Administration of the European Union

Recommended Prerequisites

Public International and European Organisations Law, Administrative Law.

Teaching Methods

Teaching is essentially theoretical and practical, combining theory, dogma and jurisprudence. Classes are based on a systematic presentation of content, introducing, as far as possible, a dynamic of student participation, either by encouraging questions or by challenging them and promoting the presentation of work in class. Audiovisual resources and gamification strategies are used.

Learning Outcomes

The aim of this discipline is for students to grasp, as comprehensively as possible, the essentials of the European integration process and, in particular, the fundamental principles and rules applicable to the exercise of administrative functions by the institutions of the European Union and their interaction with the public administrations of the Member States of the Union. Essentially, by the end of the course, students should be able to understand the nature and scope of the European Union's executive function and the guarantees afforded to citizens.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

I. Characteristics of the European Legal System II. EU Administration Models European Administration Models (Indirect, Direct, Decentralised (autonomous); hybrid, concerted, composite models; III. EU Administration i. Organic perspective (Institutions, bodies and agencies and their functioning); ii. Material perspective (powers and relationship with Member States and international entities); iii. Procedural perspective (types of procedures and acts of the European Union); iv. Guarantee perspective (administrative principles and relationship with access to justice).

Head Lecturer(s)

Paulo Joaquim Borges Linhares Dias

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Resolution Problems: 20.0%
Research work: 80.0%

Bibliography

Jónatas Machado, Direito da União Europeia, Coimbra editora. Suzana Tavares da Silva, Direito administrativo europeu, Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra João Nuno Calvão da Silva, Agências europeias de regulação da União Europeia. Gestlegal António Francisco de Sousa, Direito Administrativo Europeu, Vida Económica.