European Union Law

 

The European Union Law specialization focuses on the laws and principles regulating political and economic integration between member states of the European Union (EU). This specialization includes several basic aspects, including:

  • Basic law of the European Union: includes the EU treaties that define the structure of the Union, its powers and the relations between member states.
  • Institutional law: includes the laws that regulate EU institutions such as the European Commission, the Council of the European Union, and the European Parliament.
  • European Economic Law: deals with the laws regulating the European internal market and economic policies such as freedom of trade and free competition.
  • Rights of European Citizens: It deals with the laws that protect the rights of European citizens, such as freedom of movement, residence and work rights in European Union countries.
  • European Criminal Law: Related to criminal cooperation between European Union countries in combating transnational crime such as terrorism and organized crime.

The specialty of European Union Law requires a deep understanding of European laws and institutions, and specialists in this field work as international lawyers, as employees of European Union institutions, or as legal advisors to companies and institutions dealing with the European Single Market.