- •Unit 1 Legal Education
- •My Future Profession
- •The legal profession. Barristers and Solicitors
- •Judges and juries
- •Unit 2 The Main Organs of the United Nations
- •1. Check to see if you know the meanings of these key words for discussion:
- •The Main Organs of the United Nations
- •Unit 3 The Institutions of the European Union. The European Parliament
- •1. Check to see if you know the meanings of these key words for discussion
- •The Institutions of the European Union
- •The European Parliament
- •The Treaty of Lisbon
- •European Parliament
- •National Parliaments
- •Vocabulary Section The Council of the European Union
- •1. Check to see if you know the meanings of these key words for discussion:
- •The Council of the European Union
- •The three pillars
- •Council of the European Union
- •European Council
- •Legal Personality and Pillar Consolidation
- •President of the European Council
- •Vocabulary Section The European Commission
- •1. Check to see if you know the meanings of these key words for discussion:
- •The European Commission
- •1. Proposal; 2. Infringement; 3. The European Commission; 4. Resign; 5. Launch; 6. Mouthpiece; 7. Accountable; 8. Qualified majority; 9. Communicate; 10. Deadline;
- •11. Justify; 12. Designated
- •Commission
- •High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
- •Лісабонська угода
- •Vocabulary Section The European Court of Justice
- •1. Check to see if you know the meanings of these key words for discussion:
- •The European Court of Justice
- •Court of Justice
- •Court of First Instance
- •Новий договір Європейського Союзу: фактори сприяння і гальмування європейської інтеграції України
- •Unit 7 The European Court of Auditors
- •The European Court of Auditors
- •Sound; expenditures; value; paperwork; income; aboveboard; fraud; handled
- •Vocabulary Section Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- •1. Look through the following words to make sure that you know them, learn those you don’t.
- •Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- •Preamble
- •Human Rights Set out in the Declaration
- •Party; death penalty; violated; violations; human rights; protection; damages; European Court of Human Rights; individuals; protocols; freedoms; binding; to ratify European Convention on Human Rights
- •The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
- •Хартія фундаментальних прав єс стала офіційним документом
- •Vocabulary Section The Council of Europe
- •1. Look through the following words to make sure that you know them, learn those you don’t.
- •The Council of Europe
- •Combat; pharmacopoeia; hazards; quality; conventional; whereas; abuse; compliance; trafficking; accredited; parliamentarians;
- •Vocabulary Section The System of International multi-security Cooperation
- •1. Look through the following words to make sure that you know them, learn those you don’t.
- •1. Look through the following words to make sure that you know them, learn those you don’t.
- •The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- •The European Security and Defence Policy
The Treaty of Lisbon
The Treaty of Lisbon (initially known as the Reform Treaty) is an international agreement signed in Lisbon on 13 December 2007 designed to change the workings of the European Union (EU). Having been ratified by all EU member states, the treaty entered into force on 1 December 2009. The treaty amended the Treaty on European Union (TEU, Maastricht; 1992) and the Treaty establishing the European Community (TEC, Rome; 1957). In the process, the TEC was renamed to Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).
Prominent changes included more qualified majority voting in the Council of Ministers, increased involvement of the European Parliament in the legislative process through extended co-decision with the Council of Ministers, eliminating the pillar system and the creation of a President of the European Council with a term of two and a half years and a High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to present a united position on EU policies. The Treaty of Lisbon will also make the Union's human rights charter, the Charter of Fundamental Rights, legally binding.
The stated aim of the treaty is "to complete the process started by the Treaty of Amsterdam (1997) and by the Treaty of Nice (2001) with a view to enhancing the efficiency and democratic legitimacy of the Union and to improving the coherence of its action." Negotiations to modify EU institutions began in 2001, resulting first in the European Constitution, which failed due to rejection by French and Dutch voters in 2005. The Constitution's replacement, the Lisbon Treaty, was originally intended to have been ratified by all member states by the end of 2008. This timetable failed, primarily due to the initial rejection of the Treaty in 2008 by the Irish electorate.
At the European Council meeting on 18 October and 19 October 2007 in Lisbon, a few last-minute concessions were made to ensure the signing of the treaty. That included giving Poland a slightly stronger wording for the revived Ioannina Compromise, plus a nomination for an additional Advocate General at the European Court of Justice. The creation of the permanent "Polish" Advocate General was formally permitted by an increase of the number of Advocates General from 8 to 11.
As an amending treaty, the Treaty of Lisbon is not intended to be read as an autonomous text. It consists of a number of amendments to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community, the latter being renamed 'Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union' in the process. The Treaty on European Union would, after being amended by the Treaty of Lisbon, provide a reference to the EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights, making that document legally binding. The Treaty on European Union, the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the Charter of Fundamental rights would have equal legal value and combined constitute the European Union's legal basis.
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