OVERVIEW

The subject - delivered in English - aims at offering tools for the analysis, elaboration and negotiation of complex legal phenomena of the international arena related to the topics of global challenges and protection of fundamental rights. 

At the end of the programme, students will acquire methodological tools and advanced skills in international and European Union law, will be able to understand and analyse current legal issues of international and transnational relations, and will be able to independently develop possible solutions to open questions.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims to explore current issues of international and EU law related to crisis management in and within the international community, focusing in particular on the interaction between systems and the coordination of multilevel rules.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Self-study, attendance and participation in the proposed training activities will enable students to: i) identify, analyse, understand and apply the relevant sources of international and European Union law; ii) understand and analyse the mutual coordination of sources; iii) independently identify and assess the main critical issues in specific sectors, also with a view to developing original and innovative solutions; iv) express themselves in appropriate technical legal language.

PREREQUISITES

Good knowledge of English.

TEACHING METHODS

Frontal and participative lessons with analysis of real cases.

Lectures will be conducted for 20 hours by Stefano Dominelli, for 12 hours by Francesca Maoli, and include 4 hours of student presentations.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Lectures will focus on the following topics:

• monetary sovereignty, international trade, tariffs war, and cryptocurrencies;
• international and European space law and law of non-sovereign territories;
• strategic litigation, lobbying, and social change;
• child protection in international and European law.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

For students attending classes.

J.P. Landau, S. Nicole, Monetary Sovereignty in a Digital World, SciencesPo Publication Series of the Digital, governance and sovereignty Chair, June 2024, pp. 1-18 (free access online).

S. Hobe (edited by), Space Law, Baden-Baden, 2024, ISBN, 978-1-5099-7257-9, pp. 57-92; pp. 107-130; pp. 209-220.

B. Hess, Strategic Litigation: A New Phenomenon in Dispute Resolution, Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law Research Paper Series | N° 2022 (3) (free access online).

Students not attending classes will also have to additionally read the following materials:

C. Faone, Do Harmonized Provisions Ensure Fairness in International Trade? The European Customs Law Experience, in Athens Journal of Law, 2024, p. 399-418.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

First semester, see official calendar.

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The exam is oral, it takes place in presence and only during official exam sessions. It usually consists of three questions on topics covered in class and lasts approximately 15 minutes.

In addition, and exclusively for those who attend 2/3 of the classes in person, there are voluntary presentations by the students, which contribute to the definition of the final grade. In addition, again for those who attend 2/3 of the classes in the presence, lecturers may provide for a final test that dispenses with the oral exam and which focuses on the analysis of concrete cases and the elaboration of original and innovative solutions.

Attending at least 50% of classes enables students to take the programme reserved to attending students.

The course is delivered in English and, as a rule, the exam must be taken in English.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The exam aims to test whether students are able to identify, understand and apply the relevant rules of international and EU law covered in the programme, to critically analyse real-case scenarios, as well as to use appropriate legal terminology.

FURTHER INFORMATION

For student's office hours, see the relevant section.

For DSA: interested persons must get in touch with the departmen contact person and not the lecturers.