EUROPEAN UNION LAW
W.B. Fisch Fall 2007
Tentative Assignments

Assignments are listed by number rather than date in case of scheduling difficulties; they are intended generally to be covered in one class period, but the pace may vary and some assignments will require more time. Page references are to the coursebook, Berman, Goebel, Davey & Fox, EUROPEAN UNION LAW (2d ed. West 2002). In addition, you will have the 2002 Documents Supplement by the same authors, containing the governing treaties as well as some of the more important secondary legislation. References to the primary material will occur throughout the coursebook, and should be followed as they appear. Finally, you will have the authors= 2004 Supplement updating both the casebook and the Doc.Supp., including an updated (post-Nice) version of the EC and EU Treaties and the Draft Constitution (final except for numbering). In this syllabus the 2004 Supplement will be referred to as ASupp.@

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PART I. THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND EUROPEAN UNION: LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK

· (1) Ch. 1. THE HISTORY OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND THE EUROPEAN UNION, pp. 10-27; 2004 Supp. Pp. 7-13

· (2) Ch. 2. THE TREATIES AND THE INSTITUTIONS
        A. The Treaty Framework, pp. 28-33; 2004 Supp pp. 15-17
   B. The Institutions
            1. The Council, pp. 33-42, Supp pp 17-21

· (3) 2. The Commission, pp. 42-50, Supp pp. 21-30
            3. The Parliament, pp. 51-58

· (4) 4. The Court of Justice, pp. 58-70
            5. Other Institutions, pp. 70-74

· (5) Ch. 3. COMMUNITY LEGISLATION AND THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
        A. Forms of Community Action, pp. 75-82, Supp pp. 35-37
        B. The Legislative Process of the Community
            1. The Parliamentary Consultation Procedure, pp. 83-97
            2. The Parliamentary Co-Decision Procedure, pp. 97-100

· (6) Ch. 4. THE SPHERE OF COMMUNITY LAW AND POLICY
A. Intro and Implied Powers, pp. 104-111; Supp pp. 46-51
B. Internal Affairs, pp. 111-115; Supp p. 51

· (7) C. Preemption of Member State Law, pp. 115-120; Supp pp. 52-57
D. The Subsidiarity Principle, pp. 120-125; Supp pp. 57-63

· (8) Ch. 5. JUDICIAL REVIEW OF COMMUNITY ACTS
        A. The Action for Annulment, pp. 129-148; Supp pp. 67-68 (notes 5-7)
        B. Complaint for Failure to Act, pp. 148-153
        C. The Plea of Illegality, pp. 153-155

· (9)    D. The Scope of Judicial Review
            1. Lack of Competence, p. 155-161
            2. Infringement of an Essential Procedural Safeguard, pp. 161-170; Supp pp. 76-77 (Roquette Freres (2002))

· (10)        3. Infringement of the Treaty or any Rules of Law Relating to its Application, pp. 170-186

· (11)        4. Misuse of Powers, pp. 186-192
        E. Damages Actions against the Community, pp. 192-202

· (12) Ch. 6. FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS AND TRANSPARENCY
        A. The European Court of Justice: Origins of the Human Rights Discussion, pp. 203-208
        B. The European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, pp. 208-220
C. Fundamental Rights and the Amsterdam Treaty, pp. 220-222

· (13)   D. The Charter of Fundamental Rights: A New Human Rights Regime?, pp. 222-226
  E. Transparency as a Fundamental Right, pp. 226-237

· (14)Ch. 7. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMMUNITY AND MEMBER STATE LAW
        A. The Direct Effects Doctrine in Community Law
            1. Direct Effect of the EC Treaty and EC Regulations, pp. 238-253

· (15)      2. Direct Effect of EC Directives and Decisions, pp. 253-269

· (16)   B. The Doctrine of Supremacy of Community Law, pp. 269-280; Supp pp. 98-100 (Diamantis (2000))

· (17) Ch. 8. THE RECEPTION OF COMMUNITY LAW IN THE MEMBER STATES
        Introduction, pp. 282-284
        A. Community Law in France, pp. 284-292
        B. Community Law in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, pp. 292-297
        [out of sequence!]G. Community Law in the United Kingdom, pp. 336-344; Supp pp. 104-108 (Thoburn (2003) and UK Human Rights Act)

· (18)  C. Community Law in Germany, pp. 297-324; Supp p 103 (note on T.Port)

· (19) Ch. 9. THE PRELIMINARY REFERENCE
        Intro and A. The Reference Procedure, pp. 352-359
        B. Framing the Reference and the Ruling, pp. 359-366; Supp p. 116
        C. What is an Article 177 "Court or Tribunal"?, pp. 366-370; Supp pp 116-8

· (20)  D. Discretionary and Mandatory References, pp. 370-371; Supp pp. 118-9
        E. When Should a Court Refer a Question?, pp. 371-380
        F. The Appealability of Preliminary References and Refusals to Refer, pp. 380-384

· (21) Ch. 10. NATIONAL REMEDIES FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF COMMUNITY LAW CLAIMS
        B. Damages for Member State Violations of EC Law, pp. 404-422; Supp pp. 122-129

· (22) Ch. 11. ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE MEMBER STATES
A. The Article 226 Procedure, pp. 423-428; Supp pp 130-134
B. Excuses for Member State Noncompliance, pp. 428-441; Supp pp 134-136

· (23) C. Article 226 Rulings and their Effect, pp. 441-448; Supp pp 136-138
D. Member State Enforcement Actions Against Other Member States, pp.448-449

PART II: THE COMMON MARKET, THE INTERNAL MARKET AND THE FOUR FREEDOMS

· (24) Intro and Ch. 12. FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS: DUTIES, CHARGES, INTERNAL TAXES, pp. 452-474

· (25) Ch. 13. FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS: QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS
        Intro and A. Article 28: Quantitative Restrictions and Measures Having Equivalent Effect, pp. 475-488

· (26)  B. Article 30: Treaty-based Limitations on Article 28, pp. 488-508; Supp pp. 141-144

· (27) C. The Court's Elaboration of Free Movement of Goods Principles
1. The Cassis de Dijon Doctrine, pp. 508-513
2. Consumer Protection Cases, pp. 513-518; Supp pp 144-146

· (28) 3. The Evolution from Cassis to Keck, pp. 519-525; Supp pp 146-150
4. Post-Keck, pp. 519-535

· (29) Ch. 16. EUROPEAN CITIZENSHIP AND THE FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS
A. The People’s Europe, pp. 630-633; Supp p 159
B. European Citizenship, pp. 633-637; Supp pp 159-162
C. Students, Education and Culture, pp 637-646; Supp pp 162-163

· (30) Ch. 17. RIGHT OF ESTABLISHMENT AND RIGHT TO PROVIDE SERVICES
        A. Treaty Provisions and Legislative Programs, pp. 653-662
        B. Case Law on Freedom to Provide Services
            1. The Right to Provide Cross-Border Services, pp. 662-672; Supp pp. 166-168

· (31)      2. Appropriate Public Interest Limits, pp. 672-679
            3. Right to Receive Services in Other States, pp. 679-685; Supp pp. 168-172
    4. Cross-Border Services Provided by Technological Means, pp. 685-691

· (32)  C. Case Law on the Right of Establishment for Individuals and Commercial Firms, pp. 691-702; Supp pp. 173-177
        D. Company Law Harmonization, pp. 702-712; Supp pp. 177-178

· (33) Ch. 18. RIGHTS OF PRACTICE FOR LAWYERS AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS
        A. Treaty Provisions and Legislative Measures, pp. 713-721; Supp pp. 179-180 (COMM. V. ITALY)
  B. Lawyers' Right to Provide Services, pp. 721-730

· (34) C. Lawyers' Right of Establishment, pp. 731-743

[out of sequence!] PART VII. SPECIFIC COMMUNITY POLICIES

· (35) Ch. 37. EQUAL RIGHTS
        A. Treaty Articles and Basic Concepts, pp. 1333-1335
        B. Equal Pay for Women and Men, pp. 1335-1346

· (36)  C. Equal Treatment for Women and Men, pp. 1346-1369; Supp pp. 282-287

PART IV. EXTERNAL RELATIONS AND COMMERCIAL POLICY

· (37) Ch. 27. THE EXTERNAL RELATIONS POWERS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
       A. The EC Treaty Provisions on External Relations, pp. 1023-1028
       B. The Court of Justice and the Community's Powers in External Relations, pp. 1028-1041; Supp pp. 225-230 (COMM. V. GERMANY)

· (38)  C. International Agreements in Community Law, pp. 1041-1048
       D. European Political Cooperation and the Common Foreign and Security Policy, pp. 1048-1054; Supp pp. 230-232

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