Teaching - Università degli Studi della Tuscia

INTERNATIONAL LAW (objectives)

I - KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
At the end of the course, the student will:
1) understand the peculiar characteristics of the international community and its law, understanding its evolution and today's situation; perceive the concrete framework of relationships between States and the interaction of States with international institutions;
2) understand the birth and evolution of the subjects of international law;
3) understand and analyze the transformations of the sources of international law and use these achievements as a key to understanding the international order and the development of legal dynamics;
4) identify and systematize, also in the light of international jurisprudence, the dynamics and rules relating to the UN and other international organizations, with particular regard to their functions;
5) understand, also in the light of constitutional and supranational jurisprudence, the relationships between the Italian, international and European Union legal systems and, consequently, between the respective sources of law;
6) understand the principles and the competent institutions in the settlement of international disputes;
7) understand legal and economic dynamics of international trade and the World Trade Organization.
II - APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
At the end of the course, the student must be able to:
1) research, find, recognize and interpret an international legal text;
2) research, find and interpret a document of an international organization;
3) research, find and interpret a judgment of the International Court of Justice, of the various international criminal courts, of the Court of Justice of the EU and of the European Court of Human Rights, as well as of the Italian courts;
4) research, find and evaluate a note or an article in a legal journal or specialized site on international law.
III - MAKING JUDGMENTS
At the end of the course, the student must be able to analyze and identify different and possibly alternative interpretive options with regard to an international legal text or a decision of an international court.
IV - COMMUNICATION SKILLS
At the end of the course, the student must be able to explain the notions referred to in point I
V - LEARNING SKILLS
At the end of the course, the student must be able to independently find and assess international legal rules and the jurisprudence of international courts.

Code

13769

Language

ITA

Type of certificate

Profit certificate

Credits

Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code

IUS/13

Contact Hours

Type of Activity

Related or supplementary learning activities

Teacher	bordoni matteo (syllabus) The course of “International Law” is divided into two parts (general part and special part). The first part, of a general nature and covering approximately 90% of the course hours, deals with the study of the following topics: - the definition, origin and distinctive features of international law, as well as the understanding of the peculiar profiles of legality and obligatory nature of the international legal system; - the birth of the State and its characteristics of independence and sovereignty as a subject of international law, as well as the other subjects, real and presumed, of international law; - the formation of international norms and the relationship between the different sources; - general international law, custom, general principles of law, jus cogens and erga omnes obligations, as well as the related codification; - international agreements and the law of treaties as codified in the Vienna Convention of 1969, with particular regard to the stipulation, interpretation, reservations, invalidity and extinction, as well as the succession of States in treaties; international organizations and their acts; - the UN Charter, the UN bodies and acts, the use of force, the collective security system and peacekeeping and peace-enforcement operations; - the implementation of international norms in state legal systems; - international wrongdoing and liability for violation of international obligations; - the peaceful resolution and prevention of international disputes. The second part of the course, of a specialist nature and covering approximately 10% of the course hours, is dedicated to the World Trade Organization: - the institutions and rules of international trade from GATT to the WTO, with the rounds of trade negotiations and the development of the regulations on international trade in goods and services; - the principle of non-discrimination, in terms of internal and external equal treatment; - duties and non-tariff barriers to trade, such as quantitative restrictions, subsidies and dumping; - derogations and exceptions, such as free trade areas, safeguard measures, and measures for developing countries; - the dispute resolution system, with the panels and the Appellate Body. Seminars: during the course, seminars on current topics are sometimes held, including interdisciplinary ones, in collaboration with professors from other departments and inviting scholars and experts from other universities or institutions. (reference books) Testi Libro di testo consigliato: AA.VV. (S.M. CARBONE, R. LUZZATTO, A. SANTA MARIA, etc.), Istituzioni di diritto internazionale, Sesta edizione, G. Giappichelli Editore (comprabile online con spedizione gratuita sul sito Giappichelli www.giappichelli.it o su altre piattaforme), Torino, 2021. Sono da studiare solamente i capitoli (e le pagine) seguenti: • cap. I-IV (pp. 1-179); • cap. VI-VIII (pp. 239-381); • sez. seconda del cap. IX (pp. 429-442); • cap. XIII (pp. 579-628) Inoltre, è opportuno consultare, sia durante le lezioni sia mentre si studia per l'esame, i testi normativi indicati qui sotto nella sezione "Bibliografia di riferimento".
Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities	From to
Delivery mode	Traditional At a distance
Attendance	not mandatory
Evaluation methods	Written test Oral exam