XAEUL EU Law

Moravian Business College Olomouc
summer 2025

The course is not taught in summer 2025

Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
JUDr. Jan Vylegala, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
JUDr. Jan Vylegala, Ph.D.
Moravian Business College Olomouc
Supplier department: Moravian Business College Olomouc
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 1 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/1, only registered: 0/1
Course objectives
The course focuses on the introduction to the functioning of the European Union. The course covers the historical development of the European Communities and European Union, its institutions and Treaties, principle of supremacy of EC law, division of competences between European Union and Member States and the judicial system. The course focuses on selected forms of economic integration and four freedoms of the Internal market.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the historical development of the European Communities and European Union.
  • 2. Institutions of the EC.
  • 3. Scope of the EC Treaty. Supremacy of EC law. Principles of direct applicability and direct effects.
  • 4. General principles of law in EC law (structure, sources, hierarchy).
  • 5. The Secondary law of the European Union.
  • 6. Division of competences between European Union and member states.
  • 7. Judicial system of the EU I - general introduction. Direct actions before Union courts - infringements, review of legality, failure to act.
  • 8. Judicial system of the EU II. Preliminary ruling procedure.
  • 9. Forms of economic integration. Free trade area. Common market. Internal and single market. Customs union.
  • 10. Four freedoms of the internal market I. Free movement of people and goods.
  • 11. Four freedoms of the internal market II. Free movement of capital and services. Free movement of decisions.
  • 12. The Charter of Fundamental Rights of EU. External relations law, association agreements.
Literature
    required literature
  • SCHÜTZE, R. An Introduction to European Law. 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, 2018, 384 pp. ISBN 978-1-316-27831-4. info
  • WEATHERILL, S. Cases and Materials on EU Law. 12th ed. Oxford University Press, 2016, 704 pp. ISBN 978-0-19-874880-9. info
  • CRAIG, P. and G. BÚRCA. EU Law - Text, Cases and Materials. 6th ed. Oxford University Press, 2015, 1380 pp. ISBN 978-0-19-871492-7. info
    recommended literature
  • SCHÜTZE, R. European Constitutional Law. 2nd. Ed. Cambridge University Press, 2018, 559 pp. ISBN 978-1-316-48179-0. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316481790.001. info
Assessment methods
Examination: written examination, attendance and active participation in lectures
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms summer 2022, summer 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (summer 2025, recent)
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