European Union Law

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Explanatory method (during lectures) and discussion with case presentations (in practical classes).Use of audiovisual technologies and personal computers. Additional bibliographical references (books, monographs, articles and judgments). Evaluation through written and oral examination.

Learning Outcomes

a) Understanding the legal nature of EU Law

b) Knowledge of  the European Union's decision making procedures

c) Knowledge of  EU law (sources, regulatory procedures, interpretation and integration of gaps)

d) Knowing, thorough understanding and aplying the principles structuring the European Union Law (namely principles ruling the relationship with the domestic laws of member states) to concrete cases.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

a) The legal nature of EU Law

b) The European Union's decision making procedures

c) The law of the European Union (sources, regulatory procedures, interpretation and integration of gaps)

d) Principles structuring the European Union Law and the relationship with the domestic laws of member states.

Head Lecturer(s)

Dulce Margarida Jesus Lopes

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

Jónatas Machado, Direito da União Europeia, Coimbra Editora, 2010 ou

Miguel Gorjão Henriques, Direito da União, Almedina, 2010 ou

João Mota de Campos, Manual de Direito Europeu, Coimbra Editora, 2010.