Areas of Application of European Law
- The formal (principle) scope of application of Union law
- Expansive basic understanding
- Union law to be implemented
- Sufficiently specific obligations of the member states
- Obligations under secondary law
- Obligations in cross-border situations
- Duties arising from citizenship of the Union
- Art. 157 I TFEU
- Applicability of universal principles and fundamental rights
- The substantive areas of application of Union law
- Harmonisation concessions
- Substantive intertwining of primary and secondary law
- Legally differentiated assessment of each situation
- Primacy of teleology
- Unity, primacy and effectiveness of Union law
- The role of the ECJ
- Room for national fundamental rights
Mode of delivery
face to face
Type
compulsory
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Latzel, Clemens (2015): Die Anwendungsbereiche des Unionsrechts, in EuZW, Heft 17/2015, S. 659-664.
Pacic, Harun (2020): Europäische Grundrechte, Norderstedt: BoD.
Jaeger, Thomas (aktuelle Auflage): Materielles Europarecht, Wien: LexisNexis ARD Orac.
Additional literature will be announced by the lecturer at the beginning of the semester.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, participation & performance, legal research, exercises in applying the law and solving cases, legal writing, case discussion as homework (individual task)
Assessment methods and criteria
Final exam (closed book) 70% and continuous assessment parts (30%): two case discussions à 10%, participation & performance 10%
Prerequisites and co-requisites
None
Infos
Degree programme
Europäische Wirtschaftspolitik
Cycle
International Programme
ECTS Credits
5.00
Language of instruction
German
Curriculum
Full-Time
Academic year
2023
Semester
1 WS
Incoming
Yes
Learning outcome
After successful completion of the module, students can:
- explain the institutions and sources of law of the EU, their back-ground and meaning of the European legal construct,
- explain and classify the role of the European Court of Justice (ECJ),
- distinguish the formal from the substantive scope of application of European law,
- distinguish between norms of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), as well as legal acts of the EU,
- explain the European legal determinants of economic law issues,
- discuss the legal framework of the EU internal market and conflicts with the national framework of the welfare state.
Course code
0899-23-01-VZ-DE-06