INTERNATIONAL LAW
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2022/2023
- Teacher
- ALESSANDRA ANNONI
- Credits
- 12
- Didactic period
- Primo Semestre
- SSD
- IUS/13
Training objectives
- Knowledge and understanding: the course aims at providing students with a basic knowledge of the rules governing the international legal system, as well as an introduction to private international law and international civil procedure.
Skills: students will be encouraged to critically use legal tools, specifically primary sources and case law. Prerequisites
- Previous knowledge of Constitutional Law and of the institutional aspects of Private Law are a prerequisite for the course. A basic knowledge of civil procedure is an asset. Students attending the course will work also on materials in English (or French).
Course programme
- 1) PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW (58hours).
a) Structure of the International Legal System: Features of the International legal system; Subjects of international law; Sources of international law; b) The Content of international rules: the prohibition of the use of forse; International Rules in constitutional matters; Sovereignty and its limits; the repression of international crimes c) The implementation of International law in municipal law; d) International responsibility; e) the settlement of international disputes
2) INTRODUCTION TO PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW AND INTERNATIONAL CIVIL PROCEDURE. (16 hours) The sources. Function and general rules of private international law: the issue of qualification, “renvoi”, iura novit curia, mandatory rules and public order, the main grounds of jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments.
3) CASE-STUDIES (6 hours): students will be encouraged to apply the rules of international law and the notions learned during the course to two recent case-studies.
The contents of the course may be adapted in order to address the specific requirements of teaching in the current pandemics. Didactic methods
- The course will be held face to face.
The course consists of lectures and discussions on specific cases and topical issues. Learning assessment procedures
- Oral exam. The exam usually consists of three questions, two on issues of Public international Law, one for Private International Law. It is possible to have a fourth question if the assessment of the exam is uncertain; moreover, the exam may be stopped after the first or the second question if the exam is clearly below pass.
For students attending the course, active participation in class is a plus. Reference texts
- For students who attend classes: knowledge of the issues and materials discussed in class.
For students who do not to attend classes: F. SALERNO, Diritto internazionale - Principi e norme, Padova, CEDAM, last available edition, and F SALERNO, Lezioni di diritto internazionale privato, Wolters Kluwer, last available edition.
