Fernando Manuel Alves Mendonça Pinto da Costa

European Union
European Union law
European institutions
European public policy

Students should be able to:
 Model, by reference to concrete situations, the current regulatory and institutional framework of the European Union;
 Provide and review the types of relationships existing between the national laws and European Union law, as well as between the national government bodies of the European Union bodies;
 Participate actively and critically in the process of European integration.
Students should also specifically be able to: - Describe the historical process of the EU; - Identify the key moments of the construction of the EU; - Distinguish the general method of integration of the method of functional integration; - Reflect on the developments in the EU over time and, in particular, in future times;
- Characterize the way the EU is structured; - Indicate the main objectives of the European Union; - List the basic principles of the EU; - Identify the essential features of the Treaty of European Union, considering the amendments of the Lisbon Treaty; - Characterize the mechanism for “enhanced cooperation”; - Describe the essentials of European citizenship; - Explain the relationship between European citizenship and national citizenship; - Characterize EU law on fundamental rights and indicate the respective sources; - Characterize the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; - Explain the relationship between the European Convention on Human Rights and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; - To discuss the legal value of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of European Union; - Indicate the objectives and main competences of the EU; - Characterize the system of division of powers between the EU and the Member States; - Characterize the EU's institutional system; - Distinguish EU bodies and indicate the respective powers; - Define the concept of EU law; - Explain the existence of the EU law as a branch of law (in progress); - Indicate the main sources of EU law; - Describe the relationship between the various sources of European law; - Distinguish the different processes of adoption of normative acts; - Identify the relations between EU law and national laws (in progress); - Explain the process of reception of EU law by the Portuguese legal system; - Characterize the principle of primacy of EU law over national law; - Explain the implications of the principle of primacy in Portuguese law; - Characterize the principle of direct applicability of EU law; - Characterize the principle of direct effect of EU law;
- Distinguish vertical direct effect from horizontal direct effect; - Characterize the principle of harmonization of national laws; - Indicate the type of participation of the Portuguese state bodies in European legal and political processes.

1. Educational resources developed by the teacher – mandatory.
2. Treaty on European Union (consolidated version); Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; Constitution of the Portuguese Republic – mandatory.
3. Quadros, Fausto de – Direito da União Europeia. Coimbra: Almedina, 2015, 3.ª edição de 2013, ISBN 9789724050713.
4. Machado, Jónatas E. M. – Direito da União Europeia. Coimbra: Coimbra Editora, 2014, 2.ª edição de 2014, ISBN 9789723222807.

1. Educational resources developed by the teacher – mandatory.
2. Treaty on European Union (consolidated version); Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; Constitution of the Portuguese Republic – mandatory.
3. Quadros, Fausto de – Direito da União Europeia. Coimbra: Almedina, 2015, 3.ª edição de 2013, ISBN 9789724050713.
4. Machado, Jónatas E. M. – Direito da União Europeia. Coimbra: Coimbra Editora, 2014, 2.ª edição de 2014, ISBN 9789723222807.

Continuous assessment is privileged: 2 digital written documents (e-folios) during the semester (40%) and a final digital test, Global e-folio (e-folio G) at the end of the semester (60%). In due time, students can alternatively choose to perform one final exam (100%).