0055415 - INTERNATIONAL LAW

Italian.

Italian

The place of law in international society. The role of the Organization of
the United Nations and regional organizations. The use of force. Peaceful
settlement of disputes. The International Court of Justice. Customary
international law and general principles of law. The law of treaties.
International law and municipal laws. States as subjects of international
law. Self-determination. State responsibility.
International protection of human rights.

International society, with particular attention to the UN and the use of force in international relations. Subjects: states, international organizations, other subjects, and individuals (diplomatic protection, international protection of human rights, international crimes). Sources: customary international law, treaties, subordinate sources, relationship between international law and municipal law. State responsibility. Peaceful settlement of disputes; the International Court of Justice.

The students may use their notes from the lectures together with the reading materials to be distributed during the course.
For students not attending the course the following textsare recommended:
- Conforti, Diritto internazionale, Editoriale Scientifica, Napoli 2013,IX edition (pp. 168-179; pp. 354-369 excluded);
- Condorelli, Fonti (diritto internazionale), in Dizionario di diritto pubblico, vol.III, Giuffrè, pp. 2554-2574 (it can be downloaded from the website of the Course).

All the students must have knowledge of the main articles of the following international instruments: United Nation Charter; Vienna Convention of 1969 on the Law of Treaties; Draft articles on States Responsibility (2001). These documents can be found in: Codice di diritto internazionale pubblico (a cura di Luzzatto e Pocar), Giappichelli, Torino. They can also be downloaded from the website of the Course.

Knowledge
To understand how international relations among States and other
international
actors are governed. Relations beteween international law and municipal
law, in
particular Italian law.
Abilities
Capacity to assess the existence of rules of international law and their
meaning,
with particular reference to the legal effects of treaties, which
increasengly regulate matters that were traditionally governed by
municipal laws. Acquisition of the basic
elements that are required in competitions which include a test of
knowledge of
international law.
Results to be obtained
General comprehension of the way in which rules of international law are
formed
and applied, with particular reference to the means for enforcing rights
and obligations arising thereunder.

Knowledge
To understand how international relations among States and other international actors are governed. Relations between international law and municipal law, in particular Italian law.
Abilities
Capacity to assess the existence of rules of international law and their meaning, with particular reference to the legal effects of treaties. Acquisition of the basic elements that are required in competitions which include a test of knowledge of international law.
Results to be obtained
General comprehension of the way in which rules of international law are formed and applied, with
particular reference to the means for enforcing rights and obligations arising thereunder.

Students must have passed the exams of: Private Law (Diritto privato I)
and Constitutional Law (Diritto costituzionale generale).

Students must have passed the exams of: Private Law (Diritto privato I) and Constitutional
Law (Diritto costituzionale generale).

60 hours of lectures.

60 hours of lectures

oral examination.

oral examination

The international community and the settlement of international disputes. The subjects of the law and the United Nations. Sources of international law. Customary international law and its codification. General principles of law. The law of treaties and the Vienna Convention on the law of treaties. Subordinate sources. Relations between international law and municipal law. The treatment of aliens. International protection of human rights. State responsibility.

International society, with particular attention to the UN and the use of force in international relations.
Subjects: States, international organizations, other subjects. Individuals in international law: diplomatic protection, international protection of human rights, international crimes.
Sources: customary international law and its codification, treaties (and Vienna Convention on the law of treaties), subordinate sources, the relationship between international law and municipal law.
State responsibility.
Peaceful settlement of disputes with particular attention to the International Court of Justice.