¿ Understand fundamental theories and key debates on EU legal integration, including neofunctionalism, intergovernmentalism, and new institutionalisms. ¿ Analyze the relationship between EU politics and law through conceptual frameworks that explain judicial behavior, compliance, and resistance by Member States¿ actors to legal integration. ¿ Critically assess the role of judicial actors, including the CJEU, national courts, and litigants, in the EU legal integration process. ¿ Critically assess the role that political actors, including the European Commission, Council of the EU, European Parliament, in the EU legal integration process. ¿ Engage in informed discussions and debates on the political implications of EU legal decisions, judicial activism, and the tensions between national sovereignty and supranational governance. ¿ Understand and discuss the tensions between the EU legal framework and other supranational legal frameworks in the European context (e.g., the European Convention on Human Rights). ¿ Conduct independent research on EU judicial politics and policy-making using interdisciplinary methodologies. ¿ Enhance their ability to work across disciplines and develop policy-relevant legal analyses that contribute to understanding real-world legal and political challenges in the EU. ¿ Develop practical skills in legal argumentation, case analysis, and policy evaluation, preparing them for careers in academia, law, government, or international organizations.

The Judicial Politics of EU Economic Integration 1. Political theories of the Legal and Judicial Integration of Europe 2. Judicialization of EU Economic Governance: The Court of Justice of the European Union as a political actor, Member States and compliance with EU economic policies 3. The Politics of Power of the Court of Justice vis-a-vis national courts in the process of economic integration 4. Strategies of legal mobilization by civil society and organized interest groups and its impact in economic integration

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