Face-to-face , first term, 45 hours of theory and 4,5 hours of tutorials with cases.

French

HDDR1313A - Foundations of EU Law [1 Q. • 45 Th. • Pond. : 3] Nicolas Cariat, Hugues Dumont
HDDR1313B - Exercices with casus in EU law [1 Q. • Pond. : 1] Silvia Bartolini

- Acquiring knowledge of (i) the historical, constitutional, structural and axiological foundations of the European Union; (ii) the rules which govern the competences of the European Union, its institutional system, and the adoption process of its legal instruments; (iii) the sources of EU law, its main characteristics and the judicial controls in place.
- Being able to identify and understand the provisions of the founding treaties of the European Union, which will be commented during the lectures.
- Understand the significance of most prominent case law of the European Court of Justice, which will be discussed during the course.
- Acquiring the ability to think critically about European Union law, with an open mind to other disciplines such as legal theory, political theory and political science.

For the Bachelor in Law (Evening Programme) :

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The course is divided into three parts. The first part is devoted to the historical, politico-legal, institutional and ideological foundations of the European Union. The institutional context and the elaboration process of European law will be studied in the second part of the course. The third part will focus on the formal sources and on the authority (primacy, direct effect, right of review) of European Union law.

- Ex-cathedra lectures given by the professor. The content is mainly theoretical, with some involvement of the students required and Q&A sessions. Attendance is mandatory.
- Sessions of practical exercises for the law students, supervised by the assistant.

Oral examination (in January, June and September), with 20 minutes of preparation.

- Les traités européens après le traité de Lisbonne. Textes comparés, Paris, La Documentation française, 4ème éd., 2016, disponible à la reprographie.

OR: K. LENAERTS et A. TIZZANO, Code de l'Union européenne 2014, Bruxelles, Bruylant, 2014, disponible à la reprographie.

- A. BAILLEUX et H. DUMONT, Le pacte constitutionnel européen - tome 1, Fondements du droit institutionnel de l'Union, Bruxelles, Bruylant, 2015, disponible à la reprographie.

- Syllabus of the course (2 volumes).

- case law and secondary law : the relevant documents will be made accessible to the students on Moodle.