INTERNATIONAL LAW

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2019/2020

Type of Course:

Characterising

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in POLITICAL SCIENCE

Disciplinary Sector:

International Law

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

ANGIOI Antonella Silvia

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

No prerequisites are required. However, in consideration of the course’s contents, it is advisable that the students have a basic knowledge of public law and private law, as well as some fluency in English.

AF code:

40000409

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

The final test consists of an oral exam that includes at least three questions

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

The course aims at providing the students with the basic knowledge of international law necessary to understand the role of law in the system of international relations and interpret the facts and events that characterise current international affairs.
The course covers a range of issues related to the evolution of the international community and the international legal system with a special focus on the functioning of the international legal system, the subjects of the legal system, the sources of law, the relationship between international law and municipal law, the responsibility of State for international wrongful acts, and the peaceful settlement of international disputes. The final part of the course is focused on the topic of the use of force and the prohibition of the use of force in international law, with a particular focus on the role of the United Nations and the collective security system.

Contents

- The international community and the international legal system: evolution and main features
- The subjects of the international legal system
- The role of the international organisations in the international legal system
- The sources of international law:
a) The customary law; the law of treaties; the binding acts of the international organisations; the peremptory rules of international law; the soft law
- International law and municipal law
- The responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts
- The peaceful settlement of international disputes
- The prohibition of the use of force and the use of force in the international legal system
- The role played by the United Nations and the collective security system
- The evolution of peacekeeping and the provisional administration of territories by the United Nations

Recommended Bibliography

U. Leanza, I Caracciolo, Il diritto internazionale: diritto per gli Stati e diritto per gli individui. Parte generale, terza ed., Giappichelli, Torino, 2012. As an alternative: S. Marchisio, Corso di diritto internazionale, Giappichelli, Torino, 2021.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Classes take place in the form of lessons held in two-three hours sessions, with power point presentation

Contacts/More Information

Class attendance is not mandatory; however, it is strongly recommended

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