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 2021
- Offered
- 2022/23
- 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. Readings and other course material are also available in English; written and/or oral exams, 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 international law methodology. It 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 common values of mankind (interstate order and immunities; protection of the human person; sustainable economy; global security); international responsibility and international settlement of disputes.
- Reference texts
- C. FOCARELLI, Diritto internazionale, 6 ed., Wolters Kluwer/Cedam, Milano, 2021
C. FOCARELLI, Diritto internazionale – II. Prassi (2012-2019), Wolters Kluwer/Cedam, Milano, 2019, 3° ed. - Educational objectives
- At the end of the course students are expected to: a) possess a sound and critical knowledge of the foundations, methodology and function of International Law 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 International Law; b) an essential but comprehensive knowledge of the substantial normative sectors which pursue some fundamental values of the international community (inter-State order; protection of the human person; peace and international security; economy and sustainable development); c) the ability to explain the operation and application of international law in practical contexts; d) the ability to understand how international law 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 pass the exam.
- Teaching methods
- Face-to-face lectures, which will include the use of power-point slides and other audio-visual material; case-studies with mooting techniques.
If required by an enduring situation of health emergency due to Covid-19, a blended learning methodology will be used - 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 test. The test consists of a 20 minutes long discussion-interview on topics included in the course programme, aimed at verifying the level of knowledge/competence acquired by the student and his/her ability to properly communicate it.
If required by enduring health emergency due to Covid-19, exams will take place online - Extended program
- Introduction: definition, origins and Foundation of International Law (IL); IL and global justice; Methodology of IL; I. The System of States and the International Community (States, international organizations, the Holy See, the Sovereign Order of Malta, the International Committee of the Red Cross, individuals, corporations; dynamics of statehood: recognition, insurgents, national liberation movements; II. International creation and domestic implementation of IL (customs; codification of IL; international Treaties and their legal regime; acts of international organizations; Dynamics of international sources: judicial decisions; soft law; the teachings of the most qualified publicists; public opinion; domestic exigencies; jus cogens; Domestic application of IL and justiciability; III. The allocation of governmental authority among States (jurisdictional links and the allocation of jurisdiction; space delimitation of state authority/jurisdiction: the territory; the sea; the aerial space; outer space; the polar regions; IV. Value 1: The inter-State Order (State immunities and the immunities international organizations; diplomatic immunities; immunities of government figures); Value 2: The protection of the Human Person (the treatment of aliens; International Human Rights Law; international crimes; International Humanitarian Law); V. Value 3: Sustainable Economy (the WTO and GATT; foreign investments; development; environmental protection); VI. Value: 4: Global security (terrorism; 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 the Individual; IX. The settlement of disputes by peaceful means (Judicial and Diplomatic means of dispute settlement; international judicial institutions).