Class European Union Law

The legal order underlying the EU is an integral part of the political and social reality of the 27 Member States, Portugal being one of these States.

European Union Law aims to enable students to know the origin and process of European integration and to understand the organizational and regulatory structures of the European Union after the Lisbon Treaty. Likewise, understanding the supporting legal texts, which are unclear and quite difficult to reach, will oblige students to analyze and interpret carefully. The values. the domains of action, the way in which the States interact with each other and with the Institutions of the European Union is essential to understand the importance of the existence of a Union of European States.

Part I - History of European Integration

1 - From the Treaty of Paris to the Treaty of Lisbon

Part II - EU legal order

1. Legal nature of the DUE (DUE and European Law; DUE and International Law; DUE and national law

2. Sources

3. Division of competences

4. EU regulatory framework

5. Decision-making procedures

6. Normative force of the EU legal system

Part III - Principles of Due Diligence

1. Principles included in the Lisbon Treaty

2. EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

Part IV - EU external action

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• SOUSA, Domingos - Direito da União Europeia. Lisboa: QJ, Sociedade Editora, 2018. ISBN 978-972-724-802-5
• JÓNATAS, E.M. Machado - Direito da União Europeia. Coimbra: Coimbra Editora, 2010. ISBN 978-972-32-1858-9
• GORJÃO-HENRIQUES, Miguel -Direito da União - História, Direito, Cidadania, Mercado Interno e Concorrência. 6.ª Edição. Coimbra: Almedina, 2010. ISBN 978-972-40-4386-9

• MARTINS, Ana Maria Guerra (2018). Manual de Direito da União Europeia – Após Tratado de Lisboa (reimpressão da 2.ª edição). Coimbra: Almedina.

• Legislação de suporte:

  - Gorjão-Henriques, Miguel (2021). Tratado de Lisboa. Coimbra. Almedina.

  - Rocha, Isabel (2016). Tratados da União Europeia. Porto: Porto Editora.

  - Silveira, Alessandra e Froufe, Pedro (2020). Tratado de Lisboa – Versão Consolidada. Lisboa: Quid Juris.