00230 - International Law (M-Q)

Learning outcomes

The course is aimed at introducing students to the fundamental tenets of contemporary international law.

Course contents

The international community and international law: characters, sources, subjects.
International custom.
The codification of general international law.
The international agreement:
- notion and adoption.
- reservations to treaties.
- the effectiveness, amendment and interpretation of treaties and the sources provided for in the agreements
- invalidity, termination and suspension of the application of the treaties
States: acquisition of international subjectivity, extinctive events, changes. International succession between States
The territory and territorial sovereignty.
The territorial sea and airspace. Marine areas adjacent to the territorial sea.
The high seas, international airspace and outer space.
International protection of the environment.
Jurisdictional immunities of States and their organs.
International subjects other than sovereign States.
International organizations.
The individual in international law.
The solution of international disputes and the establishment of the law.
International protection of human rights. The European system and the European Court of Human Rights
International criminal law and the international criminal Court.
The international responsibility of the State for illegal acts.
The coercive implementation of international law.
The collective security system of the United Nations
The application of international law within the State.

Readings/Bibliography

A. GIOIA, Diritto internazionale, Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, 7th ed., 2022. More information on the programme will be available at the start of the lectures.

 

Teaching methods

The course consists in 30 lectures of 2 h. each. The teacher will make use of slides that will help attending students to better follow the explanations and facilitate the review of the topics.

Assessment methods

There are two options available:

a) oral exam; b) written test. To register the mark, it is however necessary to register on Almaesami (when the lists are open).  

a) The oral exam consists of the answer to two / three questions on the programme.


b) The written exam consists of questions with 3 possible answers (1 correct, 2 false) on the course program, identical for attending and non-attending students.  

 

Teaching tools

Reference materials will be available at: virtuale.unibo.it

Office hours

See the website of Alessandra Zanobetti