FVP:FVPAA047 The Administrative System of t - Course Information

FVPAA047 The Administrative System of the European Union

Extent and Intensity

2/1/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

PhDr. Matúš Vyrostko, PhD. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

PhDr. Matúš Vyrostko, PhD.
Faculty of Public Policies in Opava

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Předměty pro zahraniční studenty (programme FVP, 1583)

Course objectives

Legal basis for the establishment and functioning of the European Union (hereinafter "EU"), its values and objectives. Sources of EU law - primary and secondary law, EU citizenship and fundamental human rights, including the system of their protection. The position and powers of bodies and institutions operating within the EU, taking into account the vertical and horizontal elements of the division of power, the system and the organization of the judiciary in the EU.

Syllabus

• 1. European integration (theoretical and legal background, origin and development of European integration,
• 2. The international legal status of the European Union (international legal personality of the EU, values and goals of the Union, states as a constitutive element of the EU),
• 3. Division of competences in the European Union (exercise of EU competences, horizontal and vertical division of powers),
• 4. The legal system of the European Union (conceptual definition, the relationship of EU law to international law, properties and scope of EU law),
• 5. Sources of European Union law (primary law and sources of law equivalent to primary law, general principles of EU law, international treaties concluded by the EU),
• 6. Sources of European Union law (EU secondary law - regulations, directives, decisions, recommendations and opinions, creation of secondary law),
• 7. Citizenship of the European Union (basic characteristics, EU citizenship and basic human rights, their protection),
• 8. Institutions and bodies of the European Union (seats of EU institutions and bodies, EU language regime),
• 9. European Council (position, creation, competence),
• 10. Council of the European Union and European Parliament (position, creation, competence),
• 11. European Commission (position, creation, competence),
• 12. Supervisory and financial authorities (European Court of Auditors, European Central Bank),
• 13. Judiciary in the European Union (EU Court of Justice, Court of Justice, General Court, Specialized Courts).

Literature

required literature
• Svoboda, P., 2019. Úvod do evropského práva. 6. vydání. Praha: C.H.Beck, 472 s. ISBN 978-80-7400-752-1
• Tichý, L. – Arnold, R. – Zemánek, J. – Král, R. – Dumbrovský, T., 2014. Evropské právo. 5. vydání. Praha: C.H.Beck, 869 s. ISBN 978-80-7400-546-6
• SCHÜTZE, Robert. An introduction to European law. Third edition. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2020. ISBN 978-0-19-885894-2.
• WEATHERILL, Stephen. Cases and materials on EU law. 9th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-19-956225-1.

recommended literature
• Fiala, P. – Krutílek, O. – Pitrová, M., 2018. Evropská unie. 3. vydání. Brno: CDK, 992 s. ISBN 978-80-7325-450-6
• Šmejkal, V. (ed.) a kol., 2018. Evropská unie po brexitu: Právně-institucionální aspekty evropské integrace. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 240 s. ISBN 978-80-7598-098-4
• Ondřej, J. – Mrázek, J. - Kunz, O., 2018. Základy mezinárodního práva veřejného. Praha: C.H.Beck, 288 s. ISBN 978-80-7400-487-2
• Alman, T., 2018. Ústavné právo Európskej únie. Košice: UPJŠ v Košiciach, Fakulta verejnej správy, 135 s. ISBN 978-80-8152-602-2
• Šlosarčík, I., 2017. Právní a politický systém Evropské unie. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 376 s. ISBN 978-80-7552-534-5

Language of instruction

English

Further Comments

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

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