It is well-established that for a number of reasons - economic, legal and political - the Internal Market lies at the core of the European integration process. As such, it is the first area of substantive European law with which students should become acquainted. The first teaching unit of the second semester is dedicated entirely to the concept of the internal market, and the cornerstones on which it is founded: The Customs Union and the Four Freedoms (that is, the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital).
In this way, students are provided with an in-depth view of the economic dimension of the process of European integration, not to mention the necessary foundations for the study of other policy areas intrinsically related to the Internal Market, such as competition law, consumer law, intellectual property law, etc.