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Second cycle degree course in
International and european relations
Università degli Studi di Parma
Department of Law, Politics and International Studies

LEGAL THEORIES OF WAR AND PEACE
cod. 1006643

Academic year 2016/17
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Maria ZANICHELLI
Academic discipline
Filosofia del diritto (IUS/20)
Field
A scelta dello studente
Type of training activity
Student's choice
36 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
hub: PARMA
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Learning objectives

The aim of this course is to point out the role of law and justice in shaping the peace discourse and war discourse, from both a theoretical and historical point of view.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

The role of law and justice in theoretical discourse concerning peace and war.
Just war theory from antiquity to the present (ius ad bellum, ius in bello, ius post bellum).
The idea of peace and the concept of pacifism, in particular legal-institutional pacifism.

Full programme

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Bibliography

FOR ATTENDING STUDENTS:
The exam shall deal with the issues and the texts addressed during lectures.
Reference textbook:
C. GALLI (Ed.), Guerra, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2015, either printed book or e-book (only the chapters introduced during lectures).
Further bibliography shall be provided during lectures.

FOR NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS:
The exam shall deal with three textbooks:-
- N. BOBBIO, Il problema della guerra e le vie della pace, il Mulino, Bologna 2009 (introductions and chapters, 170 pp.)
and
- M. WALZER, Sulla guerra, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2006
(introduction and chapters 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11: pp. XI-XVII; 5-24; 34-96; 128-167; 130 pp.)
and
one PAPER among
http://www.juragentium.org/topics/wlgo/

Teaching methods

Lectures

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral exam

Other information

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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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