2. Scienze Politiche e delle Relazioni Internazionali
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INSTITUTIONS OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW

Scienze Politiche e delle Relazioni Internazionali INSTITUTIONS OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW

1212100061
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCES
EQF6
POLITICAL AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SCIENCE
2020/2021

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 3
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017
PRIMO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
640LESSONS
MICHELE NINO T Curriculum
Objectives
THIS COURSE HAS AS ITS SPECIFIC AIMS: A) THE STUDENTS' KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRINCIPLES AND BASIC RULES GOVERNING THE RELATIONS BETWEEN STATES; B) THE EVOLUTION AND TRANSFORMATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL SYSTEM FROM ITS BIRTH UNTIL TODAY.
THE EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES ARE: A) THE ACQUISITION OF THE STUDENT'S COMPETENCE TO GRASP AND DESCRIBE THE PECULIAR AND CHARACTERISTIC ELEMENTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ORDER; B) BEING ABLE TO ASSESS AND IDENTIFY, IN A GENERAL WAY, THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW.
Prerequisites
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Contents
THE TEACHING ACTIVITY DEALS WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW, THAT IS TO SAY THE LAW (OR LEGAL ORDER) OF THE COMMUNITY OF STATES.
FIRST, THE TEACHING ACTIVITY FOCUSES ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND ON THE FORMATION OF INTERNATIONAL NORMS, IN PARTICULAR, GENERAL INTERNATIONAL LAW NORMS, INTERNATIONAL TREATY LAW NORMS AND SOURCES PROVIDED FOR BY TREATIES, HAVING ALSO REGARD TO THE PHENOMENON OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS (UNITED NATIONS, UNITED NATIONS SPECIALIZED AGENCIES, EUROPEAN UNION, COUNCIL OF EUROPE AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS).
SECOND, THE TEACHING ACTIVITY ANALYZES THE CONTENT OF INTERNATIONAL NORMS, EXAMINING, IN PARTICULAR, THE NORM ON STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND THE LIMITS TO ITS APPLICATION (PUNISHMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMES, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, TREATMENT OF FOREIGNERS, TREATMENT OF DIPLOMATIC AGENTS AND OTHER ORGANS OF FOREIGN STATES, TREATMENT OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS), AS WELL AS INTERNATIONAL MARITIME LAW, AIRSPACES, COSMIC SPACES AND POLAR REGIONS.
THIRD, THE TEACHING ACTIVITY AIMS AT EXAMINING THE APPLICATION OF INTERNATIONAL NORMS WITHIN NATIONAL LEGAL SYSTEMS, THROUGH THE STUDY OF THE ADAPTATION OF NATIONAL LAW TO CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL LAW, TREATIES, SOURCES PROVIDED FOR BY TREATIES AS WELL AS EUROPEAN UNION LAW.
THE TEACHING ACTIVITY ALSO DEALS WITH THE VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES, ANALYZING VARIOUS TOPICS, SUCH AS: THE INTERNATIONALLY WRONGFUL ACT AND ITS CONSTITUTIVE ELEMENTS, THE CONSEQUENCES AND THE FORMS OF REPARATION FOR THE WRONGFUL ACT, THE SELF-DEFENSE IN INTERNATIONAL LAW, THE PROHIBITION OF THE USE OF FORCE AND THE UNITED NATIONS COLLECTIVE SECURITY SYSTEM.
FURTHERMORE, THE TEACHING ACTIVITY DEVELOPS THE THEME OF THE ASCERTAINMENT OF INTERNATIONAL NORMS WITHIN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, BY EXAMINING, IN PARTICULAR, THE ARBITRATION, THE MAIN INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS AND METHODS OF PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES.
Teaching Methods
THE TEACHING ACTIVITY CONSISTS OF 40 HOURS LESSONS AND IS STRUCTURED IN THEORETICAL LESSONS ON GENERAL PROFILES OF THE MATTER AS WELL AS IN SEMINARS AND PRACTICAL LESSONS CONCERNING THE EXAMINATION OF JUDICIAL DECISIONS AND PRACTICAL CASES. STUDENTS ARE PROVIDED WITH THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTATION: PUBLICATIONS, OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS AND NORMATIVE AND JUDICIAL ACTS. THE TEACHING ACTIVITY IS STRUCTURED FOR STUDENTS ATTENDING REGULARLY. STUDENTS WHO CANNOT ATTEND REGULARLY THE LESSONS CAN CONTACT THE PROFESSOR FOR ANY INFORMATION OR INTEGRATIVE EXPLANATION.
Verification of learning
THE METHODS VERIFYING THE STUDENTS LEARNING CONSIST IN THE ASSESSMENT, CARRIED OUT DURING LESSONS, SEMINARS AND PRACTICAL LESSONS, OF THE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE MATTER. TO THIS END, THROUGH INTERACTIVE AND ASSIDUOUS DEBATES WITH STUDENTS, THEY ARE ESTABLISHED THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF A SERIES OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS: ABILITY TO HAVE AN HISTORICAL, LEGAL, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL OVERVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL LAW; ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND, INTERPRET AND APPLY THE MAIN PROFILES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW IN THE EXERCISE OF PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES IN ITALY AND ABROAD; ABILITY TO CRITICALLY INTERPRET COMPLEX DATA AND INFORMATION AND COMPLEMENT THEIR KNOWLEDGE, IN ORDER TO CARRY OUT ASSESSMENTS AND CRITICAL CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT THE PROBLEMATIC ISSUES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW; ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ACQUIRED; ABILITY TO DEVELOP, DEEPEN AND IMPROVE, IN A CRITICAL AND AUTONOMOUS WAY, THE ACQUIRED SKILLS. THE FINAL EXAMINATION CONSISTS OF AN ORAL EXAMINATION.
THE MINIMUM EVALUATION LEVEL (18) WILL BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE STUDENT DEMONSTRATING A LIMITED AND NOT PARTICULARLY DETAILED KNOWLEDGE, BUT IN ANY CASE SUFFICIENT, OF THE CONTENTS OBJECT OF THE COURSE AND A LIMITED ABILITY TO ANALYZE THE LEGAL PROBLEMS CONCERNING THE COURSE ITSELF. THE MAXIMUM EVALUATION LEVEL (30) WILL BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE STUDENT DEMONSTRATING A COMPREHENSIVE AND PARTICULARLY DETAILED KNOWLEDGE OF THE CONTENTS OBJECT OF THE COURSE AND A SIGNIFICANT CAPACITY TO ANALYZE AND DEEPEN THE LEGAL PROBLEMS CONCERNING THE COURSE ITSELF. THE HONOURS (“LODE”) WILL BE ASSIGNED TO THE STUDENT DEMONSTRATING AN EXCEPTIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE CONTENTS OF THE COURSE, A CONSIDERABLE DEGREE OF EXAMINATION OF THE MATTERS OBJECT OF THE COURSE, A HIGHLY CRITICAL ABILITY OF THE INSTITUTES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, AND A REMARKABLE CAPACITY TO CONNECT THESE INSTITUTES.
Texts
BENEDETTO CONFORTI, DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE, XI EDIZIONE (XI EDITION), NAPOLI, 2018 (THE WHOLE VOLUME)

OR, ALTERNATIVELY

ANTONIO CASSESE, DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE, TERZA EDIZIONE (THIRD EDITION), IL MULINO, BOLOGNA, 2017 (THE WHOLE VOLUME).


NOTES

FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN MAKING USE OF A REFERENCE TEXT CONTAINING THE RELEVANT NORMATIVE DOCUMENTS EXAMINED DURING THE TEACHING ACTIVITY, IT IS RECOMMENDED THE USE OF: RICCARDO LUZZATTO, FAUSTO POCAR, FRANCESCA C. VILLATA, CODICE DI DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE PUBBLICO, OTTAVA EDIZIONE (EIGHT EDITION), GIAPPICHELLI EDITORE, TORINO, 2020.
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