This deck explains and helps review the functioning of European law. It correlates strictly with the content of the class European law from the DDI-section in L2.
| Front | What is the tool to build the legal order? |
| Back | Integration |
| Front | First definition: institutional supranationalism (ECSC, 1952) |
| Back | Term “supranationalism” first used with the ECSC in 1952. It appears only once in positive law, and later disappears. Originally, the term is associated with one institution: → the High Authority (ancestor of the Commission)Powers of the High Authority Exercised huge powers of control and sanction over states. Competence limited to regulation of production of coal and steel. Designed as a neutral institution: above states independent from states’ interests composed of bureaucrats goal: defend the interests of the organisation. Its function: control and sanction in its domain. |
| Front | Written Sources of international law |
| Back | Which international agreements are part of the EU legal order? Only those formally binding on the EU, meaning: Agreements concluded by the EU, Following EU procedures, With the EU as a party. Types of agreements concluded by the EU Two main categories (competence-dependent): Exclusive competence agreements (EU alone). Shared competence agreements → mixed agreements (EU + Member States + non-EU parties). Third category (EU not involved): Interstate agreements concluded only by Member States in areas of their exclusive competence. |