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During spring 2002 a seminar for foreign students shall be arranged. They will write papers on EU/EC law and concentrate on two topics: the Charten of basic rights within the European union and the constitutionalization or federalization of the EY-treaties. On these pages I gather instructions and material.
- Alson, Philip & Weiler J.H.H.: An "ever closer union" in need of a human rights policy in Alston,Philip et. al: The EU and Human Rights, 1999
- Bogdandy, Armin von: The European Union as human rights organization? Common Market Law Review (CMLR) 37/2000
- Canor, Iris: Primus inter partes. European Law Journal, European Law Rewiew (ELR) 2000
- Clapham, Andrew: on Complementarity; Human rights law journal (HRLJ) 8/2000
- de Burca, Grainne: The drafting of a Union Charter of fundamental rights ELR 2001
- de Witte, Bruno: The legal status of the charter. Maastricht journal of European and Comparative Law (MJCL) 8/2001
- deWitte, Bruno: Direct Effect, Supremacy and the nature of the legal order in: Craig & deBurca: (eds) The evolution of EU law. Oxford 1999
- DeWitte, Bruno: The Legal status on the charter . . . MJCL
- Die Charta der Grundrechte der Europäisshen Union.zur Sache:1/2001. Important source on general information and special commentaries
- Duff,Andrew: Towards a European Federal society in Kim Feus: An Eu Charter of fundamental rights; texts and commentaries London 2000, see also Lord Goldsmiths`s and Gowrs articles Neuwahl, Nanette: Legal personality of the European Union in. Vincent Kronenberger: The European union and . . . Haque 2001
- Engel, Christoph: The European Charter of Fundamental Rights. European Law Journal European Law Review (ELR) vol 7 2001
- Fries, Sybilla, Shaw, Jo: Citizenship of the union. European Public Law (EPL) 4/1998
- Helander, Petri: Supremacy and scope of community law. Turku Law Journal 1/2001
- Heringa, A.W&Verhey, Luc: The EU Charter. MECL 8/2001
- Jacobs, Francis: Human rights in the European union ELR 8/2001
- Kapteyn, P.J.G&VerLoren van Themaat: Introduction to the law of European Communities. Kluwer Law International 1998
- Kellerman, Alfred et. al: EU Enlargement: the constitutional impact at EU and National level,2001
- Kumm, Mattias: Who is the final arbiter of constitutionality in Europe. CMLR 1999
- Lenaerts, Koen & Eddy de Smijter: A "Bill of rights" for the European Union. Common Market Law Revieuw (CMLR) 2000
- Lenaerts, Koen &de Smifter: The Charter and the role of the European courts. Maastricht journal of European and Comparative Law (MJCL) vol 8 2001
- Lenaerts, Koen: Fundamental rights in the European union. ELR 2000
- Piris, Jean-Claude: Does the European Union Have a Constitution? European Law Review vol.24 ( ELR,1991)
- Polakiewicz, Jörg: The Relationship between the European Convention . .. in Kronenberg, Vincent (ed.) The European Union and the international legar order. The Haque 2001
- Reorganisation of the Treaties. Final report. European university institute 2000
- Schermers, Henry: European remedies in the field of human rights in Kilpatric&Novitz&Skidmore: The future remedies in Europe. Oxford 2000
- Tridimas, Takis: The General Principles of EC law.2000
- Turner, Catherine: Human rights protection in the European Community. European Public Law (EPL) 3/1999
- von Bogdandy, Armin: The European Union as a human rights organisation. Common market law review (CMLR) 2000
- Ward, Ian: Europe and the "Principles " of article 6 in Function and future of European Law. Helsinki 1999
- Weiler, J.H.H& Sybilla C. Fries: A human rights policy for the European Community and union in Alston, Buscello, Heenan (edrs) The EU and human rights. Oxford 1999
- Weiler, J.H.H.: The constitution of Europe. Cambridge 1999.
- Wouters, Jan: National constitutions and the European Union. Legal issues of Economic Integration (LIEI) 27/2000.
- Bernitz, Ulf & Nergelius, Joakim: General principles of European vommunity Law. Haque 2000
- Articles concerning the second subject:
- Craig, Paul: Constitutions, constitutionalism and the European Union. European Law Journal vol. 7 2 issue 2001
- Dorau, Christoph & Philip Jacobi: The debate over a European constitution. European Public Law vol. 6, issue 3 2000
- Gerven,van, Walter: Toward a Coherent Constitutional system within the European Union. European Public Law,vol.2 issue 1 1996.
- Piris, Jean-Claude : Does the European Union have a Constitution. European Law Review, vol. 24,199.
- Weiler, J.H.H: The reformation of European Constitutionalism. Journal of Common Market Studies. Vol.3 35 , No 1 1997
- Weiler, J.H.H.: The Constitution of Europe. Cambridge 1999
- The unerlined articles concentrate on the question, whether there shall be a constitution for EU instead os international treaties. The students shall contact the library officials to get information on, witch materials are available in the library of Rovaniemi and which shall be ordered from the central library (Library of the parliament)
- The French (Italian, Swedish, German etc.) attitude towards the Charter of fundamental Rights
- The French (Italian, Swedish, German etc.) attitude towards the federalisation of the European Union
- The French (Italian, Swedish, German etc.) attitude towards the possible constitution for the European Union
- About the methods of the constitutionalization of the treaties of the European union
- About the methods concerning the drafting of the changes in the EU-treties in the new consilium.
- The special characters of the legal system of the EU
- The citizenship of the European union
- The human rights in the EU - before the legalisation of the Charter of fundamental rights
- The possible membership of EC/EU in the European convention of human rights
- The problems of the legal personality of the European Union
- The EC courts attitude towards fundamental rights in European Union
- The EU Parliaments attitude towards fundamental rights in European Union
- The EU Commissions attitude towards fundamental rights in European Union
- About the concepts "Constitution" and " Treaty". Can we speak about a constitution when discussing about the EU-law?
- Freedom of Speech in the Charter of Human Rights
- Freedom of assebly anbd association in the Charter of Human Rights (art.12)
- Right to property in the Charter of Human Rights
- Equality between men and women in the Charter of Human Rights
- Right to social security in the Charter of Human Rights
- Environmental protection in the Charter of Human Rights
- Right to good adminstration in the Charter of Human Rights
- The scope of garanteed rights in the Charter of Human Rights (art. 51 - 52)
- The level of protection of the fundamental rights in the Charter (53)
- http://www.europarl.eu.int/charter/default_en.htm
- http://www.europarl.eu.int/charter/links/links0_en.htm, links to university papers converning the Charter
- http://www.europarl.eu.int/charter/links/links3_en.htm- The site on the European council: http://db.consilium.eu.int/df/default.asp?lang=en There You can find information in your own lanquage.
- http://db.consilium.eu.int/df/default.asp , here you have acces to all preparatory materials both official, governmental, papers created by the EY-organs and provate associations.