ΠΙΘ611: Law and Political Institutions

The Module ΠΙΘ611 “Law and Political Institutions” is one of the two elective Modules of the third semester of the MA "PNYX: Political History, Theory and Practice". Its aim is to offer a general and thorough view to the most con­stituent branches of modern law that concern the modern organization and func­tioning of the state, presenting, at the same time, the legal framework that derives from both European Union Law and Public International Law. This interaction, in particular, takes place through the study of the foundations of the modern state, both at a theoretical and organizational level, alongside the issue of the protection of man as a citizen within the modern state and the administrative institutions that surround it. At the center of the philosophy of the Module is thus the interconnect­edness of the citizen within the modern state, the protection of the rights of people as citizens within it and the position of both European and international society to­wards this broad issue. The students of the Module are firstly invited to under­stand the elements that make up modern Public Law, by quoting and analyzing the elements of the state, its organizational and administrative structure as well as the principles applied by the state itself for the effective protection of fundamental human rights. In addition to these, the Module focuses on the theoretical and practical approaches drawn from the fields of Political Science and Comparative Law. Subsequently, it presents the modern elements of the organization of the state and the protection of citizens' rights on the level and principles of both the Law of the European Union and the Law of the International Society, in other words the Public International Law. Furthermore, the Module examines the policy implementation of the organizations that are placed under the umbrella of the Eu­ropean Union and the International Society as well as the ways in which the afore-mentioned organizations collaborate with the national state.

The Module is divided into four Subunits-Parts:

• 1st Part: Elements of Public Law and Policy
• 2nd Part: Elements of Political Science and Comparative Law: Theory and Practice
• 3rd Part: Elements of Public International Law, International Policy and In­ternational Organizations
• 4th Part: Elements of European Union Law and European Policy