International Law
A.Y. 2022/2023
Learning objectives
The course complements the course of the second year in International and EU Law. It aims at opening students to the knowledge of the main international law instruments effective into specific areas of inter-State cooperation. Specific attention is paid to States' practice and to the case law of domestic and international courts and tribunals. The course offers a legal perspective for the analysis of current relevant events involving both States and intergovernmental organizations. Its purposes also include the strengthening of students' ability to apply the founding concepts of public international law to interpret the current state of international relations under a legal perspective.
Expected learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students will be capable to apply the founding concepts of public international law to case studies and international disputes involving States and/or intergovernamental organizations. The study of the teaching materials and the analysis of specific case studies (also during classes, for attending students) will allow students to define the legal dimension of the most frequent and urgent issues arising in specific sectors of inter-state relations. When dealing specific case studies, students will be able to identify the relevant legal discipline under public international law instruments, to interpret and apply it correctly, recurring, at the same time, to the most appropriate language tools.
Lesson period: First trimester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
First trimester
More specific information on the delivery modes of training activities for academic year 2022/23 will be provided over the coming months, based on the evolution of the public health situation.
Course syllabus
The course is divided into two parts.
Unit 1 (22 hours).
The content of International law. Territorial sovereignty of States: its limits and geographic projection.
Topics.
A. Territorial sovereignty of States. The law of the sea, air space and outer space, and Polar Regions.
B. The international protection of the environment.
C. Immunity of States from foreign civil jurisdiction: customary law, the 2004 New York Convention and case law (International Court of Justice, European Court of human rights and national courts and tribunals).
D. Privileges and immunities of diplomatic and consult agents and of other States organs. Customary law, international treaty regimes and case law. Privileges and immunities of international institutions and their agents.
Unit 2 (18 hours).
The settlement of disputes and Individuals in international law. Flipped classroom.
Topics.
A. Peaceful settlement of international disputes
B. The use of force under public international law: prohibition and exceptions.
C. The individual under public international law and the on the treatment of aliens. International crimes and international criminal tribunals.
D. Flipped classroom.
Active participation of students is encouraged as specified below.
Unit 1 (22 hours).
The content of International law. Territorial sovereignty of States: its limits and geographic projection.
Topics.
A. Territorial sovereignty of States. The law of the sea, air space and outer space, and Polar Regions.
B. The international protection of the environment.
C. Immunity of States from foreign civil jurisdiction: customary law, the 2004 New York Convention and case law (International Court of Justice, European Court of human rights and national courts and tribunals).
D. Privileges and immunities of diplomatic and consult agents and of other States organs. Customary law, international treaty regimes and case law. Privileges and immunities of international institutions and their agents.
Unit 2 (18 hours).
The settlement of disputes and Individuals in international law. Flipped classroom.
Topics.
A. Peaceful settlement of international disputes
B. The use of force under public international law: prohibition and exceptions.
C. The individual under public international law and the on the treatment of aliens. International crimes and international criminal tribunals.
D. Flipped classroom.
Active participation of students is encouraged as specified below.
Prerequisites for admission
Students may take the final exam only if they have already passed the exam of "Diritto della Comunità internazionale e dell'Unione europea" of the second year of the Bachelor programme.
Teaching methods
Classes are focused on the analysis of international practice. The investigation on treaties, resolutions adopted by international organizations, judgement by national and international courts and tribunals and national laws and regulations will allow a proper understanding of the diverse topics offered to students during classes. The purpose is to provide students with the necessary analytical tools for analysing and solving case studies.
Teaching materials are published on the website of the course and will be part of the final exam.
Students will be given the opportunity to make a presentation during classes on a selection of case-studies on the topics covered in class. Detailed information on how students' presentation will be carried out may be found on the Syllabus published on the website of the course.
Teaching materials are published on the website of the course and will be part of the final exam.
Students will be given the opportunity to make a presentation during classes on a selection of case-studies on the topics covered in class. Detailed information on how students' presentation will be carried out may be found on the Syllabus published on the website of the course.
Teaching Resources
Unit 1:
S.M. CARBONE e altri, Istituzioni di diritto internazionale, VI ed., Giappichelli, Torino, 2021: chapters V, VI, VIII (paras. 1.1-3.11), IX (paras. 1.1-3.4; 6.1-7.1 compresi), X, XI.
Further reading materials made available on the website of the course.
Teaching materials will be published on the website. They will be part of the programme of the exam (for attending students, including those related to their presentation); their knowledge will be taken into account in the final assessment.
S.M. CARBONE e altri, Istituzioni di diritto internazionale, VI ed., Giappichelli, Torino, 2021: chapters V, VI, VIII (paras. 1.1-3.11), IX (paras. 1.1-3.4; 6.1-7.1 compresi), X, XI.
Further reading materials made available on the website of the course.
Teaching materials will be published on the website. They will be part of the programme of the exam (for attending students, including those related to their presentation); their knowledge will be taken into account in the final assessment.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The final exam is an oral exam . The purpose is to appraise students': a) knowledge and critical understanding of the topics covered during classes and included in the programme of the course; b) capacity of applying the tools of public international law to investigate inter-State relations. Particular attention is given to the proper use of legal lexicon.
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