Jean Monnet Chair of European Constitutional Law
Francisco Balaguer Callejón
Academic Year 2007-2008 (June 2007, June 2008)
Teaching activities:
European Constitutional Law, 60 hrs., optional, undergraduate level, 39 students. First semester of the academic year 2007-2008.
Taught by Francisco Balaguer Callejón
The European Constitution. The system of sources of law in the institutional and competencies framework of the European Union, 60 hrs., optional, undergraduate level, 39 students. Second semester of the academic year 2007-2008.
Taught by Francisco Balaguer Callejón
Course VI on the European Constitution, 20 hrs., optional, undergraduate and postgraduate level, 70 students. 11-12 March 2007.
Directed by Francisco Balaguer Callejón and taught by: Luciano Pegoraro (Professor of Comparative and Italian Constitutional Law at the University of Bolonia): <<The Impact of European Law in the research of Constitutional Comparative Law>>. Manuel López Escudero (Professor of International Law and Jean Monnet Chair, University of Granada): <<The European Economic and Monetary Union after the Treaty of Lisbon>>. Silvio Gambino (Professor of Comparative and Italian Constitutional Law, University of Calabria): <<European Union and Social Rights>>. Roberto Miccù (Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sapienza, Rome): <<Homogeneity and Plural Identities in the European Constitution>>. Eleonora Ceccherini (Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Siena): <<The New Institutional Structure of the European Union>>. Gonzalo Maestro Buelga (Professor of Constitutional Law, University of País Vasco): <<The European Economic Constitution>>. Lorenzo Chieffi (Professor of Public Law at the Second University of Naples): <<The Role of the Local Autonomies in the European Integration Process>>. Enoch Albertí Rovira (Professor of Constitutional Law, Central University of Barcelona): <<The Regions in the European Union>>. Guerino D’Ignazio (Professor of Comparative and Italian Constitutional Law, University of Calabria): <<Territorial Autonomy and Subsidiarity Principle in the European Constitutional Labyrinth: the new step of theTreaty of Lisbon>>. Andrea De Petris (Assistant Professor, LUISS University, Guido Carli, Rome): <<Liberty and Security in the European Constitutional Jurisprudence”. Paloma Biglino Campos (Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Valladolid): <<The Place of Citizens in the European Union>>. Angelo Antonio Cervati (Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sapienza, Rome): Final Conference. The course was closed by Alberto Navarro González, State Secretary for the European Affairs.
Seminar XVII on the European Constitution, 2 hrs., optional, 10 students. 22 February 2008, undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Directed by Francisco Balaguer Callejón, with the participation of Antonio D’Atena, Professor of Constitutional Law, Tor Vergata University of Rome, <<Substate entities in the European Union >>.
Seminary XVIII on the European Constitution, 2 hrs., optional, 10 students, undergraduate and postgraduate level. 10 March 2008.
Directed by Francisco Balaguer Callejón, with the participation of Giancarlo Rolla, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Genova, <<European Union and Fundamental Rights>>.
Seminary XIX on the European Constitution, 2 hrs., optional, 10 students, undergraduate and postgraduate students, 24 February 2008.
Directed by Francisco Balaguer Callejón, with the participation of Teresa Freixes Sanjuán, Professor of Constitutional, Autonoma University of Barcelona, <<Values, Principles and Objectives in the Treaty of Lisbon>>.
Seminary XX on the European Constitution, 2 hrs., optional, 15 students, undergraduate and postgraduate students, 11 April 2008.
Directed by Francisco Balaguer Callejón, with the participation of Peter Häberle, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Bayreuth, <<Autonomy as Value in the European Constitutional Common Culture>>.
Seminary XXI on the European Constitution, 2 hrs., optional, 15 students, undergraduate and postgraduate students, 11 April 2008.
Directed by Francisco Balaguer Callejón, with the participation of Miguel Poiares Maduro, Advocate General at the European Court of Justice, <<Judicial Adjudication in a Context of Constitutional Pluralism >>.
Seminary XXII on the European Constitution. 2 hrs., optional, 10 students, undergraduate and postgraduate students, 9 May 2008.
Directed by Francisco Balaguer Callejón, with the participation of Javier Jiménez Campo, Professor of Constitutional Law and General Secretary of the Spanish Constitutional Court, <<The Constitutional Jurisdiction in Europe at the Present Time>>.
Institutions of European Law, José Antonio Montilla Martos, Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Granada and Adoración Galera Victoria, Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Granada (under the direction of Francisco Balaguer Callejón), two obligatory courses of 70 hours each one. 109 and 50 students respectively.
Official Master of the Law Faculty at the University of Granada: <<European Constitutional Law >>. Official Postgrade in Law, organized in cooperation with the Jean Monnet Chair of European Constitutional Law and adapted to the EEES. Master with Mención de Calidad (quality nomination) from the Ministry of Education and Science. 60 credits ECTS, optional, 15 students, Postgraduate students. Academic year 2007-2008. Directed by Francisco Balaguer Callejón and with the participation of:
Peter Häberle, Universidad of Bayreuth (Germany) and University of St. Gallen (Switzerland) Professor of Public Law; Paolo Ridola, University of Sapienza (Roma), Professor of Constitutional Law; Javier Jiménez Campo, Professor of Constitutional Law, Constitutional Court; Antonio D'Atena, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Professor of Constitutional Law; Giancarlo Rolla, University of Genova, Professor of Constitutional Law; Teresa Freixes Sanjuán, Autónoma University of Barcelona, Professor of Constitutional Law and Jean Monnet Professor of European Constitutional Law; Rainer Arnold, University of Regensburg, Professor of Public Law and Jean Monnet Chair; Juan F. López Aguilar, University of Las Palmas, Professor of Constitutional Law and Jean Monnet Chair; Ángel Rodríguez, University of Málaga, Professor of Constitutional Law; Ricardo Chueca, University of La Rioja, Professor of Constitutional Law; José Antonio Montilla Martos, University of Granada, Professor of Constitutional Law, Professor of a Jean Monnet Module; José Sánchez López, University of Granada, Professor of Constitutional Law; Agustín Ruiz Robledo, University of Granada, Professor of Constitutional Law; Ricardo Martín Morales, University of Granada, Professor of Constitutional Law; Marcelo Huertas Contreras, University of Granada, Professor of Constitutional Law; José María Porras Ramírez, University of Granada, Professor of Constitutional Law; José Ángel Marín Gómez, University of Jaén, Professor of Constitutional Law; Baldomero Oliver León, University of Granada, Professor of Constitutional Law; Juan Francisco Sánchez Barrilao, University of Granada, Professor of Constitutional Law; Enrique Guillén López, University of Granada, Professor of Constitutional Law; M. Concepción Pérez Villalobos, University of Granada, Professor of Constitutional Law; M. Dolores Martínez Cuevas, University of Granada, Professor of Constitutional Law; Susana Ruíz Tarrías, University of Almería, Professor of Constitutional Law; Miguel Azpitarte, Sánchez, University of Granada, Professor of Constitutional Law; Adoración Galera Victoria, University of Granada, Professor of Constitutional Law; Sixto Sánchez Lorenzo, University of Granada, Professor of International Private Law; Rafael Barranco Vela, University of Granada, Professor of Administrative Law; María José Fernández Pavés, University of Granada, Professor of Tax Law; Leonardo Sánchez-Mesa, University of Granada, Professor of Administrative Law; Miguel Angel Recuerda Girela, University of Granada, Professor of Administrative Law.
Impact of the teaching activity
Within the University:
Activities of Francisco Balaguer Callejón as Jean Monnet Professor:
Lectures, seminaries and doctoral course
1. <<The Treaty on the European Constitution in the Context of the European Constitutional Law>>. Doctoral course taught in the Official Master at the Law Faculty of the University of Granada <<European Constitutional Law>>. Official Postgrade in Law, organized with the cooperation of the Jean Monnet Chair of European Constitutional Law and adapted to the EEES. Master with Mención de Calidad (quality mention) from the Ministry of Education and Science. Academic year 2007-2008. Sessions of the 26 and 27 November 2007, and 26 March 2008.
2. <<Prospettive metodologiche del diritto costitutzionale europeo >>. Doctoral course taught at the Dottorato di ricerca in Diritto Publicco <<Lo studio del diritto con metodo comparative: temi e problemi>>, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Facoltà di Giurisprudenza, 24 April 2008, Perugia (Italy).
3. <<Constitutional Process in the European Unión: from the Constitutional Treaty to the Treaty of Lisbon>>, Doctoral course taught at the University of Alicante, within the Program European Constitution and Fundamental Rights, Alicante, 7 May 2008.
4. <<Il principio de sussidiarietà nella Costituzione Spagnola e negli Statute di Autonomia, in una prospectia europea>>, Lecture given in the Congress Democrazia e sussidiarietà. Esperienze, problemi e prospettive. Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociale Guido Carli-LUISS, Roma, 22 June 2007.
5. <<Lo Stato aunomico spagnolo: la stagione delle riforme>>, Lecture given in the International Congress I cantieri del Federalismo in Europa, ISSiRFA (Istituto di Studi sui Sistemi Regionali, Federali e sulle Autonomie Massimo Severo Giannini) -Università degli Studi di Roma <<Tor Vergata>>, with the financial assistant of the President of the Italian Republic, Rome, Congress, 25 June 2007.
6. <<The Autonomy Statute of Andalusia in the Framework of the Constitution>>, Lecture given in the Seminar XIV on the Statute Reforms and the territorial organization, organized by the Spanish Parliament Lawyers Association, Barcelona, 20 September, 2007.
7. <<The Autonomy Statute of Andalusia in the Framework of the Plurality of Constitutional Spaces of European Dimension>>, Lecture given in the Seminar La riforma degli statute regionali in Italia e delle Comunità autonome in Spagna. Esperienze a confronto, organized by the University of Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, Cosenza (Italia), 24 October 2007.
8. <<Possibilidades e limites da reforma constitucional na Espanha no contexto do Estado autonômico integrado na União Européia>>, Lecture given at the X Congresso brasiliense de Direito Constitucional –Constituçao e Reformas, organized by the Instituto Brasiliense de Direito Público, Brasilia (Brasil), 9 November 2007.
9. <<A dimensão constitucional do Estado social de Direito na Espanha>>, Lecture given at the II Congresso Internacional de Direitos Sociais organized by the Procuradoria Geral do Município do Rio de Janeiro with the Financial Help of the Escola Superior da Magistratura, the Instituto Brasiliense de Direito Público and the Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Sozialrecht de Munich. Rio de Janeiro (Brasil), 14 November 2007.
10. <<Social rights in the new Statutes of Autonomy >>, Lecture given at the Seminar on the Actuallity of Social Rights, organized by the Ararteko and the Constitutional Law and History of Political Theory Department, University of País Vasco, 25 February 2008.
11. <<Multilevel Constitutionalism and the relationship between law systems>>, Lecture given at the International Seminar on the (Des)Constitutionalization of the European Union, organized by the Complutense Institute for Critical Law Studies and the Jean Monnet Chair of Constitutional Law at the Complutense University, Madrid, 17 April 2008.
12. <<From the Constitutional Treaty to the Treaty of Lisbon>>, Lecture given at the II Seminar for the Celebration of the European Day: The Treaty of Lisbon, organized by the Jean Monnet Module of European Constitutional Law, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, 13 May 2008.
13. <<European Constitutional Law as a scientific discipline>>, Conference given within the Course on Law and Institutions of the European Union, Summer School of the Complutense University, Madrid, 5 July 2007.
14. <<The crisis of the Constitutional Treaty and the Reform Treaty>>, Conference given in the Course on Law and Institutions of the European Union, Summer School of the Complutense University, Madrid, 5 July 2007.
15. <<Relationships between European law an National law>>, Conference given in the Course on Law and Institutions of the European Union, Summer School of the Complutense University, Madrid, 6 July 2007.
16. <<Primacy and the European definition of its limits>>, Conference given in the Course on Law and Institutions of the European Union, Summer School of the Complutense University, Madrid, 6 July 2007
17. <<Constitutional patriotism, Cultural Constitution and Citizenship>>, Course given in the I Degree on Education for Citizenships and Human Rights, organized by the Human Rights Institute Bartolomé de las Casas, Carlos III University, Madrid, 21 December 2007.
18. <<Linguaggio e genere>>, Course given in the Jean Monnet Course 2008, <<Antidiscriminazione. Alla ricerca della storicita' e della socialita' del diritto europeo>>, organized by the Jean Monnet Chair of Public Law. Facoltà di Scienze Politiche, University Studi di Cagliari (Italy), 17 March 2008.
19. <<L'uguaglianza di genere come nuova frontiera del diritto costituzionale>>, Course given at the Jean Monnet Course 2008, <<Antidiscriminazione. Alla ricerca della storicita' e della socialita' del diritto europeo>>, organized by the Jean Monnet Chair of Public Law. Facoltà di Scienze Politiche, University Studi di Cagliari (Italy), 17 March 2008.
20. <<Antidiscriminazione e pari opportunita': come l'esperienza spagnola e quella italiana dialogano con le indicazioni europee>>, Course given at the Jean Monnet Course 2008, <<Antidiscriminazione. Alla ricerca della storicita' e della socialita' del diritto europeo>>, organized by the Jean Monnet Chair of Public Law. Facoltà di Scienze Politiche, University of Studi di Cagliari (Italy), 18 March 2008.
21. <<Il Trattato di Lisbona nel processo di costitutionalizzazione della Unione Europea>>, Course given at the Master Esperti della Pubblica amministrazione in Sardegna, organized by the Jean Monnet Chair of European Law and the Facoltà di Scienze Politiche. University of Cagliari (Italy), 18 March 2008.
22. <<The Treaty of Lisbon in the constitucional process in Europe>>, Conference given at the Seminar on the European Union, organized by the Jean Monnet Chair of European Constitutional Law, University UNED, Madrid, 16 April 2007.
23. <<Il nuovo modello di Statuto di Autonomia e la garanzia dei principi statutari>>, Conference given at the Round Table <<Protezione dei diritti fondamentali negli Statuti delle Comunità autonome>>, organized by the Constitutional Comparative Law Department, Facoltà di Giurisprudenza, University Sapienza, Rome (Italy), 22 May 2008.
24. <<Le riforme statutarie in Spagna: verso la costruzione di uno spazio costituzionale autonomico>>, Conference given at the Istituto di Studi sui Sistemi Regionali Federali e sulle Autonomie ''Massimo Severo Giannini'', Rome (Italy), 22 May 2008.
25. <<European Constitutional Law as a scientific discipline>>, Conference given within the Course on Law and Institutions of the European Union, Summer School of the Complutense University, Madrid, 23 July 2007.
26. <<The Treaty of Lisbon in the constitucional process in Europe>>, Conference given in the Course on Law and Institutions of the European Union, Summer School of the Complutense University, Madrid, 23 July 2007.
27. <<The sources of European Law, the primacy and the European definition of its limits>>, Conference given in the Course on Law and Institutions of the European Union, Summer School of the Complutense University, Madrid, 24 July 2007.
28. <<Relationships between European Law an National law>>, Conference given in the Course on Law and Institutions of the European Union, Summer School of the Complutense University, Madrid, 24 July 2007.
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.- Pedro Serrano León, <<Delegated European regulations in the Constitutional and the Treaty of Lisbon>>.
3.- Luis Felipe Medina Rey, <<The principle of institutional autonomy and the distribution of competences among the European Union, the State and the Autonomous Communities>>.
4.-Augusto Aguilar Calahorro <<The principle of primacy in the European Law >>.
5.- Vincenzo Carollo, <<The role of the family in the law system of the European Union>>, codirection with Professor Lorenzo Chieffi, Second University of Naples (Italy).
Doctoral thesis already defended:
1.-Angelo Schillaci: <<International obligations and parameter of constitutionality>>, codirection with Professor Paolo Ridola, University of Rome <<La Sapienza>>. Public examination 21 May 2008. Highest qualification.
2.- Hugo César Araújo de Gusmão, <<Constituent Power and international integration>>. Public examination 22 July 2008. Highest qualification.
Other activities
Within the University:
Francisco Balaguer Callejón: Coordinator of the Official Master at the Law Faculty of the University of Granada: <<European Constitutional Law>>. Official Postgrade in Law, organized in cooperation with the Jean Monnet Chair for European Constitutional Law and adapted to the EEES. Master with a Mención de Calidad (quality mention) from the Ministry of Education and Science. Academic year 2007-2008.
Outside the University:
In the Media:
(Have been included only those with specific references to the European Union and the European integration)
Radio:
France International Radio. Speech on the Council of Brussels and the Treaty of Lisbon. Monday, 23 July 2007
Participation in local, regional and national initiatives:
Participation in the Working Group on The future of the European Union, Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estratégicos (Royal Institute Elcano for International and Strategic Studies), Madrid, Speech of the State Secretary for European Affairs, 26 February 2008.
Participation in the Working Group on The future of the European Union, Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estratégicos (Royal Institute Elcano for International and Strategic Studies), Madrid. Speech of the new State Secretary for European Affairs, 17 July 2008.
Other activities
1.- Director of the Revista de Derecho Constitucional Europeo (European Constitutional Law Review) http://www.ugr.es/~redce .
2.- Leading researcher of the Research Group <<Andalucía, the European Union and the Welfare State>>, with financial aid from the Junta de Andalucía (Andalusian Government).
3.- Leading researcher of the Research Project SEJ 2007-66427/JURI: <<The Constitutional Interaction between the European Union and the States as a factor in the development of European Constitutional Law>>. Project with the financial aid from the General Direction of Research, Education and Science Ministry, with a duration of three years (2007-2010).
4.- Leading researcher of the Excellence Project: <<The Constitutional and Statutory Reforms in the context of the European Union>>. Junta de Andalucía, with a duration of three years. (2005-2008).
5.- Leading researcher of the Integrate Action for Scientific Research between Spain and Italy, with the University of Pisa, 2007. Reference: HI2007-0028, Project: <<Ordinary Jurisdiction and Constitutional Jurisdiction in the process of European Integration>>.
6.- Participation in the Jean Monnet Conference The Reform Treaty and the EU's Future: Analysis in light of 50 years of the Treaties of Rome, Brussels, 20 and 21 September 2007.