MP609Z Law of European Union I

Faculty of Law
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0.5/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. Vladimír Týč, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. Filip Křepelka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. David Sehnálek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jan Burda (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Bc. Radovan Malachta, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Anna Katerina Vintrová, LL.M. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. David Sehnálek, Ph.D.
Department of International and European Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Jana Dopitová
Supplier department: Department of International and European Law – Faculty of Law
Prerequisites (in Czech)
!NOWANY( MP611Z Law of European Union I-Sem , MP616Z Law of European Union I-Sem II , MP617Z European Union Law I - seminar )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, PR_)
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
The purpose of this two-semester subject (EC Law I and II) is to provide students with basic knowledge on EC and EU - its development, institutional law, notion of the EC and EU law incl. their relation to internal law, EC substantial law (internal market regulation). The final part of this course concerns second and third pillars of the EU. Main objective of the course EU Law I is the understanding of the supranational character of the EU, its law system and essentially the position of EU law in the system of Czech internal law. Those problems are considered under the dynamics of the current developments (Lisbon Treaty). Decisive accent is given to the ECJ case law, that must be understood by students as an equivalent source of law.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course the student will be able to:
apply the basic principles of the application of EU law in judicial and administrative practice
Syllabus
  • 1. History and development of the European integration. Creation of the three Communities and EU. Methods and forms of integration, supranationality. 2. Community and Union institutions. Institutional law. Basic treaties as an EC (EU) Constitution. 3. EC law - primary and secondary law. Sources, primacy and direct effect. Legislative procedures. ECJ as the creator of EC law. Enforcement of EU law. 4. Basic principles of the common (internal) market.
Literature
    required literature
  • TOMÁŠEK, Michal, Vladimír TÝČ, Jiří MALENOVSKÝ, Irena PELIKÁNOVÁ, David PETRLÍK, Filip KŘEPELKA, Lenka PÍTROVÁ, Václav ŠMEJKAL, David SEHNÁLEK, Aneta VONDRÁČKOVÁ, Magdalena SVOBODOVÁ, Martin SMOLEK, Jan EXNER and Naděžda ROZEHNALOVÁ. Právo Evropské unie (Law of the European Union). 3. aktualizované vydání. Praha: Leges, 2021, 512 pp. Student. ISBN 978-80-7502-491-6. info
  • SEHNÁLEK, David and Iveta ROHOVÁ. Komentář k vybrané judikatuře soudního dvora EU. 2.přepracované a doplněné vy. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2021, 250 pp. č.551. ISBN 978-80-210-9789-6. info
    not specified
  • TÝČ, Vladimír. Základy práva Evropské unie pro ekonomy. 7. přepracované a aktualiz. Praha: Leges, 2017, 352 stran. ISBN 9788075022431. info
Teaching methods
seminars analyzing ECJ case law
Assessment methods
Participation on lectures is optional, seminars are compulsory. Written test (via the information system of the univerzity)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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