European Union Law

The aims of the course can be listed as it follows:
1.Giving students a complete knowledge about European Union Law and developing the ability of understanding of the process of European integration and of the rules and principles which regulate the relationship between EU law and national law, in particular Italian law.
2.Developing the ability to work with principles and legal rules, in a personal and thoughtful way. Students will be expected to successfully apply the legal notions learnt during the course to practical cases, through the study of official documents of the EU and, in particular, of the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
3.Improving students' independent thinking, convincingly debating and putting forward arguments with respect to the subjects of the course.
4.Acquiring legal terminology skills. Students are expected to express the knowledge acquired during the course in a coherent, well-argued fashion as well as with proper legal terminology.
5.Developing autonomous learning skills, so that - once they have acquired the basic skills - students can further develop and update their knowledge of EU law, by applying the legislative framework as well as the relevant case law, also at a national level.
6.Giving students notions which can be useful for them in a multi-disciplinary prospective;
7.Arousing interest for the other optional courses dealing with EU Law;
8.Developing a background of knowledge and competences which can be useful for students' professional careers (as lawyers, judges, etc.)

By the end of the course, students will be expected to have acquired: (i) an adequate knowledge and understanding of the European integration process and of the rules and principles which regulate the relationship between EU and national law (in particular, Italian law); (ii) the ability to work with principles and legal rules, as well as to apply the notions learnt to practical cases; (iii) the ability to interpret the legal rules studied and to take properly argued and legally sound positions on the subjects of the course; (iv) a deep knowledge of the legal terminology related to EU law; (v) the basic skills to further develop and update their knowledge of EU law.