INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL AND EU LAW
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2017/2018
- Teacher
- PIETRO FRANZINA
- Credits
- 6
- Didactic period
- Primo Semestre
- SSD
- IUS/13
Training objectives
- The course, which is taught in English, aims at meeting the needs of incoming exchange students who wish to attend courses related to International law or European Union law but are not sufficiently familiar with those areas.
Students will develop a number of skills. They will develop the ability to interpret international and EU legal texts and case-law. They will learn to carry out targeted legal research in the field of International Law and European Union Law. They will learn to assess the impact of international and EU law and case-law on domestic legal orders. Prerequisites
- Students are expected to have a basic knowledge of the fundamental issues of constitutional law and private law.
Course programme
- International Law (20 hours):
Lectures (19 hours): The first part of the course will provide an introduction to Public International Law, focusing on: (i) the general features of the international legal order; (ii) the subjects of International Law; (iii) the sources of International Law; (iv) the relation of International Law and Domestic Law; (v) the responsibility for internationally wrongful acts; (vi) the settlement of international disputes.
Seminar (1 hour): Introduction to relevant online and offline legal research tools.
EU Law (20 hours):
Lectures (19 hours): The second part of the course will give students an insight into the law of the European Union, focusing on: (i) the history of the EU; (ii) the institutional framework; (iii) the sources of EU Law; (iv) the competences of the EU; (v) EU Law and Domestic Law; (vi) the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Seminar (1 hour): Introduction to relevant online and offline legal research tools. Didactic methods
- Lectures supplemented by seminars on the use of online and offline legal research tools.
Learning assessment procedures
- Oral exam in English. Students who attend classes will also be offered the opportunity to sit a written exam at the end of the course. The exam will consist of multiple choice questions and open-ended questions. To pass the exam, students must score at least 18/30.
Reference texts
- Students who attend classes may prepare for the examination revising their own notes and the slides of the lectures, as well as studying the texts included in the reading list published on the course’s website.
Students who do not attend classes may prepare for the examination studying the following texts:
International Law
M.B. Shaw, International Law, 7th ed., Cambridge, 2014, only the following parts:
Chapter 3: pp. 49-91, and
Chapter 4: pp. 92-129, and
Chapter 5: pp. 142-157 and 183-193, and
Chapter 14: pp. 566-588, and
Chapter 16: pp. 654-692, and
Chapter 18: pp. 732-742 and 758-765, and
Chapter 19: pp. 766-808.
Students are strongly encouraged to consult treaties, Draft articles and documents discussed during the classes, which are available online, on the website of the course.
EU Law
R. Schütze, An Introduction to European Law, 2nd ed., Cambridge, 2015, pp. 1-218; or
N. Foster, EU Law Directions, 5th ed., Oxford, 2016, pp. 1-284.
Students are strongly encouraged to consult the essential primary and secondary sources of EU Law, which are available online at http://eur-lex.europa.eu/collection/eu-law.html, and are collected in the volume R. Schütze, EU Treaties and Legislation, Cambridge, 2015.
