EUROPEAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW-JEAN MONNET
| Title | EUROPEAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW-JEAN MONNET / EUROPEAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW-JEAN MONNET |
| Code | ΕΛΕ35 |
| Faculty | Law |
| School | Law |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter |
| Common | Yes |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 100001677 |
Programme of Study: PPS Tmīma Nomikīs (2024-sīmera)
Registered students: 0
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENIAIA KATEUTHYNSĪ | Elective Courses | Winter | - | 5 |
| Academic Year | 2019 – 2020 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Weekly Hours | 2 |
| Class ID | 600143278
|
Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
- Skills Development
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
- Distance learning
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600143278
- At the Website of the School: https://www.law.auth.gr/el/ugrad-programme
- eLearning (Moodle): https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=3331
- OpenCourses (eClass): https://opencourses.auth.gr/courses/OCRS395/
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- English (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
Students are expected to have basic knowledge of constitutional law.
Learning Outcomes
- to understand the function of the European Union
- to learn how the EU institutions work
- to realise the intedependance between Member States and the Union
- to become familiar with the characteristics of the European Union
- to know the political system of EU
- to understand the meaning of classical notions of constitutional law, like democracy, citizenship, protection of fundamental rights, constitution, when these notions are transposed from the national to supranational (European) level
General Competences
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Work autonomously
- Work in an international context
- Generate new research ideas
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Conceptual and Substantive Issues of European Constitutionalism.
Syllabus
1. Introduction to European Constitutional Law
2. Are the Treaties the‘Constitution’ of the Union?
3. What kind of democracy forthe Union? Is there a democratic deficit?
a. The notion of representative democracy in the Union(Art. 10 Treaty of European Union)
b. Citizens’participation to the political governance of the Union(Art. 11 Treaty of EU)
c. The role of national parliaments in the EU (Art. 12 Treaty of EU) and Protocol 1
4. European Citizenship
5. The Union and Fundamental Rights
a. the CJEU case-law
b. The Charter of Fundamental Rights as a new source of rights: legal value
c. The role of the ECHR for the protection of rights at EU level
6. Constitutional principles: Subsidiarity
7. Institutions
a. The Council
b. The President
c. The Commission
d. The Parliament)
8. Separation of powers
9. The Relationship between EU law and national constitutions
10. The Economic Constitution ofthe Union
Keywords
European Union, European Constitution, institutions of the EU, European citizenship
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Seminars | |||||
| Reading Assigment | |||||
| Written assigments | ✓ | ||||
| Total |
Student Assessment
Description
Two options:
1) Students take a written exam at the end of semester. Grade: 30% participation, 70% exam.
OR
2) Students orally present in the class and submit a written paper on the making of a/the Constitution of the European Union. The presentation shall be in English and extend to no more than 20 min. A written paper of approximately (± 10%) 5000 words (≈18 pages, margins 2,5 cm, Times New Roman 12, line spacing 1,5) excluding footnotes, may be submitted in English.
Grade: 30% participation, 20% presentation of own paper, 50% written paper.
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Summative)
- Written Assignment (Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative)
Last Update
08-11-2019
