asignatura master 2023

ECTS: 5

1 semester

This course concerns the structure and functioning of  European Union Courts which includes not only the study of the organs of this nature, but also their functioning in the European Multilevel system, which leads to interrelate their competences with those of European Union Member States courts, where appropriate.

The Court of Justice interprets EU law guaranteeing an uniform application in all EU Member States. Both, its composition and functions are complex but the establishment of a jurisdiction in the EU is one of its most important features. Through this course, students have to meet a knowledge of the jurisdictional structure in the European Union by studying the European Court of Justice: concept, structure and functions; the General Court: concept, structure and roles; and roles and relationships of both of them with internal organs of EU Member States.

This Official Master on the European Union offers students a high-level academic education that allows them to achieve optimum conditions to develop their professional and academic career. It is intended to provide students with a high-level training that will place them in optimal conditions to work in professional or academic enviroments.

The fundamental role of this type of degrees in European Union countries is a consequence of the central place a college education must have for a better understanding of the process of integration. For this reason, the different degrees in European Union Studies are a priority for the European institutions and Member States, among which UNED is not an exception.

a) Those established for the admission to the Master and specifically for the itinerary in English.

b) For the analysis of foreign documents, knowledge of any of the official EU languages will be an asset

c) Generally, in this Law speciality it is helpful if the student is familiar with the terms (glossary) that are commonly used in the European Union, which will allow more and better understanding of the information.

d) It is equally relevant in this course that students have basic computer skills, since such skills are needed to follow the course. Students need to access learning materials and other information through these systems.

Dr. Joaquín Sarrión Esteve

Personal attention:

Thursday from 10 to 14 hours and from 16 to 20 hours.  

2.68. Faculty of Law. UNED.

E-Mail: jsarrion@der.uned.es

Phone: 0034/91 398 7618

Interaction: virtual forum /mail /phone

Other (social networks):

Twitter: @joaqsarrion

It is highly advisable that students contact the teacher by e-mail or the virtual platform. Students can also use email phone (during personal attention hours) to contact the teaching team, although it is recommended to contact preferably through the platform or by mail. To arrange a face-to-face meeting, it is recommended to confirm  in advance with the teacher.

 COMPETENCIAS BÁSICAS Y GENERALES:

CG01 - Saber resolver problemas en entornos multidisciplinares relativos a la Unión Europea. CG02 - Saber comunicar ideas y opiniones basadas en conocimientos específicos y avanzados sobre Unión Europea y emitir juicios razonados sobre las mismas.

CG03 - Interpretar el contenido de los textos y documentos de la Unión Europea de forma que el alumno sea capaz de adoptar decisiones y formular opciones sobre ellos en el entorno complejo de la estructura y ordenamiento de la Unión Europea.

CB6 - Poseer y comprender conocimientos que aporten una base u oportunidad de ser originales en el desarrollo y/o aplicación de ideas, a menudo en un contexto de investigación

CB7 - Que los estudiantes sepan aplicar los conocimientos adquiridos y su capacidad de resolución de problemas en entornos nuevos o poco conocidos dentro de contextos más amplios (o multidisciplinares) relacionados con su área de estudio

CB8 - Que los estudiantes sean capaces de integrar conocimientos y enfrentarse a la complejidad de formular juicios a partir de una información que, siendo incompleta o limitada, incluya reflexiones sobre las responsabilidades sociales y éticas vinculadas a la aplicación de sus conocimientos y juicios

CB9 - Que los estudiantes sepan comunicar sus conclusiones y los conocimientos y razones últimas que las sustentan a públicos especializados y no especializados de un modo claro y sin ambigüedades

CB10 - Que los estudiantes posean las habilidades de aprendizaje que les permitan continuar estudiando de un modo que habrá de ser en gran medida autodirigido o autónomo.

COMPETENCIAS  ESPECÍFICAS:

CE01 - Trabajar en contextos multidisciplinares que son los propios del ámbito de la Unión Europea y resolver problemas en dicho ámbito.

CE02 - Dominar los instrumentos de regulación y ordenación de la Unión Europea en contextos profesionales y académicos.

CE03 - Identificar normas y documentos dentro del sistema jurídico-político resultante de la integración de los ordenamientos jurídicos de los Estados Miembros y de la Unión Europea

CE04 - Encontrar, analizar y aplicar la legislación emanada de las diferentes instituciones y órganos de la Unión Europea, así como la de los Estados Miembros que se refiera o esté implicada en el sistema europeo.

CE05 - Encontrar, analizar y aplicar la jurisprudencia de los Tribunales que componen la jurisdicción de la Unión Europea así como la jurisprudencia de cualquier orden y nivel de los estados miembros que se refiera o que estén implicadas con el sistema de la Unión Europea. CE14 - Analizar la economía de la Unión Europea interrelacionando todos sus aspectos

The objectivesto be achieved in the study of this subject are:

a) Knowledge of the court structure in the European Union as a whole and each of its organs,

b) Importance of the jurisdiction in the organization and functioning of the European Union,

c) Relations between the European Union's jurisdiction and the jurisdiction of the Member States, with special reference to Spanish jurisdiction.

This subject will be taught according to the distance education methodology that characterizes the UNED. Thus, students face a self-learning process but assisted by the teacher.

The education process is articulated through various communication distance learning systems. Within these systems, the Master in European Union is provided with support in a virtual interactive platform where the student finds both basic materials and supplementary teaching materials, information, news, exercises and is also trained to perform the evaluation for different subjects. More specifically, the virtual platform will contain: legislation, case law, internet links, a glossary of terms, teaching materials, exercises.

In addion teaching team will use additional communitation distance systems to support students as Twitter, Facebook specific pages, and a Telegram canal.

If necessary, the basic bibliography will be updated at the beginning of the academic year.

It is recommended to use a handbook on EU law, and to consult the following texts:

• EuropeanUnion Treaties (in force)
• Charter ofFundamental Rights of the EU
• Secondary Law
• Case Law
• Spanish Constitution
• Organic Law of the Constitutional Court
• Organic Law of the Judicial Power
• Other legislation and documentation

Additional Complementary Bibliography:

English bibliography:

Cartabia, M., “European Rights: Taking Dialogue Seriously”, European Constitutional Law Review, 2009, 5, pp 5-31.

Barnard, C., The substantive law of the EU. The Four Freedoms, Oxford University Press, 2010

Biondi, A., Eeckhout, P., Ripley, S. (Ed.), EU Law after Lisbon, Oxford University Press, 2012.

Bogdandy, A. von, “Pluralism, direct effect, and the ultimate say: On the relationship between international and domestic constitutional law”, Int J Constitutional Law, 2008, 6 (3-4),397- 413.

Di Federico, G. (Ed.), The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, Springer, 2009.

Douglas-Scott, S., Hatzis, N. (Ed.), Research Handbook on Eu Law and Human Rights (Research Handbooks in European Law Series), Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017.

Fabbrini, F., Fundamental Rights in Europe, Oxford University Press, 2014.

Fairhurst, J., Law of the European Union, Pearson, 11th edition, 2016

Horspool, M., European Union Law, Oxford University Press, 2006.

Kumm, M., “The Jurisprudence of Constitutional Conflict: Constitutional Supremacy in Europe before and after the Constitutional Treaty”, European Law Journal, 11, 3, 262–307, 2005.

Lindfelt, M., Fundamental Rights in the European Union – Towards Higher Law of the Land? A Study of the Status of Fundamental Rights in a Broader Constitutional Setting,ÅboAkademiUniversity ,Åbo, 2007.

Mjöl Arnardöttir, A.,  and Buyse, A. (Ed.), Rethinking relations between the ECHR, EU, and national legal orders, Routledge, 2016.

Oppenheimer, A. (ed.), The Relationship between European Community Law and National Law,  Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Poiares Maduro, M., y Azoulai, L, (eds.), The Past and Future of EU Law: The Classics of EU Law Revisited on the 50th Anniversary of the Rome Treaty, Hart Publishing, Oxford y Portland, 2010.

Pollicino, O., “The New Relationship between National and the European Courts after the Enlargement of Europe: Towards a Unitary Theory of Jurisprudential Supranational Law?”, Yearbook of European Law, 2010,  29,  65-111.

Rossi, L.S., “How Fundamental are Fundamental Principles? Primacy and Fundamental Rights after Lisbon”, Yearbook of European Law, 2008.

Rossi, L. S., and Casorali, F. (Ed.), The EU After Lisbon, Springer, 2016.

Sarrión Esteve, J.,  "Actual Trends and Challenges of the Constitutional Fundamental Rights and Principles in the ECJ Case Law from the Perspective of Multilevel Constitutionalism" (September 4, 2015). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2656394

Stiernstrom, M., “The Relationship Between Community Law and National Law”, (University of Miami, Jean Monnet/Robert Schuman Paper SeriesVol.5 No. 33, October 2005), available at: https://aei.pitt.edu/8162/1/Stiermstromfinal.pdf

Torres Pérez, A., Conflicts of Rights in the European Union. A theory of Supranational Adjudication, Oxford University Press, 2009.

Walkila, S., Horizontal Effect of Fundamental Rights in EU Law, Europa Law Publishing, 2015. 

Weatherill, S., Law and Values in the European Union, Oxford University Press, 2016. 

Spanish bibliography:

Aguilar Calahorro, A., “La primera cuestión prejudicial planteada por el Tribunal Constitucional al Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea – Auto del Tribunal Constitucional 86/2011, de 9 de junio, Revista de Derecho Constitucional Europeo, 16, 2011,https://www.ugr.es/~redce/REDCE16/articulos/12AAguilar.htm

Aguilar Calahorro, Augusto, Dimensión constitucional del principio de primacía, Thomsom-Reuters, 2015.

Alonso García, R., El Juez español y el Derecho Comunitario, CGPJ, Madrid, 2003.

Alonso García, R., Sistema jurídico de la Unión Europea, Civitas Thomsom Reuters, 2014.

Arzoz Santiesteban, Xabier, Tutela de los derechos fundamentales de la Unión Europea por el Tribunal Constitucional, INAP, 2015.

Azpitarte Sánchez, M., El Tribunal Constitucional ante el control del Derecho comunitario derivado, Civitas, Madrid, 2002.

Cippitani, R., Interpretación y derecho de la integración, Astrea, 2016.

Díaz Crego, María, Protección de los derechos fundamentales en la Unión Europea y en los Estados miembros, Reus, 2009.

Elías Méndez, C., “La jurisdicción constitucional en los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea”, Revista de Derecho Constitucional Europeo, nº 16, 2011, https://www.ugr.es/~redce/REDCE16/articulos/01CElias.htm

Gómez Sánchez, Yolanda (coord.), Los derechos en Europa, UNED, 1997.

Gómez Sánchez, Y., Derecho Constitucional Europeo, Sanz y Torres, 2015.

Gómez Sánchez, Y., Constitucionalismo multinivel: derechos fundamentales, Sanz y Torres, 3a edición, 2015.

Gordillo, L., y Martinico, G., Historia del país de las hadas. La jurisprudenica constitucionalizadora del Tribunal de Justicia, 2015.

Rodríguez-Izquierdo Serrano, Myriam (ed.) Jurisprudencia y Sistema de Derechos en la Unión Europea, Athenaica, 2016.

Ragone, S., “Las relaciones de los Tribunales Constitucionales de los Estados miembros con el Tribunal de Justicia y con el Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos: una propuesta de clasificación”, Revista de Derecho Constitucional Europeo, 16, 2011, https://www.ugr.es/~redce/REDCE16/articulos/02SRagone.htm

Sarrión Esteve, J., "Los conflictos entre libertades económicas y derechos fundamentales en la jurisprudencia del Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea", Revista de Derecho Político, nº 81, 2011, pp. 379-412.

Sarrión Esteve, J., El Tribunal de Justicia de Luxemburgo como garante de los derechos fundamentales, Dykinson, 2013. Online ebook available at the UNED Library.

Sarrión Esteve, Joaquín, La Unión Europea tras Lisboa, Zarzo, 2015.

Sarrión Esteve, J., Apuntes de Derecho de la Unión Europea, Tirant lo blanch, Valencia, 2016.

Sarrión Esteve, J., Lecciones Fundamentales de Derecho de la Unión Europea, Tirant lo blanch, Valencia, 2017.

Sobrido Prieto, M., Las comunidades autónomas ante el Tribunal de Justicia y el Tribunal de Primera Instancia de las Comunidades Europeas, Tirant lo Blanch, 2003.

Tajadura Tejada, J. (coord.), Justicia Constitucional y Unión Europea, CEPC, Madrid, 2008.

Tenorio Sánchez, P. J., "Diálogo entre tribunales  y protección de los derechos fundamentales en el ámbito europeo", Revista General de Derecho Europeo, 31.

Vidal Prado, C., El impacto del nuevo Derecho europeo en los Tribunales constitucionales, Colex, Madrid, 2004.

Vecchio, Fausto., Primacía del Derecho Europeo y Salvaguarda de las Identidades Constitucionales, Boletín Oficial del Estado, 2015

Vries , Sybe de, The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights as a Binding Instrument: Five Years Old and Growing, Blosmbury, 2015.

On-line course: The course will be conducted on-line. 

Access to learning materials, submission of essays and other documents, and communication between course actors will take place through the specific on-line channel designed and maintained for the course, including the virtual forum and the board of notices at the virtual platform. 

Teaching team will provide with other additional channels as social channels for commnication and support teaching, including the Canal UNED, Radio UNED, etc. 

Main links:

Canal UNED: 

Master en Unión Europea (Master in European Union) serie: https://canal.uned.es/series/5a6f781cb1111fec0b8b4569

Legal Coffee Meetings serie: https://canal.uned.es/series/5ab0f2edb1111f11778b456a

Other actitivies in streaming thanks to Canal UNED

Web Pages

https://www.uned.es/dpto_con/

https://iurisprudentia.net/ 

https://takingalook.ideasoneurope.eu/ (in English)

Social channels: 

Telegram: https://t.me/iurisprudentianet

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iurisprudentiaNet/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joaquinsarrionesteve/

European glossary

https://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/glossary/

Useful links: 

• BOE (Boletín oficial del Estado)

https://www.boe.es/g/es/

• El Gobierno Informa (España):

https://www.la-moncloa.es

• Congreso de los Diputados de España:

https://www.congreso.es

• Senado de España:

https://www.senado.es

• Centro de Documentación del Colegio Europeo de Brujas

BEDE. Boletín Electrónico de Documentación Europea:

https://euro.ucl.ac.be/bede/

• Consejo de Estado:

https://www.consejo-estado.es

• Consejo General del Poder Judicial:

 https://www.poderjudicial.es

• Tribunal Constitucional

https://www.tribunalconstitucional.es/

• Tribunal Supremo

https://www.poderjudicial.es/eversuite/GetRecords?Template=cgpj/ts/principal.htm

• Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales: 

https://www.cepc.es

• Organización Nacional de Naciones Unidas

https://www.un.org/spanish/

• Consejo de Europa

https://www.coe.int/

• Unión Europea 

https://europa.eu/index_es.htm

• Tribunal de Justicia de las Comunidades Europeas

https://curia.europa.eu/es/index.htm