European Universities Alliances and the Law

Introduction

Barbara Gagliardi, Damien Bouvier, Alexandre Guigue, Arnaud Lecourt, Louis-Marie Chauvel

PART I: The Institutionalisation of EUAs

The Legal Status and Possible Models of European Universities Alliances

1. The EU Competence in Higher Education: Evolution, Instruments and Limits

Celia Gohier

2. European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation (EGTCs) and European Economic Interest Groupings (EEIGs) as Instruments for Academic Cooperation at the International Level

Barbara Gagliardi

3. The Legal Regime of an EEIG Composed of Public Legal Entities

François-Vivien Guiot

4. The Participation of Non-EU Higher Education Institutions in European Universities Alliances

Damien Bouvier

Transnational Administrative Law and European Universities Alliances

5.The power of EUAs to adopt legal acts: The case of an EGCT composed of public universities 

Louis-Marie Chauvel

6. The Legal Regimes of Disputes arising from the Activities of the European Universities

Constance Chevallier-Govers

PART II: The Adaptation of EUAs to Higher Education Law

Academic Principles

7. European University and Academic Freedom

Raluca Bercea and Alexandra Burdulea

8. Autonomy: an accelerator for successful European universities alliances

Enora Bennetot Pruvot

Academic Quality

9. European University: The Challenge of Accreditation

Dario Elia Tosi

10. The Mutual Recognition of Degrees within the European University

Manuela Consito

Academic Communities

11. Free Movement of Academics and European Universities Alliances

Lorenzo Dello Iacovo

12. Free Movement of Students within the European University

Marta Ramat

PART III: The Integration of EUAs in the Internal Market

EUAs and Competition Law

13. Academic Activities, Funding and Competition within European Universities

Sorina Doroga

14. Between Public Procurement and Cooperation: The Locus Standi of European Universities

Paolo Patrito

15. Service of General Economic Interest and Academic Activities

Eugenia Jona

16. Financing Academic EEIGs: The Case for Private and Philanthropic Investment in Cross-Border Higher Education

Dan Caramidariu

17. The Cooperation between Private Corporations and Public Universities within an Academic EEIG

Riccardo Russo

EUAs, Data and Intellectual Property Law

18. Sharing Data between Universities within an Alliance

Ana Gascón Marcén

19. The Legal Regime of Intellectual Property in the Context of Academic Cooperation

Alexandra Petcu and Andra Cenan

Conclusion – The Long Road towards European Universities

Fabienne Péraldi-Leneuf

Biography

Barbara Gagliardi is Professor in Administrative and Public Law, University of Turin, Italy.

Damien Bouvier is Associate Professor of Public Law, University Savoie Mont Blanc, France.

Alexandre Guigue is Professor of Public Law, University Savoie Mont Blanc, France.

Arnaud Lecourt is Professor of Private Law, University of Pau et de Pays de l’Adour, France.

Louis-Marie Chauvel is Doctor of Laws and Associate Member at the Institut de l’Ouest Droit et Europe, University of Rennes and Legal Assistant at the General Court of the European Union.