

Assessment methods and criteria :
Written or oral examination

Recommended or required reading :
None

Other information :
Support: legal texts.