European Institutions 2105-EPE-L-D2-EUIN

1. European Union’s supranational nature
2. EU institutional system and democratic deficit
3. Conferral of powers
4. Subsidiarity and proportionality
5. Institutional balance
6. Loyalty & effectiveness
7. European Council
8. Council of Ministers
9. European Parliament
10. European Commission
11. Court of Justice of the European Union
12. European Central Bank
13. Court of Auditors
14. European Ombudsman
15. Economic and Social Committee
16. Committee of the Regions
17. EU agencies

Term 2024L:

The detailed programme consists of the following problems:

1. Intergovernmentalism and supranationalism in the EU.
2. EU democratic deficit.
3. EU institutional system – definition and classification.
4. Origins of the European Council.
5. Structure of the European Council.
6. Decision-making in the European Council.
7. Functions of the European Council.
8. Origins of the Council.
9. Structure of the Council.
10. Decision-making in the Council.
11. Qualified majority in the Council.
12. Functions of the Council.
13. Origins of the European Parliament.
14. Elections to the European Parliament.
15. Organisational structure of the European Parliament.
16. Political structure of the European Parliament.
17. Decision-making in the European Parliament.
18. Functions of the European Parliament.
19. Origins of the Commission.
20. Structure of the Commission.
21. Appointment of members of the Commission.
22. Decision-making in the Commission.
23. Functions of the Commission.
24. Origins of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
25. Structure of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
26. Appointment of members of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
27. Proceedings before the Court of Justice of the European Union.
28. Origins of the European Central Bank.
29. Structure of the European Central Bank.
30. Appointment of members of the European Central Bank’s bodies.
31. Functions of the European Central Bank.
32. Origins of the Court of Auditors.
33. Structure of the Court of Auditors.
34. Appointment of members of the Court of Auditors.
35. Functions of the Court of Auditors.
36. Origins of the Economic and Social Committee.
37. Structure of the Economic and Social Committee.
38. Appointment of members of the Economic and Social Committee.
39. Functions of the Economic and Social Committee.
40. Origins of the Committee of the Regions.
41. Structure of the Committee of the Regions.
42. Appointment of members of the Committee of the Regions.
43. Functions of the Committee of the Regions.
44. European agencies.
45. Comitology.

Type of course

obligatory courses

Course coordinators

Karolina Boiret

Learning outcomes

K_W04: the student knows the basic processes and concepts of the development of the European Union, the relationship between the shaping and functioning of the European Union and changes in the socio-cultural and economic-political spheres of the world and the continent - with particular emphasis on the EU institutional law;

K_W05: the student knows the structure, competences and functioning of the institutions of the European Union and their impact on the member states and their mutual relations;

K_U01: the student is able to observe and interpret various social phenomena occurring in the European Union and to analyze the links between the cultural, political, economic and legal areas in the internal and external dimensions - with particular emphasis on the institutional law of the EU;

K_U06: student is able to analyze the structures and institutions of the European Union, in particular political, economic, national and supranational ones in connection with their national and international environment;

K_K03: the student is ready to initiate and participate in civic initiatives and projects, taking into account their socio-political and economic consequences - based on the knowledge of the EU institutional system;

K_K05: the student is ready to institutionally represent the diverse interests of various social groups, taking into account the political, economic and legal aspects of the initiatives taken - based on the knowledge of the EU institutional system.

Assessment criteria

Written test + extra credits for active participation

Regarding the use of AI tools: Level 1. NO AI (The verification of learning outcomes is carried out entirely without the assistance of artificial intelligence. Students rely solely on their own knowledge, understanding, and skills. Artificial intelligence may not be used at any stage of the assessment.)

Bibliography

Legal sources:
1. Treaty on European Union (consolidated version), OJ C 202, 7 June 2016.
2. Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated version), OJ C 202, 7 June 2016.

Internet:
1. Websites of EU institutions and bodies: .

Literature:
Koen Lenaerts (2011), European Union Law, Sweet & Maxwell
Artur Kuś (ed.) (2013), Introduction to European Union Institutional Law, Wydawnictwo KUL
Paul Craig, Gráinne de Búrca (2008), EU law: text, cases and materials, Oxford University Press
Damian Chalmers, Gareth Davies, Giorgio Monti (2010), European Union law: cases and materials, Cambridge University Press
Marios Costa, Steve Peers (2020), Steiner & Woods EU law, Oxford University Press
Nigel Foster (2009), Foster on EU law, Oxford University Press
August Reinisch (2012), Essentials of EU law, Cambridge University Press
Stephen Weatherill (2007), Cases and materials on EU law, Oxford University Press
Ulf Bernitz, Xavier Groussot, Felix Schulyok (2013), General principles of EU law and European private law, Kluwer Law International
Andrea Biondi, Piet Eeckhout, Stefanie Ripley (2012), EU law after Lisbon, Oxford University Press
Paul Craig, Gráinne de Búrca (2011), The evolution of EU law, Oxford University Press
Alina Kaczorowska (2009), European Union Law, Routledge
Diamond Ashiagbor, Nicola Countouris, Ioannis Lianos (eds.) (2012), The European Union after the Treaty of Lisbon, Cambridge
Daniel Augenstein (ed.) (2012), ‘Integration through Law’ Revisited. The Making of the European Polity, Ashgate

Term 2024L:

Legal sources:
1. Treaty on European Union (consolidated version), OJ C 202, 7 June 2016.
2. Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated version), OJ C 202, 7 June 2016.

Internet:
1. Websites of EU institutions and bodies: .

Books in the UW library:
1. The Institutions of the European Union, ed. by D. Hodson, J. Peterson, Oxford 2017, Oxford University Press.
2. S. Hix, B. Høyland, The Political System of the European Union, Basingstoke-New York 2011, Palgrave Macmillan.
3. EU Law, J. Steiner et al., Oxford 2017, Oxford University Press.

Other books:
1. N. Nugent, The Government and Politics of the European Union, London 2017, Palgrave Macmillan.
2. European Union Law, ed. by C. Bernard, S. Peers, Oxford 2017, Oxford University Press.

Additional information

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

Description of 2105-EPE-L-D2-EUIN in USOSweb