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European Union Institutions and Policies

European Union Institutions and Policies

Code	12257
Year	2
Semester	S1
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	TP(60H)
Scientific area	Ciência Política e Relações Internacionais
Entry requirements	Not applied
Mode of delivery	Face-to-face.
Work placements	Not apllied.
Learning outcomes	The Discipline aims to identify the power flows within the European Union institutional network; to expose the specificities of the relationship between the Union and the member-States and to reflect upon the levels of competences and attributions as far as the European public policies are concerned. The work developed within the framework of this course unit provides a solid and consistent theoretical preparation which enables the students to acquire the capacity of understanding the European Union institutional tissue; to identify the multiple political and administrative layers which characterise the governance of the national units which together form the European Union; to recognise the attributions which characterise each level of competence of the European Union government system; to understand the dynamics of the of European economic and political integration; to be familiar with the characteristic concepts and technical vocabulary regarding the course of European Studies.
Syllabus	Chapter I – THE EUROPEAN UNION’S INSTITUTIONS A. Directional and execution organs 1. The Commission 2. European Union Council 3. European Council 4. European Parliament 5. Court of Justice 7. European Central Bank B. Auxiliary Organs 1. The Economic and Social field 2. The Monetary and Financial field CHAPTER II – EUROPEAN UNION JURIDICAL ORDER A. Law sources B. Structuring rules of the juridical order C. Safeguard of the juridical order CHAPTER III – THE POLICIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION A. The original policies 1. The customs union and the four freedoms 2. The competition policy 3. The agricultural and transport policies 4. The external commercial policy B. The common policies not foreseen in the EEC treaty 1. The Economic Union policies 2. The Monetary Union policies 3. The External and Security policy 4. The Justice and Internal Affairs policy 5. Policies implemented or created by the Lisbon Treaty
Main Bibliography	1. João CAMPOS, Manual de Direito Europeu. O sistema institucional, a ordem jurídica e o ordenamento económico da União Europeia, VI Edição, Coimbra, Worters Kluer e Coimbra Editora, 2010. Michelle CINI, Nieves BORROGAN (ed.), European Union Politics, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2010. COMISSÃO DOS ASSUNTOS EUROPEUS DA ASSEMBLEIA DA REPÚBLICA, Tratado de Lisboa. Versão Consolidada, Lisboa, Assembleia da República e Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros, 2009. 2. http://europa.eu/index_pt.htm
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.