INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN UNION LAW

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2019/2020

Type of Course:

Basic

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Disciplinary Sector:

International Law

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

ASTA Gabriele

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

No prerequisites required. Nevertheless, before taking the exam in International and European Union Law, students are advised to take the exam in Italian and Comparative Constitutional Law.

AF code:

40003373

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Oral exam aimed at verifying the student’s knowledge. For students who have attended at least 75% of the lessons, an intermediate test may be organized on a part of the course program.

Teaching period

Second semester

Objectives

This course aims at providing students with a basic knowledge of Public International Law and European Union law, fundamental for the purpose of understanding the dynamics taking place in the International Community and to be able to study, even independently, additional specific areas of International Law (such as International Human Rights Law or International Humanitarian Law) and EU Law.

Contents

The course will deal, in particular, with the following topics:
- Introduction: History of International Law and framework of the functions of creation, ascertainment and enforcement of International rules;
- Actors;
- The Sources of International Law;
- International Responsibility: the Constitutive Elements of an International Wrong and the related Consequences;
- The Settlement of International Disputes (Diplomacy; Arbitration; the International Court of Justice);
- The UN Collective Security System;
- Origins and evolution of the European integration process;
- The Institutional Framework of the European Union;
- EU Competences;
- The Sources of EU Law (Treaties and other Sources; Secondary Law).

Recommended Bibliography

For the part of the course relating to International Law:
F. M. PALOMBINO, Introduzione al diritto internazionale, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2019 (except the fifth chapter) supplemented by A. GIOIA, Diritto internazionale, Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, Milano, latest edition (only chapter XXVII).

For the part of the course relating to EU Law, one of the following texts:
- U. VILLANI, Istituzioni di diritto dell’Unione europea, Cacucci, Bari, latest edition (chapters I; II, except paragraphs 4 and 6; III, paragraphs 1-8; V, paragraphs 1-14; VII).
- U. DRAETTA, A. SANTINI, F. BESTAGNO, Elementi di Diritto dell’Unione europea. Parte istituzionale. Ordinamento e struttura dell’Unione Europea, Giuffré, Milano, ultima ed. (chapters I; II, paragraphs 10-16; III, paragraphs 21-26; V).

These texts must be complemented with the consultation of the main sources of International Law (the Vienna Convention on the law of treaties; the draft articles on the responsibility of the state for internationally wrongful acts; the United Nations Charter; the Statute of the International Court of Justice - available online at www.un.org) and European Union Law (in particular, the Consolidated versions of the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union - available at www.europa.eu).

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

The course will be mainly carried out through lectures and exercises on practical cases.

Contacts/More Information

For information on the contents of the program or for any clarifications, you can contact the teacher via e-mail (gasta@uniss.it).

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