Learning objectives
The course aims to provide students with the fundamentals of international law and a basic knowledge of the existing legal framework of certain sectors. In particular, at the end of the course, the student should be able to recognize, interpret and correctly apply the rules of international law both in the relations between states and within the national legal system.
Course unit content
General Part
- Concept.
- Subjects: states, international organizations, individuals, other subjects.
- Sources: custom, treaties, general principles of law, other types of rules.
- The codification of general international law.
- Law of Treaties.
- International responsibility.
- Settlement of disputes.
- International law in the Italian domestic legal system.
Special Section
- Use of force.
More, alternatively, one of the two following arguments:
- Humanitarian law and terrorism.
or, alternatively
- Environment, trade and poverty reduction.
Bibliography
GENERAL PART
B. CONFORTI, Diritto internazionale, 8th edn., Ed. Scientifica, Naples, 2010, except for paras 13 (pp. 112-131), 17 (pp. 160-171)
or, alternatively
T. TREVES, Diritto internazionale. Problemi fondamentali, Giuffrè, Milan, 2005,
Only the following parts (pp.): 1-3, 51-83, 113-143, 156-159, 161-237, 245-255, 262-277, 294, 298-706.
SPECIAL PART
A. CASSESE, P. GAETA, Le sfide attuali del diritto internazionale, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2008
Chapter I (pp. 15-47),
AND
Chapters II and III (pp. 49-134) OR Chapters VI, VII and VIII (pp. 221-308).
Assessment methods and criteria
Multiple choice test on the general part and, for those students passing the text, oral exam on the entire program
