MVV184K Financial Deficit or Democratic Deficit?

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/1. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Prof. Nellie Munin (lecturer), prof. JUDr. David Kosař, Ph.D., LL.M., J. S. D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. David Kosař, Ph.D., LL.M., J. S. D.
Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Mgr. Věra Redrupová, B.A.
Supplier department: Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science – Faculty of Law
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MVV184K/01: Mon 26. 10. 13:30–15:00 038, 15:05–16:35 038, Thu 29. 10. 15:05–16:35 038, Mon 2. 11. 18:15–19:45 S125, 18:15–19:45 S126, Tue 3. 11. 18:15–19:45 038, Wed 4. 11. 8:00–9:30 S125, 8:00–9:30 S126, Thu 5. 11. 18:15–19:45 S125, 18:15–19:45 S126
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Syllabus
  • Unit # 1
  • Topics Covered:
  • • Course Intro
  • • The EMU Framework: introduction
  • Reading Material:
  • European Commission:
  • - About EFSF. http://www.efsf.europa.eu/ about/index.htm
  • - European financial stability facility. http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/european_stabilisation_actions/efsf/index_en.htm
  • - European financial stabilization mechanism (EFSM). http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/eu_borrower/efsm/index_en.htm
  • - Financial assistance in EU Member States. Retrieved from http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/assistance_eu_ms/index_en.htm
  • European Central Bank:
  • Technical features of outright monetary transactions http://www.ecb.int/press/pr/date/2012/html/ pr120906_1.en.html
  • Unit # 2
  • Topics Covered:
  • • The Players: getting to know the architects of the ESM, appreciating to what extent the decision making process was ‘democratic’.
  • Simulation-Game: building a better decision making mechanism?
  • Reading Material:
  • Maduro, M., De Witte, B., & Kumm, M. (2012). The democratic governance of the Euro, Policy Paper 2012/08. Florence: Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS). http://cadmus.eui.eu/bitstream/handle/1814/23981/ RSCAS_PP_2012_08.pdf?sequence=1
  • Unit # 3
  • Topics Covered:
  • • The ESM and Six Pack: assessment in terms of democracy. Class analysis: checks and balances.
  • Reading Material:
  • the ESM Treaty and the Six Pack legislation – see above. http://www.princeton.edu/~amoravcs/library/ after_crisis.pdf
  • Unit # 4
  • Topics Covered:
  • • Supranational versus domestic: the constitutional dilemma. Simulation-Game: The citizen’s protest letter
  • Reading Material:
  • Majone, G. (1998). Europe’s ‘democratic deficit’: The question of standards. European Law Journal, 4(1), 5-28.
  • Majone, G. (2012). Rethinking European integration after the debt crisis. Working Paper No. 3/2012, London: The European Institute, UCL. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/european-institute/analysis-publications/publications/WP3.pdf
  • Or:
  • Moravcsik, A. (2002). In defence of the democratic deficit: Reassessing legitimacy in the European Union. Journal of Common Market Studies, 40(4), 603-624.
  • Moravcsik, A. (2012). Europe after the crisis: How to sustain the common currency. Foreign Affairs, 91(3), 54-68. http://www.princeton.edu/~amoravcs/library/ after_crisis.pdf
  • Unit # 5
  • Topics Covered:
  • • ESM meets reality: The Cypriot and Greek cases Class activity: press analysis.
  • Reading Material:
  • Habermass, J., Democracy, Solidarity and the European Crisis, in: Grozelier et al. (eds.), Roadmap to a Social Europe, pp. 4-13. http://www.abetterway.ie/download/pdf/roadmap_to_social_europe_sej_oct_2013.pdf#page=9
  • Unit # 6
  • Topics Covered:
  • • Domestic (EU Members’) and External (IMF) intervention
  • • Towards an ever closer EMU? The ‘5 Presidents’ Report’
  • • Lessons for other EMU/EU countries
  • • Course summary
  • Class activity:
  • - find the differences (comparison with ESM support)
  • - discussing the ‘5 Presidents’ report’
  • Reading Material:
  • the ‘5 Presidents’ Report’.
  • Final Quiz:
  •  90 minutes.
  •  10 multiple choice questions.
  •  Based on the readings and class discussions.
Literature
  • See Teacher’s Information for full details
Teaching methods
The learning format includes interactive lectures, class discussions and short simulation-games, in which students will personally experience and discuss the dilemmas involved.
Assessment methods
This is a hands-on course; most of the learning is experienced in the classroom and cannot be attained only through reading. Therefore, full attendance in class is required; useful and productive participation is expected, and both will contribute to the final grade. There is also a final quiz in this course, though, which relies on the readings assigned, the video-clips analyzed in class and the debriefings of class exercises. Passing the quiz and fulfilling the participation requirement will award the participant a passing grade.
Grade breakdown:
Attendance and informed and productive participation in all classes and exercises ………………………...50%
Final quiz ………..….…………………….…………………………..…………………….…………….......50%
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2016.
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