44659 - International Law of Human Rights and European Cooperation Law

Learning outcomes

The course provides an introduction to the study of international law

Course contents

The course is in two parts. The first part introduces to the salient features of international law, emphasizing from the very outset the poly-systemic nature of the international legal order, as it is played out at the level of sources, subjects, adjudication and law enforcement. Special attention is devoted to means of law enforcement (sanctions) supplied either by general international law or by special regimes or subsystems. The second part traces a historical profile of contemporary international law understood as an academic discipline and political project (from the second half of the 19th century) and offers a panorama of the main approaches and methods coexisting today within the field.

Readings/Bibliography

A. Tanzi, Introduzione al diritto internazionale contemporaneo, CEDAM, Padova, 3a ed., 2010.

In addition, one title among the following:

a) L. Gradoni, "Regime failure" nel diritto internazionale, CEDAM, Padova, 2009 (the following sections only: Introduzione: paras. 1-4, 6, 7; Ch. I: paras. 1-4, 6-10; Ch. II: paras. 1, 2, 5-9; Ch. III: paras. 1-4, 7-8); Ch. IV, paras. 1, 5-7).

b) L. Gradoni, E. Milano (a cura di), Il parere della Corte internazionale di giustizia sulla dichiarazione di indipendenza del Kosovo, CEDAM, Padova, 2011 (only the chapters written by Milano, Papa, Franzina, Pertile, Casolari, Palermo, Annoni, Gradoni)

c) M. Koskenniemi, The Gentle Civilizer of Nations. The Rise and Fall of International Law (1870-1960), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2001 (parts as defined by individual agreement with the lecturer)

Teaching methods

Lectures

Assessment methods

Final examination is exclusively oral

Office hours

See the website of Lorenzo Gradoni