Scuola di Studi Superiori "Ferdinando Rossi" dell'Università degli Studi di Torino - SSST

Introduction to European Constitutionalism

Introduction to European Constitutionalism

Anno accademico 2014/2015

Sommario insegnamento

• Obiettivi formativi
• Risultati dell'apprendimento attesi
• Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento
• Programma
• Testi consigliati e bibliografia
• Note
• Strumenti didattici

Obiettivi formativi

The aim of the course is to discuss the working of the EU institutions, some of its key constitutional principles and options for future development of the European Union at an advanced level.
Students are encouraged to think critically and offer their own ideas. The course will serve as a basis for practice or r search in this broad area of law and will offer a
broader perspective that strictly legal, also inspired by the literature from
social sciences and humanities.

Risultati dell'apprendimento attesi

On successful completion of this module students will be able to:

- critically reflect on key constitutional principles and the functioning of the European Union institutions;

- synthesize key writings and thinking on the constitutional and institutional developments of the European Union;

- demonstrate an ability to use legal analytical skills, legal research and writing in this specialized area of law.

Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento

Students following this course shall be evaluated in part for their classroom participation/work (30 %), in part on the basis of a paper to be written in English, on topics relating to the course, either assigned by the teacher or agreed with the teacher (70 %)

Programma

10 key topics to be covered (subject to slight changes):

1. Constitutional process in a polity sui generis: supranationality, sovereignty and constitutionalism (2 classes).

2. Supremacy and direct effect: a foundation of the European constitutional order? Contrasting perspectives on the nature of the foundational principles of EC law.

3. The European Courts: co-operative partnership or hierarchical relationship? ECJ, CFI and the European function of the national courts of the Member States. Article 234 EC.

4. Executives of the Member States as Community executives. The notion of the European Administrative Space. Article 10 EC. Fédéralisme d’exécution.

5. The Parliaments in Europe. The European Parliament and the national Parliaments of the Member States. The national Parliaments: ‘Losers’ or ‘masters’ of integration?

6. The principle of subsidiarity and embryonic federalism.

7. European Union and human rights. Two international human rights protection systems in Europe. The protection of Human rights as a constitutional principle of the EU. (2 classes).

8. Citizenship and Constitutionalism: The citizenship of the European Union and the nationality of the Member States. The implications for democracy and Constitution-building.

9. Current challenges.

The course consists of 8 meetings, 2 hours each, conducted once per week by Prof. Kochenov and of 4 additional hours imparted by a teaching assistant that will introduce students to research methods in EU law.

The course is an intensive course, and requires very good language skills (both oral and written). Students will have to read materials before classes and must be prepared to discuss them in class. Therefore, although classroom presence is limited to 20 hours, the workload for this course is equivalent to that which is required by a 40 hours course

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Antoine Vauchez, The transnational politics of judicialization. Van Gend en Loos and the making of EU polity, 16 ELJ, 2009, 1-28.

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Weiler, Joseph H.H., 'The Community System: The Dual Character of Supranationalism', YbEL, 1981, 267 . 
Allott, Philip, 'The European Community Is Not the True European Community', 100 Yale L.J., 1991, 2485. 

Weiler, Joseph H. H., 'European Democracy and Its Critics: Polity and System', in The Constitution for Europe, Cambridge: CUP, 1999, pp. 264-285;

Krisch, Nico, 'Europe's Constitutional Monstruosity', 25 Oxford J. Legal Stud., 2005, 321. 

Williams, Andrew, 'Promoting justice after Lisbon: groundwork for a new philosophy of EU law', Oxford Journal Of Legal Studies, 2010. 

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Schütze, Robert, 'On "Federal" Ground: The European Union as an (Inter)national Phenomenon', 46 CMLRev., 2009, 1069.

Williams, Andrew, ‘Taking Values Seriously: Towards a Philosophy of EU Law’, 29 Oxford J. Legal Stud., 2009, 549.

Craig, Paul, 'The Nature of the Community: Integration, Democracy and Legitimacy', in Craig, Paul and de Búrca, Gráinne (eds.), The Evolution of EU Law, OUP, 1999, pp. 1-50

Höreth, Marcus, 'The Trilemma of Legitimacy - Multilevel Governance in the EU and the Problem of Democracy', ZEI Discussion Paper C 11, 1998, available at http://aei.pitt.edu/340/ 

Walker, Neil, 'Legal Theory and the European Union: A 25th Anniversary Essay', 25 Oxford J. Legal Stud., 2005, 581.  

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J. Waldron, ‘A Rights-Based Critique of Constitutional Rights’, 13(1) Oxford Journal of Legal Studies (1993), 18-51

J.H.H. Weiler, ‘Fundamental Rights and Fundamental Boundaries: On the Conflict of Standards and Values in the Protection of Human Rights in the European Legal Space’, in his The Constitution of Europe (Cambridge University Press: 1999), 102-129

S. Douglas-Scott, ‘The European Union and Human Rights after the Treaty of Lisbon’, 11(4) Human Rights Law Review (2011), 645-682

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Kochenov, Dimitry, ' Ius Tractum of Many Faces: European Citizenship and the Difficult Relationship between Status and Rights', 15 Columbia J. Eur. L., 2009, available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1352734

E Spaventa. 2008. Seeing the Wood Despite the Trees? On the Scope of Union Citizenship and its Constitutional Effects. Common Market Law Review 45: 13-45

Bosniak, Linda, 'Citizenship Denationalized', 7 Ind. J. Global Legal Stud., 2000, 447.

Kostakopoulou, Theodora, 'Ideas, Norms and European Citizenship: Explaining Institutional Change', 68 Mod. L. Rev. 2, 2005, 233.

Kochenov, Dimitry, 'Rounding up the Circle', EUI RSCAS Working Paper, 2010: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1577984

Jacobs, Francis G., 'Citizenship of the European Union - A Legal Analysis', 13 Eur. L.J., 2007, 591.

Kokott, Juliane, 'EU Citizenship - citoyens sans frontières?', Durham European Law Lecture, 2005, (available at http://www.dur.ac.uk/resources/deli/annuallecture/2005_DELI_Lecture.pdf ).

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Wiener, Antje, 'Assessing the Constructive Potential of Union Citizenship - A Socio-Historical Perspective', 1 EIoP 17, 1997, available at http://eiop.or.at/eiop/texte/1997-017a.htm

Weiler, Joseph H. H., 'To Be a European Citizen: Eros and Civilization', in The Constitution for Europe, Cambridge: CUP, 1999, pp. 324 - 355.

Hailbronner, Kay, 'Union Citizenship and Access to Social Benefits', 42 CMLRev., 2005, pp. 1245 - 1267.

Reich, Norbert and Harbacevica, Solvita, ' Citizenship and Family on Trial: A Fairly Optimistic Overview of Recent Court Practice with Regard to Free Movement of Persons', 40 CMLRev., 2003, pp. 615 - 638.

Cardona, Francisco, European Principles for Public Administration, SIGMA Papers No. 27, 1999, available at http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/NISPAcee/UNPAN006804.pdf

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Temple Lang, John, (2008) 'The Development by the Court of Justice of the Duties of Cooperation of National Authorities and Community Institutions under Article 10EC',  31 Fordham Int'l L.J., 1483 (available through WestLaw).

Temple Lang, John, (2004) 'Developments, Issues, and New Remedies - The Duties of National Authorities and Courts under Article 10 of the EC Treaty', 27 Fordham Int'l L.J., 1904 (available through WestLaw).

Temple Lang, John, (2007) 'Article 10 EC - The most important "general principle" of Community Law' available at http://www.juridicum.su.se/nef/Publikationer/JTL%20artikel.htm
(for those reading French):

Dubey, Bernard, 'Administration indirecte et fédéralisme d'e xécution en Europe', 38 CDE 1-2, 2003.

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Toth, Akos G., 'The Principle of Subsidiarity in the   Maastricht   Treaty', 29 CMLRev., 1992, pp.1079-1105.  

Davies, Gareth, 'Subsidiarity: The Wrong Idea, In the Wrong Place , at the Wrong Time', 43 CMLRev., 2006, pp. 63 - 84.

Schutze, Robert, 'Subsidiarity after Lisbon: Reinforcing the Safeguards of Federalism?', 68 Cambridge Law Journal, 2009, 525.

Sander,  Florian, 'Subsidiarity Infringements before the European Court of Justice: Futile Interference with Politics or a Substantial Step towards EU Federalism?', 12 Colum. J. Eur. L., 2006, 517.

von Bogdandy, Armin and Bast, Jürgen, 'The European Union's Vertical Order of Competences: The Current Law and Proposals for Reform', 39 CMLRev., 2002, pp. 227 - 268.

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de Witte, Bruno, 'The Past and Future Role of the European Court of Justice in the Protection of Human Rights', in Alston, Philip (ed.), The EU and Human Rights, Oxford: OUP, 1999;

Binder, Darcy S., 'The European Court of Justice and the Protection of Fundamental Rights in the European Community: New Developments and Future Possibilities in Expanding Fundamental Rights Review to Member States Action', JMWP, No. 4/95, 1995, available at http://www.jeanmonnetprogram.org/papers/95/9504ind.html

Rodríguez Iglesias, G. C., 'The Protection of Fundamental Rights in the Case Law of the Court of Justice of the European Communities', 1 Colum. J. Eur. L., 1995.

Ziegler, Katja S., 'Strengthening the Rule of Law, but Fragmenting International Law: The Kadi decision of the ECJ from the perspective of human rights', Human Rights law Review 9:2 (2009), 288-305;

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von Toggenbug, Gabriel Nikolaij, 'The EU Fundamental Rights Agency: Satellite or Guiding Star?', SWP Comments, March 5, 2007, available at http://www.swp-berlin.org/en/common/get_document.php?asset_id=3820  

Alston, Philip and Weiler, Joseph, H.H., 'An " Ever Closer Union" in Need of a Human Rights Policy: The European Union and Human Rigths', in Alston, Philip (ed.), The EU and Human Rights, Oxford: OUP, 1999, pp. 2-66. Version available at http://centers.law.nyu.edu/jeanmonnet/papers/99/990101.html#TopOfPage

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Canor, Iris, 'Primus inter Pares. Who is the Ultimate Guardian of Fundamental Rights in Europe', 25 ELRev. 1, 2000, pp. 3-21.

Weiler, Joseph H. H. and Fries, Sybilla C., 'A Human Rights Policy for the European Community and Union: The Question of Competences', in Alston, Philip (ed.), The EU and Human Rights, Oxford: OUP, 1999, pp. 147-165. Version available at http://centers.law.nyu.edu/jeanmonnet/papers/99/990401.html

Knook, Allard, 'The Court, The Charter, and the Vertical Division of Powers in the European Union', 42 CMLRev., 2005, pp. 367-398.

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