Eu Procedural Law
A.Y. 2020/2021
Learning objectives
The teaching is aimed at providing students with the fundamental notions about litigation at the Court of Justice of the European Union, so as to let them to acquire a specialization useful for their professional future.
- Ability to re-elaborate legal principles and rules. The student must learn to ap-ply the concepts of law learned to concrete cases, through the study of the jurispru-dence of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
- Autonomy of judgment. The student must learn to take legal and sustainable positions with reference to the topics covered in the course.
- Mastery of legal terminology. The student must be able to express the acquired knowledge with argumentative consistency and language properties.
- Learning ability. Students progressively acquire the basic tools for updating their knowledge in the field covered by the course, applying, also with regard to the national context, the reference legislative and jurisprudential framework.
- Ability to re-elaborate legal principles and rules. The student must learn to ap-ply the concepts of law learned to concrete cases, through the study of the jurispru-dence of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
- Autonomy of judgment. The student must learn to take legal and sustainable positions with reference to the topics covered in the course.
- Mastery of legal terminology. The student must be able to express the acquired knowledge with argumentative consistency and language properties.
- Learning ability. Students progressively acquire the basic tools for updating their knowledge in the field covered by the course, applying, also with regard to the national context, the reference legislative and jurisprudential framework.
Expected learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student must demonstrate to have acquired a thorough knowledge of the topics covered by the program, that is, in particular of the main institutes of the process that takes place before the European Union judge, proving to have familiarized with the trial categories of a "non-national" process, yet strongly connected with the daily needs of protection of the Union citizen, whose rights are no longer only of a state matrix, but are increasingly affected by a "community" derivation to which is associated with a peculiar form of jurisdictional protection.
Lesson period: First semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
First semester
Lectures could take place in presence if, according to the indications provided by Caslod, classrooms will be available. Updates will be provided as soon as possible (also on Ariel webpage).
In the absence of classrooms, lectures will be held online, on the MS Teams platform.
Lectures can be followed synchronously according to the first semester timetable. They will also be available asynchronously, because they will be registered and therefore available on the same platform.
The program, the reference material and the assessing methods, as well as the student evaluation criteria, remain unchanged.
It should be noted, however, that attending students in synchronous modality will be more often involved during the lessons, not only through the presentation of cases, but also with the discussion of materials, previously shared and available on the Ariel platform.
More detailed indications concerning the exams (online or in presence) will be communicated on Ariel as soon as possible.
In the absence of classrooms, lectures will be held online, on the MS Teams platform.
Lectures can be followed synchronously according to the first semester timetable. They will also be available asynchronously, because they will be registered and therefore available on the same platform.
The program, the reference material and the assessing methods, as well as the student evaluation criteria, remain unchanged.
It should be noted, however, that attending students in synchronous modality will be more often involved during the lessons, not only through the presentation of cases, but also with the discussion of materials, previously shared and available on the Ariel platform.
More detailed indications concerning the exams (online or in presence) will be communicated on Ariel as soon as possible.
Course syllabus
The attendance at this course requires knowledge - gained through the study of European Union law - of the overall framework of judicial remedies before EU Courts.
In that context, attention will first be devoted to the study of the main means of judicial protection available to the "non-privileged" applicant: the appeal for annulment and the reference for a preliminary ruling.
Secondly, the issues related to the structure and composition of the various bodies that make up the judicial system of the European Union, as well as to their concrete functioning, will be addressed, with the participation of external speakers capable of making the "point of view" of the various actors that ani-mate the trial before the Judge of the European Union.
The "procedure" will then be illustrated also through the description of the ac-tors and their modus operandi in the different procedural contexts.
The final aspiration is to illustrate an important procedural praxis, but still relatively unknown because it is not widespread through the ordinary instru-ments of access to the "eu" jurisprudence and, therefore, so far, only known by a few "specialists" of the sector, contrary to the substantive or material rules of the European Union system, now familiar to a large number of legal operators.
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The participation at a hearing before the Court of Justice or the General Court in Luxembourg will be organised at the end of the course, forming an integral part of it. The documents on the case-file will be previously distributed and discussed.
In that context, attention will first be devoted to the study of the main means of judicial protection available to the "non-privileged" applicant: the appeal for annulment and the reference for a preliminary ruling.
Secondly, the issues related to the structure and composition of the various bodies that make up the judicial system of the European Union, as well as to their concrete functioning, will be addressed, with the participation of external speakers capable of making the "point of view" of the various actors that ani-mate the trial before the Judge of the European Union.
The "procedure" will then be illustrated also through the description of the ac-tors and their modus operandi in the different procedural contexts.
The final aspiration is to illustrate an important procedural praxis, but still relatively unknown because it is not widespread through the ordinary instru-ments of access to the "eu" jurisprudence and, therefore, so far, only known by a few "specialists" of the sector, contrary to the substantive or material rules of the European Union system, now familiar to a large number of legal operators.
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The participation at a hearing before the Court of Justice or the General Court in Luxembourg will be organised at the end of the course, forming an integral part of it. The documents on the case-file will be previously distributed and discussed.
Prerequisites for admission
The course is intended for students who successfully passed the European Union Law exam and, preferably, the Civil Procedure exam.
Teaching methods
The course includes a first part of lectures which will be accompanied by semi-nars, where an active participation of the students is required. Attendance is therefore strongly recommended, due to the structure of the teaching.
Teaching Resources
A reference text is not suggested, while it is recommended the direct access to the sources that regulate the process as well as to the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union whose dissemination will be ensured to the stu-dents. A useful source of references for the case law is the Commento articolo per articolo indicated below, while the readings of essays, collected in the volume that is also recommended, will be a source of reflection and discussion.
C. AMALFITANO - M. CONDINANZI - P. IANNUCCELLI (a cura di), Le regole del processo dinanzi al giudice dell'Unione europea. Commento articolo per articolo, Napoli, Editoriale Scientifica, 2017.
C. AMALFITANO - M. CONDINANZI (a cura di), La Corte di giustizia dell'Unione europea oltre i trattati: la riforma organizzativa e processuale del triennio 2012-2015, Milano, 2018.
Further reading material will be indicated during the classes.
C. AMALFITANO - M. CONDINANZI - P. IANNUCCELLI (a cura di), Le regole del processo dinanzi al giudice dell'Unione europea. Commento articolo per articolo, Napoli, Editoriale Scientifica, 2017.
C. AMALFITANO - M. CONDINANZI (a cura di), La Corte di giustizia dell'Unione europea oltre i trattati: la riforma organizzativa e processuale del triennio 2012-2015, Milano, 2018.
Further reading material will be indicated during the classes.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The exam will only consist of an oral test: there are no written tests.
The vote will be expressed in thirtieths, with possible awarding of honors.
The vote will be expressed in thirtieths, with possible awarding of honors.
Professor(s)
Reception:
Tuesday (from 12,30 ) and Friday (from16,30) by appointment only ([email protected])
Sezione di Diritto internazionale e dell'Unione europea/MS Teams