JJUA55182U European Law-Making and Enforcement – Procedural Aspects and Participation - NOTE: THE COURSE IS CANCELLED IN THE SPRING SEMESTER 2018
The objective of the course is to provide students with a deeper
understanding of the European governance system, the institutional
design, the division of competences, law-making procedures and the
related ’democratic design’ in general, and the role of
participation of civil society therein in particular. It further
gives the students the opportunity to explore a selection of
participatory mechanisms in the legislative, administrative and
judicial procedures by analysing the related legal frameworks, case
law and the functioning in practice.
The course intends to deepen the students’ understanding of the
functioning of the EU and to complement other Master courses on EU
law which focus on fundamental freedoms or specialised fields of EU
law.
The subject is highly topical and of particular interest as the EU,
at the moment, faces serious legitimacy challenges due to a
perceived democratic deficit as in particular evidenced by the
’Brexit’.
Unlike the course on EU Constitutional Law which focuses on the
institutional setting of the EU and its relation towards the Member
States and Member States’ law, based on principles such as
supremacy, direct effect etc. and thus takes more of a top-down
perspective, this course focuses on the participation of citizens
as the ’fourth pillar’ of the EU governance system as outlined in
Art. 11 TEU. It analyses (selected mechanisms of) participation and
approaches towards direct democracy as (potential) means to connect
supra-national (and also technically complex) decision-making back
to society, and thus takes more of a bottom-up approach. It thereby
complements the course on EU Constitutional Law.
The course covers:
-The institutional design and balance of competences between Council, Parliament and Commission and
-EU law-making procedures
-Introduction into democratic theory and
-Introduction into the various approaches towards democratic governance in Europe
-With a special regard to the deliberative approach originally developed by J. Habermas
-Chances and risks of participation of civil society (organisations) in descion-making and enforcement of the law
-Framing of 'civil society'
-Analysis of the different legal mechanisms in Europe to enable participation in desicion- making and enforcement by civil society (organisations) in legislative, administrative and judicial processes, such as:
- the European Citizens' Initiative, Art. 11 (4) TEU, Art. 24 TFEU, Reg. (EU) No. 211/201
- the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), Art. 300 - 307 TFEU
- Comitology, Art. 290, 291 TFEU, Reg. (EU) No. 182/2011
- Consultations, Communication on Consultation Standards, COM(2002) 704 final
- Parliamentary hearings and workshops, Parliament’s Rules of Procedure
- Petitions, Art. 20, 227 TFEU, Parliament’s Rules of Procedure
- the European Ombudsman, Art. 20, 228 TFEU, European Parliament Decision 94/262/ECSC, EC, Euratom
- Access to information and documents, Art. 15 TFEU, Reg. (EC) No. 1049/2001, Directive 2003/98 EC, Transparency Register etc.
- Legal standing in the Court of Justice, Art. 263 TFEU
And as concretised by the case law of the Court of
Justice.
Learning objectives:
Knowledge:
- Understand the governance system of the EU
- Describe law-making procedures
- Explain the role of citizens and civil society organisations therein
- Describe the various instruments of participation and enforcement
Skills:
- Identify and use relevant provisions of EU law and decisions of the Court of Justice
- Extract legal principles from decisions of the Court of Justice
- Apply the legal principles and interpretation methods used by the Court of Justice (e.g. concerning environmental organisations) to comparable situations
- Involve results from political theory and sociology
- (Carry out group work and discuss specific means of participation)
- (Present a specific instrument or case study in class)
Competences:
- Put participatory (and enforcement) rights and instruments into perspective with the European governance system'
- Critically assess, formulate and discuss the democratic credentials of the various participation rights of citizens and civil society (organisations - Independently carry out own research project
- Formulate in English
- (Give feed-back on colleagues’ presentations)
- Study and interpretation of legal material such as Treaty provisions, Regulations, Directives, Commission Communications and Decisions
- Study and analysis of relevant ECJ case law
- Case studies
- Group work
- Student presentations of participatory instruments
- ’Mind map’ drawing, in order to systematise the various instruments discussed within the EU governance system
- Category
- Hours
- Preparation
- 356,5
- Seminar
- 56
- Total
- 412,5
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information
- Credit
- 15 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Written examinationIndividual written assignment
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
- Exam period
May 30, 2018
- Re-exam
August 22, 2018
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- JJUA55182U
- Credit
- 15 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree MasterFull Degree Master choice
- Duration
- 1 semester
- Placement
- Spring
- Schedule
- Please see schedule for teaching time
- Continuing and further education
- Price
DKK 15.000
- Study board
- Law
Contracting department
- Law
Course Coordinators
- Carola Glinski (14-4b697a777469364f7471767b737148727d7a36737d366c73)