Flashcards in LECTURE 1 (chapter 1 & 7) Deck (12)
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Law (definition)
Organizes just behavior in a society
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Substantive law (definition)
Substantive law is composed of legal rules that define the content of just behavior (rules of the game, organizing behavior)
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Formal law (definition)
Formal law is composed of legal rules that maintain substantive law (consequences for when substantive law is violated, maintaining the intended behavior)
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Public law (definition)
Law that regulates the relation between a government and its citizens
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Private law (definition)
law that regulates the relation between citizens or those who act as citizens
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Supranational law in the European Union (2)
- Law is directly applicable in its members states, each citizen may invoke EU law
- Law is superior to domestic legislation
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EU law is based on two constitutional acts: (2)
- Treaty on European Union
- Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
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Sources of European law (6)
- TEU & TFEU
- EU Regulation
- EU Directive
- EU Framework Decisions
- EU Commission's soft law
- EU case law
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Regulation (definition)
A regulation is legislation that applies within the EU without the interference of national parliaments
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Directive (definition)
A directive is legislation in which a certain goal or principle is adpoted that should be implemented by the EU Member States as they see fit
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The organizational structure of the EU (5)
- European Council
- European Commission
- Council of Ministers
- European Parliament
- European court of Justice
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