Philosophy of European Law

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Course ID:	2200-1CWPM64
Erasmus code / ISCED:	10.0 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0421) Law The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Philosophy of European Law
Name in Polish:	Philosophy of European Law
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Law and Administration
Course groups:	(in Polish) Inne przedmioty dodatkowe w j. angielskim (in Polish) Wykłady specjalizacyjne i konwersatoria dla III roku studiów prawniczych (in Polish) Wykłady specjalizacyjne i konwersatoria dla IV roku studiów prawniczych (in Polish) Wykłady specjalizacyjne i konwersatoria dla V roku studiów prawniczych
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Type of course:	optional courses
Mode:	Classroom
Short description:	The aim of the lecture is twofold. Firstly, it would provide an analysis of the characteristic features of EU legal order, with the fundamental principles as deconstructed from Treaty provisions. Secondly, it would transgress the legal description in order to focus upon the actual circumstances of EU functioning. Therefore, legal analysis would be supplemented with political, administrative and philosophical perspectives.
Full description:	1. The aims, ethics and reasons of European integration. 2. Economic integration and construction of civil involvement: the construction of European citizenship. 3. Individual and community: individual rights and the emergence of European demos. 4. Administrative and political sphere of European integration; European Commission, public officials, political cabinets, agencies. 5. Legislative and political sphere of European integration; transparency and lobbying in the EU. 6. Judicial and legislative sphere of European integration: case study of the Court of Justice of the EU. 7. The entaglement of rights: Charter of Fundamental Rights; European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
Bibliography:	1. Dickson Julie, Pavlos Eleftheriadis (eds.), "Philosophical Foundations of European Union Law", Oxford: OUP 2012. 2. Priban Jiri (ed.), "Self-Constitution of European Society. Beyond EU Politics, Law and Governance", London-New York: Routlegle 2016. 3. Somek Alexander, "Engineering Equality: An Essay on European Anti-Discrimination Law", Oxford: OUP 2011. 4. Somek Alexander, "Individualism. An Essay on the Authority of the European Union", Oxford: OUP 2008.
Learning outcomes:	After attending and participating in the lecture students should be able to cirically evalauate and analyze the contemporary European Union legal order as well as would be capable of formulating refective opinions on the functioning of European administration. They should improve their comparative analytical skills. This knowledge may prove conducive to pursuing further legal and philosophical curricula.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	The evaluation of students' will be based upon their participation in the lecture or writing an essay.
Practical placement:	Not provided.

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