Class European Union Law

European law complement the study of the portuguese law. This study is conducted from a descriptive, practical and critical analysis perspective of its legal-institutional foundations. European Union Law aims at enabling students to understand the origin and evolution of European integration and to understand the organisational and institutional structures of the European Union after the Lisbon Treaty. Understanding the supporting legal texts, which are unclear and complex, will require students to analyse and interpret them carefully. The Union values and domains of action, as well as the way in which the States interact with each other and with the Institutions of the European Union are essential elements to understand the importance of the Union and its activity.  

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  .I. Origins and evolution of European integration. II. Institutional stucture of the EU and decision making procedures III. The legal order of the European Union (hereinafter abbreviated as EU): legal nature of EU law, core principles and sources of EU law IV. Substantive law and policies of the European Union V. The EU and current global challenges.  

1: Interaction with documents, databases, information/multimedia resources originating from  EU institutions, aiming at an immersion of the students in the activity and working methods of the EU. 2: Simulation of decision-making processes in the Union and of the ordinary legislative process.  

Bibliografia base: Gorjão-Henriques, Miguel, Direito da União. História, Direito, Cidadania, Mercado Interno e Concorrência, Almedina, 10.a Ed., 2025 Machado, Jónatas. Direito da União Europeia. Gestlegal. 4.a Ed., 2022 Comissão Europeia, Direção-Geral da Comunicação e Borchardt, K.-D., O ABC do direito da União Europeia, Serviço das Publicações da União Europeia, 2023, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2775/11605  Legislação essencial: Constituição da República Portuguesa Tratado da União Europeia (TUE) Tratado sobre o Funcionamento da União Europeia (TFEU) Carta dos Direitos Fundamentais da União Europeia (CDFUE)