European Constitutional Law. First semester of the academic year 2004-2005. Taught by Francisco Balaguer Callejón

The European Constitution. The system of sources of law in the institutional and competencial framework of the European Union. Second semester of the academic year 2004-2005. Taught by Francisco Balaguer Callejón

Course I on the European Constitution, 30-31 March 2005.

Directed by Francisco Balaguer Callejón and taught by

Juan Fernando López Aguilar (Minister of Justice, Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Las Palmas and Professor Jean Monnet) <<The European Constitution>>, Javier Liñán Nogueras (Professor of International Public Law at the University of Granada and Professor Jean Monnet), <<Foreign and common security policy>>. Rosario Valpuesta Fernández (Civil Law Professor at the University Pablo de Olavide), <<The right to marriage in the European Constitution>>. Miguel Angel García Herrera and Gonzalo Maestro Buelga (Professors of Constitutional Law at the University of the Basque country), <<The economic Constitution>>. Sixto Sánchez Lorenzo (Professor of International Private Law at the University of Granada), <<The unification of Private Law>>. Javier Roldán Barbero (Professor of international public Law at the University of Almería and Professor Jean Monnet), <<The new institutional balance>>. José Asensi Sabater (Professor of constitutional Law at the University of Alicante), <<The principle of solidarity>>. Rafael Barranco Vela (Professor of administrative Law at the University of Granada), <<The right to health and biotechnology: new rights in the European Constitution>>. Ángel Rodríguez-Vergara Díaz (Professor of constitutional Law at the University of Extremadura), <<The fundamental Rights in Europe>>. Alberto López Basaguren (Professor of constitutional Law at the University of the Basque country), <<The system of protection of the fundamental rights in Europe and the constitutional Treaty of the UE>>. José Mª Baño León (Professor of administrative Law at the University of Valencia), <<The system of sources of Law>>. Manuel Contreras Casado (Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Zaragoza), <<The revision of the Constitutional Treaty>>. Eduardo Vírgala Foruria (Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of the Basque country), <<Non legislative acts>>. Ricardo Alonso García (Professor of Administrative Law at the University Complutense of Madrid), <<The European public power and its judicial review>>. Carlos Closa Montero (Subdirector of the Centre of Political and Constitutional Studies), <<The ratification of the Constitutional Treaty>>. Alberto Navarro González, Secretary of State of European Affairs, <<The main challenges of the European Union>>.

Course II on the European Constitution, 28-29 April 2005.

Directed by Francisco Balaguer Callejón and taught by

Peter Häberle (Professor of Public Law at the University of Bayreuth), <<Aspects of a constitutional theory for Europe>>. Enoch Albertí Rovira (Professor of Constitutional Law of the Central University of Barcelona), <<The Regions in the European Union starting from the Constitutional Treaty>>. Teresa Freixes Sanjuán (Professor of Constitutional Law of the Autonomous University of Barcelona and Professor Jean Monnet of European Constitutional Law), <<Values and Objectives in the European Constitution>>. Yolanda Gómez Sánchez (Professor of Constitutional Law at the UNED, Madrid), <<New rights in the European Constitution>>. Agustín Ruiz Robledo (Assistant Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Granada), <<The Committee of the Regions>>. María Salvador Martínez (Lecturer of Constitutional Law at the UNED, Madrid), <<The principle of equality in the European jurisprudence>>. Juan Francisco Sánchez Barrilao (Assistant Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Granada), <<Relations among juridical systems and primacy of the Law of the European Union>>. José Sánchez López (Assistant Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Granada), <<The European Ombudsman>>. Miguel Revenga Sánchez , (Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Cádiz), <<The European Bill of Rights>>. Manuel Gerpe Landín (Professor of Constitutional Law of the Autonomous University of Barcelona), <<The European judicial architecture>>. Luis Ortega Álvarez (Professor of Administrative Law at the University of Castilla-La Mancha, and Professor Jean Monnet of European Law), <<Democracy and institutional reformation in the European Union>>. Francisco Balaguer Callejón (Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Granada and Professor Jean Monnet of European Constitutional Law),<<The distribution of competences and the subsidiarity principle>>. Alejandro del Valle Gálvez (Professor of International Public Law at the University of Cádiz, and Professor Jean Monnet of European Law), <<The area of freedom, security and justice>>. Miguel Pascuau Liaño (Civil Law assistant Professor of the University of Granada and Magistrate of the Superior Tribunal of Justice of Andalusia), <<The code of the European Private Law>>. Javier Jiménez Campo (Professor of Constitutional Law and General Secretary of the Constitutional Court, <<The Bill of Rights of the European Union>>.

International congress on the European Constitution. 14 September 2004. Directed by Francisco Balaguer Callejón, with the participation of the following professors:

Peter Häberle, University of Bayreuth (Germany) <<The European Constitution>>. Rainer Arnold, University of Regensburg (Germany) Professor Jean Monnet <<The European Constitution in the historical process of European integration>>. Gregorio Cámara Villar, University of Granada <<The historical process of recognition of fundamental rights in European Law>>. Francisco Balaguer Callejón, University of Granada <<The European constitutional Law as a scientific discipline>>. Paolo Ridola, University The Sapienza of Rome <<Democracy and political representation in the European Union>>. Lothar Michael, University of Düsseldorf (Germany) <<The ordinary legislative procedure>>. Angel Rodríguez, University of Extremadura. <<The Council in the European Constitution>>. George Luther, University of the Piamonte Oriental (Italy) <<The relationship among the European Court of Justice and national tribunals>>. Antonio D´Atena, University Tor Vergata of Rome <<Distribution of competences in the European Union>>. Rupert Stettner, University of Munich (Germany) <<The enhanced cooperation and the clause of flexibility>>. Markus Kotzur, University of Leipzig (Germany). <<The objectives of the Union in the European Constitution>>. Juan Fernando López Aguilar, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Professor Jean Monnet, Minister of Justice <<The area of freedom, justice and security in the European Union>>.

Seminar I on the European Constitution. 5 November 2004. Directed by Francisco Balaguer Callejón, with the participation of: Javier Jiménez Campo (Professor of Constitutional Law and General Secretary of the Constitutional Court) <<The Bill of rights in the Constitutional Treaty>>. Ricardo Chueca Rodríguez, Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of La Rioja, <<The right to vote and emergent political representation in the European Union>>.

Seminar II on the European Constitution. 21 January 2005. Directed by Francisco Balaguer Callejón, with the participation of: Teresa Freixes Sanjuán, Professor of Constitutional Law of the Autonomous University of Barcelona and Professor Jean Monnet of European Constitutional Law <<Values and Objectives in the European Constitution>>.

Seminar III on the European Constitution. 7 February 2005. Directed by Francisco Balaguer Callejón, with the participation of: Miguel Martínez Cuadrado, Professor of Constitutional Law at the University Complutense of Madrid, Professor Jean Monnet <<The constituent Power of the European Union starting from the Constitutional Treaty>>. Francisco Balaguer Callejón, Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Granada, Professor Jean Monnet <<The meaning of the European Constitution in the process of constitutionalisation of the European Union>>. Teresa Freixes Sanjuán, Professor of Constitutional Law of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Professor Jean Monnet <<The system of fundamental rights in the Constitutional Treaty>>.

Seminar IV on the European Constitution. 20 April 2005. Directed by Francisco Balaguer Callejón, with the participation of: Giancarlo Rolla, Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Genoa (Italy) <<The European Fundamental Rights>>. Eleonora Ceccherini, Assistant Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Siena <<Equality in the European Constitution>>.

Seminar V on the European Constitution. 21 April 2005. Directed by Francisco Balaguer Callejón, with the participation of: José Acosta Sánchez, Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Córdoba, <<General Problems with the foundations of the European Constitution>>.

Seminar VI on the European Constitution. 20 May 2005. Directed by Francisco Balaguer Callejón, with the participation of: Roberto Romboli, Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Pisa, <<The guarantee of the fundamental rights in the European Union: relations among jurisdictions. The example of the Italian experience>>.

Seminar VII on the European Constitution. 13 June 2005. Directed by Francisco Balaguer Callejón, with the participation of: Gustavo Zagrebelsky, Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Turin, <<The destiny of the national constitutional tribunals in the process of juridical integration of Europe>>. Tania Groppi, Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Siena, <<The primacy of the European Law: a comparative perspective>>.
Doctorate programme <<European Constitutional Law: Jurisprudence and Doctrine>> by the Department of Constitutional Law at the University of Granada (2003-2005). Line of Investigation: <<The sources of Law in the new European constitutional context>>. Director: Francisco Balaguer Callejón.

Impact of the teaching activity

Within the university:

Activities of Francisco Balaguer Callejón as Jean Monnet Professor:

Conferences, seminars, doctoral courses

1.-Francisco Balaguer Callejón: <<The European Constitutional Law as a scientific discipline>>. Paper presented to the International Congress on the European Constitution, organised by the Department of Constitutional Law and the Chair Fernando de los Ríos from the University of Granada, 15 September 2004.

2.-Francisco Balaguer Callejón: <<A Constitution for Europe>>. Lecture given at the Congress on the European Constitution, organised by the centre associated of the UNED of Motril and the Andalusian Institute of Public Administration. Motril, 15 September 2004.

3.-Francisco Balaguer Callejón: <<The European Constitution>>. Lecture given at the Course organised by the University Institute of Security Research, Madrid, October 25 2004.

4.-Francisco Balaguer Callejón: <<The European Constitution and the constitutional development of the mediterranean countries>>. Paper presented to the Congress Le relazioni trans-mediterranee nel tempo presente: dialogo interculturale, integrazione, modernizzazione, conflitti, organizado por el Centro di eccellenza Europeo Jean Monnet - Luigi Einaudi in collaborazione con i Centri di eccellenza europei delle Università di Aix - Marseille III, Brescia, Catania, Cipro, Creta, Complutense di Madrid, <<La Sapienza>> di Roma. Rome, 15 November 2004.

5.-Francisco Balaguer Callejón: <<The normative system and the sources of Law of the Union>>. Lecture given at the Seminar on The process of constitutionalisation of the European Union, organised by the Jean Monnet Chair of Dret Constitutional Europeu, Universitat Autònoma of Barcelona, 21 December 2004.

6.-Francisco Balaguer Callejón: <<The meaning of the European Constitution in the process of constitutionalisation of the European Union>>. Lecture given at the Seminar on the European Constitution, organised by the Jean Monnet Chair of European Constitutional Law (University of Granada), the Jean Monnet Chair of European Constitutional Law, (University Complutense of Madrid) and the Jean Monnet Chair of Dret Constitutional Europeu (Universitat Autònoma of Barcelona) and Sponsored by the Conference of Rectors of the Spanish Universities and by the Secretary of State of European Affairs. University of Granada, 7 February 2005.

7.-Francisco Balaguer Callejón: <<The European Constitution>>. Lecture given at the congress on European Constitution, University of the Basque country, Bilbao, 10 February 2005.

8.-Francisco Balaguer Callejón: <<The reform of the Statute, the reform of the Spanish Constitution and the European Constitution>>. Lecture given at the Congress on the reformation of the Statute of Autonomy, organised by the Andalusian Parliament, Seville, 15 February of 2005, 10:30 hours.

9.-Francisco Balaguer Callejón: <<The European Constitution in the process of European integration>>. Lecture given at the Congress on the European Constitution, organised by the Ministry of Justice and the Autonomous University of Madrid, 15 February of 2005, 17:00 hours.

10.-Francisco Balaguer Callejón: <<The new European juridical system>>. Lecture given at the Seminar on The European Constitution, organised by the Jean Monnet Chair of Dret Constitutional Europeu, Universitat Autònoma of Barcelona, 17 February 2005.

11.-Francisco Balaguer Callejón: <<European constitution and Spanish Constitution>>. Paper presented to the Intercontinental Congress <<The Constitutionalisation in the European Union>>, Escola Galega de Administración Pública, Santiago of Compostela, 18 February 2005.

12.-Francisco Balaguer Callejón: <<Fundamental rights and the European Union>>. Doctorate Course Taught at the Program of Doctorate by the University of Alicante on The constitutional protection of the fundamental rights, University of Alicante, 3 March 2005.

13.-Francisco Balaguer Callejón: <<The reform of the Statute of Autonomy for Andalusia in the framework of the autonomous State and of the process of constitutionalisation of the European Union>>. Paper presented at the Congress on the Reform of the Statute of Autonomy for Andalusia, organised by the Department of Constitutional Law at the University of Granada and the Commission for the modernisation of the State of the Autonomies, with the partnership of the Centre of Andalusian Studies. University of Granada, 10 March 2005.

14.-Francisco Balaguer Callejón, <The normative structure of principles and constitutional rights in the European Constitution>>. Paper presented to the Iberian Congress on <<Constituiçao Europeia>>, organised by the Universidade of Coimbra, Coimbra, 17 and 18 of March of 2005.

Ongoing doctoral theses on European integration

Director: Francisco Balaguer Callejón.

1.-Jorge Jiménez Martin, <<The Judge's role in the Spanish juridical system: the principle of legality and the ability to create Law. The perspective of the European constitutional Law>>.

2.-Mª Soledad Sánchez Merino, <<The principle of legality in the Constitutional Treaty>>.

3.-Pedro Serrano León, <<Delegated european regulations in the Constitutional Treaty>>.

4.-Luis Felipe Medina Rey, <<The principle of institutional autonomy and the distribution of competences among the European Union, the State and the Autonomous Communities>>.

Others activities

1.-Francisco Balaguer Callejón: Participation in the Seminar of preparation of activities of the Centre of European Studies (Pole) Jean Monnet of Madrid, University Complutense of Madrid, Faculty of Political Sciences and Sociology, 28 September 2004.

2.-Francisco Balaguer Callejón: <<The European Constitution in the globalisation process>>, lecture given at the Round Table on the European Constitution, organised by the University of Alicante, Alicante, 8 February 2005.

3.-Francisco Balaguer Callejón: Participation in the Seminar of preparation of activities at the Centre of European Studies (Pole) Jean Monnet of Madrid. Faculty of Law of the UNED, Madrid,11 February 2005.

4.- Coordinator of the Doctorate Programme <<European Constitutional Law: Jurisprudence and Doctrine>>. University of Granada (2003-2005).

Outside the university:

Requests from the media

1.-Francisco Balaguer Callejón: Intervention on Canal Sur Radio on Tom Martin Benítez´s programme <<La hora de Andalucía>>, on <<The European Constitution>>, the 29 November of 2004, from 10:00 to 11:00 am.

2.-Francisco Balaguer Callejón: Intervention on Cadena Ser, on the Fernando Delgado´s National programme <<A vivir que son dos días>>, on <<The European Constitution>>, Saturday 15 January of 2005, from 9:30 to 10:00 am.

3.-Francisco Balaguer Callejón: Intervention on Canal Sur Television and on Andalusia Television (Satellite), Wednesday, 26 January from 22:20 to 00:05 in the Special programme <<A Constitution for Europe>>, moderated by Carlos María Ruiz.

4.-Francisco Balaguer Callejón: Intervention on Canal Sur Radio on the programme <<La hora de Andalucía>>, of Tom Martin Benítez on <<The European Constitution>>, 9 February of 2005, from 10:00 to 11:00 am.

5.-Francisco Balaguer Callejón: Intervention in Canal Sur Radio in Miguel Angel Fernández´s programme, on <<The European Constitution>>, 5 February 2005, 15:30 hours.

6.-Francisco Balaguer Callejón: interviewed on <<The European Constitution>>, in the electronic magazine AndalucíaInvestiga, by the Junta of Andalusia (www.andaluciainvestiga.com), 17 February 2005.

7.-Francisco Balaguer Callejón: <<La Constitución Europea ante la globalización>> (<<The European Constitution in the face of globalisation>>), article published in the University Magazine ECCUS, 14 February 2005.

8.-Francisco Balaguer Callejón: <<La Constitución Europea>> (<<The European Constitution>>), article published in collaboration with Gregorio Camera Villar in the newspaper La Opinion, of Granada, 18 February 2005.

9.-Francisco Balaguer Callejón: Intervention on Canal Sur Radio on Jesús Vigorra´s programme <<El público>>, on the result of the referendum in France on the European Constitution, 29 May. 30 May 2005, 18:00.

Participation in local, regional or national initiatives

1.-Francisco Balaguer Callejón: <<The European Constitution>>, Lecture given at the Round Table on The European Constitution, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Granada, 14 January 2005.

2.-Francisco Balaguer Callejón: Member of the Andalusian Committee for the commemoration of the <<European Year of Citizenship through Education>>.

3.-Francisco Balaguer Callejón, <<La Constitución Europea>> (<<The European Constitution>>), in the Justicia Review, nº 7, Junta de Andalucía, Seville, 2005. pp. 44-49. ISSN: 1969-604X.

4.-Francisco Balaguer Callejón, Gregorio Cámara Villar: Una Constitución para Europa (A Constitution for Europe), Junta of Andalusia, Seville, 2005. I.S.B.N.: 84-689-0605-0 (Chapters 1-3).

5.-Francisco Balaguer Callejón: Participation in the Forum on the reformation of the territorial structure of the State, organised by the Centre of Political and Constitutional Studies, Ministry of the Presidency. Session of 28 January 2005 in Madrid on the Autonomous Communities in the European Union.

Others

1.-Francisco Balaguer Callejón: Director of the European Constitutional Law Review (http://www.ugr.es/~redce). Introduction of the European Constitutional Law Review in Granada, 29 October 2004.

2.-Leading researcher of the three years Research Project BJU2003-06526: <<El proceso de constitucionalización de la Unión Europea>>(<<The constitutionalisation process of the European Union>>). Supported by the Ministry of Science (Decision 12.1.2003).

3.-Leading researcher of the research Group supported by the Regional Government of Andalusia, 2004 and 2005 <<Andalucía, la Unión Europea y el Estado social>>(<<Andalusia, the European Unión and the Welfare State>>).