Announcements

14/01/2022 - As advised during the first session, the scheduled session for the 20 January will be held on Friday 21 January at 17.30hrs and the session scheduled to be held on the 24 January will be held on Tuesday 25 January at 17.30hrs. Separate links for these sessions have already been posted below.

31/01/2022 - Assignments' questions have been made available below

Online Sessions Link

To connect to the online sessions of this module please click on this link . You will be asked to register your attendance if you are not already signed in into your Zoom account. You will also be asked for the password which is below.

Meeting ID: 980 2083 0963
Passcode: 510449

Session of the 21 January 2022 - Link

Meeting ID: 935 1329 4907
Passcode: 172260

Session of the 25 January 2022 - Link

Meeting ID: 939 8712 9965
Passcode: 883432

Make sure that you show with your name & surname as you have been registered for the study programme. This is very important for attendance purposes.

Lecture Schedule & Notes

Lecture notes will be available during the week following the respective lecture. Schedule dates are indicative and may change. All changes, if any, may be communicated via email, SMS or telephone calls.

Lecturer/s  

Dr Chris Vella

Downloadable Reading Documents

• Treaty on the European Union
• Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

Lecture Summaries & Suggested Reading 

Lecture 1 - Background, Development of European Integration and the Institutions

• From World War II to the European Union
• Theories of European Integration
• The different treaties
• The Institutions
  o The European Parliament
  o The European Council
  o The Council
  o The Commission
  o The Court of Justice of the European Union
  o European Central Bank
  o Court of Auditors

Core Reading List

• Craig and De Burca, EU Law, Chapter 1 ‘The Development of European Integration’
• Craig and De Burca, EU Law, Chapter 2 ‘The Institutions’

Supplementary Reading List

• Woods and Watson, Steiner & Woods EU Law, Chapter 1
• Woods and Watson, Steiner & Woods EU Law, Chapter 2
• Woods and Watson, Steiner & Woods EU Law, Chapter 3
• Treaty on the European Union
• Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

Lecture 2 - Competence, Sources of EU Law and the Instruments

• The concept of competence
• Exclusive competence
• Shared competence
• The Flexibility clause
• The Harmonization clause
• Principle of subsidiarity
• The Sources of EU Law
• The Legislative Instruments
  • Regulations
  • Directives
  • Decisions
  • Inter-institutional Agreements
  • Recommendations, Opinions and Soft Law
• The Legislative procedure

Core Reading List

• Craig and De Burca, EU Law, Chapter 3
• Craig and De Burca, EU Law, Chapter 4
• Craig and De Burca, EU Law Chapter 5

Supplementary Reading List

• Woods and Watson, Steiner & Woods EU Law, Chapter 3
• Woods and Watson, Steiner & Woods EU Law, Chapter 6

Lecture 3 - The nature and effect of EU Law, the relationship between EU Law and National Law and the principle of Supremacy

• Horizontal and vertical direct effect
• Direct effect of Treaty provisions
• The Effects of Van Gend en Loos and other jurisprudence
• Direct effect of regulations and decisions
• Directives
• The Vertical / Horizontal distinction
• The Supremacy principle

Core Reading List

• Craig and De Burca, EU Law, Chapter 7
• Craig and De Burca, EU Law, Chapter 9

Supplementary Reading List

• Woods and Watson, Steiner & Woods EU Law, Chapter 4
• Woods and Watson, Steiner & Woods EU Law, Chapter 5

Lecture 4 - General Principles of EU Law and their application

• General principles
• Equal Treatment and non-discrimination
• Principle of proportionality
• Principle of transparency
• Application in public procurement and labour legislation

Core Reading List

• Craig and De Burca, EU Law, Chapter 24

Supplementary Reading List

• Woods and Watson, Steiner & Woods EU Law, Chapter 6

Lecture 5 - The Four Freedoms

• Free Movement of goods
• Free Movement of capital
• Free movement of workers
• Freedom of establishment and to provide services

Core Reading List

• Craig and De Burca, EU Law, Chapter 18
• Craig and De Burca, EU Law, Chapter 19
• Craig and De Burca, EU Law, Chapter 20
• Craig and De Burca, EU Law, Chapter 21
• Craig and De Burca, EU Law, Chapter 22

Supplementary Reading List

• Woods & Watson, Steiner & Woods EU Law, Chapters 15 - 26

Lecture 6 - EU Labour Law

• The European Social Partners and European Social Diaolgue
• Free Movement of Workers
• Working Time Conditions and the Working Time Directive
• Collective Redundancies and Employee’s rights
• Equal treatment of works
• Equal Pay for equal work

Core Reading List

• Selwyn’s Employment Law
• Craig & De Burca, EU Law, Chapter 19

Supplementary Reading List

• Woods and Watson, Steiner & Woods EU Law, Chapter 27

Lecture 7 - EU Competition Law and State Aid

• Introduction to Competition Law
• Article 101 of the Treaty
• Article 102 of the Treaty: Dominant Position
• Abusive conduct
• Basic Principles of State Aid

Core Reading List

• Alison Jones and Brenda Sufrin, EU Competition Law

Supplementary Reading List

• Woods and Watson, Steiner & Woods EU Law, Chapter 28
• Woods and Watson, Steiner & Woods EU Law, Chapter 29

Methods of Assessment

2 Assignments 100% of final score

Assignments

You have to choose 2 out of the 4 questions which are available from the Assignment Submission form found below. Both assignments should be submitted by not later than Thursday 5 May 2022. The assignments have to be submitted together with the respective Assignment Submission Form. Please indicate the questions which you have addressed on the Assignment Submission form.

Assignment Submission Form

If you need information on how to plan, draft and submit your assignments follow the 21 Academy presentation on Writing and Submitting your Assignment.

We are also making the 21 Academy's Assignments Rubric available for your guidance. This is a performance-based assessment tool. Tutors will use the rubric to assist them to allocate scoring while it allows students to understand what is required in the assignment and how it will be graded. For referencing purposes, as much as possible please use the Oscola Referencing Guide.

Assignment should be sent accompanied by the respective assignment submission form on info@advisory21.com.mt. Please send assignments in pdf format. Do not scan assignment but convert/save it directly to pdf.

Note that the submitted assignment will be scanned for plagiarism. It is advisable that before submitting your assignments, especially if submission is being done close to the deadline, that you yourself check your assignments before actually submitting them.

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