Unit INTERNATIONAL LAW
- Course
- Political sciences and international relations
- Study-unit Code
- 10001909
- Curriculum
- Relazioni internazionali
- Teacher
- Amina Maneggia
- Teachers
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- Amina Maneggia
- Hours
- 63 ore - Amina Maneggia
- CFU
- 9
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2018
- Offered
- 2020/21
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Discipline giuridiche
- Academic discipline
- IUS/13
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian. International and Erasmus students are invited to take the course. The main textbook and other readings are available in English; the oral exam as detailed in the course program, may be taken in English. Please contact the Lecturer for further details and to schedule an appointment during the first week of the Autumn Semester.
- Contents
The course provides an introduction to the development and nature of public international law as well as distinctive elements of international legal reasoning and methodology. It then addresses key features of international law: the structure of the international community and its actors (States and Non-State Actors); sources of international law and their domestic implementation; the normative allocation of authority among States; substantial rules protecting the common values of humankind (inter-state order; protection of the human person; sustainable economy; global security); international responsibility and the international settlement of disputes.- Reference texts
C. Focarelli, International Law, Cheltenham, Elgar, 2019
Cases and materials (provided by the Lecturer at the beginning of the course)- Educational objectives
At the end of the course students are expected to have acquired: a) a sound and critical knowledge of the foundations, methodology and function of International Law (IL) as the legal system governing relations within the international community, and of the role of domestic law and domestic judges in the implementation and effectiveness of IL; b) an essential knowledge of the substantial IL rules protecting key common values of the international community (inter-State order; human person; sustainable economy; global security); c) the ability to explain and assess the operation and application of IL in practical contexts; d) the ability to understand how IL works alongside other factors (politics, economy, culture, natural events) in establishing the functioning and dynamics of the international system.- Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of general theory of laws and public/constitutional law is required in order to attend the course and address the topic.- Teaching methods
Face-to-face lectures, supported by power-point presentation and other audio-visual material; case-studies with mooting techniques- Other information
Contacts
amina.maneggia@unipg.it
amina.maneggia@gmail.com
Phone: +39 075 585 2468
Students with disabilities and Specific Learning Disorders
https://www.unipg.it/en/international-students/general-information/facilities-for-special-needs-students- Learning verification modality
Final oral exam. The exam consists of a 20 minutes-long discussion-interview on topics and cases included in the course programme, aimed at verifying the student’s grasp of the discipline, his/her general understanding of the role and function of IL in the international system and the ability to communicate the knowledge acquired with clear and appropriate language.- Extended program
Introduction: definition, origins and Foundation of International Law (IL); IL and global justice; Methodology of IL; I. The States system and the International Community: States, International Organizations, the Holy See, the Sovereign Order of Malta, the International Committee of the Red Cross, individuals, multinational enterprises; dynamics of statehood: recognition, insurgents, national liberation movements. II. International creation and domestic implementation of IL: international custom and its codification; international Treaties and their legal regime; legally binding acts of international organizations; the relationship between the sources of IL; the dynamics of the sources of IL. Domestic application of IL and justiciability. III. The allocation of governmental authority among States (jurisdictional links and the allocation of jurisdiction; spatial delimitation of state authority/jurisdiction: the territory; the sea; the aerial space; outer space; the polar regions; IV. IL rules pursuing inter-State Order as a common value (State immunities and the immunities international organizations; diplomatic immunities; immunities of government figures); IL rules protecting the Human Person (the treatment of foreign nationals; International Human Rights Law; international crimes; International Humanitarian Law); V. International rules governing economic relations and promoting sustainable development (the WTO and GATT; the legal regime of foreign investments; development; environmental protection); VI. IL rules promoting global security (IL rules on transnational crime; the use of force in IL; the UN collective security system; disarmament and non-proliferation of weapons); VIII. International responsibility of States, of International Organizations and of Individuals; IX. The international settlement of disputes by peaceful means (international judicial settlement and arbitration; diplomacy ).