Enrollment year
2017/2018
Academic discipline
IUS/14 (EUROPEAN UNION LAW)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Course
ECONOMICS, POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
1st semester (01/10/2018 - 14/12/2018)
Lesson hours
40 lesson hours
Learning outcomes
Legal Framework of Regional Integration in different parts of the World (Africa, Asia, America) examined in comparison with the EU
Course contents
Programme
The programme covers some relevant elements of International Treaty Law (negotiation, conclusion, ratification and amendment of the treaties, the principle of conferral; fulfilment of the obligations arising out of the Treaties), regional courts of justice; relationship between international and national law. It examines some examples of regional integration (the EU, the Andean Pact, Mercosur, etc.).
Teaching methods
Assessment
Class Participation 25% of overall mark,
Class Presentation 25 % of overall mark,
Short Paper 25% of overall mark,
Oral Examination 25% of overall mark (This includes a short test in October on the Law of the Treaties)
Reccomended or required readings
Cassese A., International Law, Oxford University Press, Oxford-New York, second edition, 2005
Schütze R, European Constitutional Law, Cambridge University Press, 2015
Ziller J., The Challenge of Governance in Regional Integration - Key Experiences From Europe EUI, Working papers Law n° 2005/11
Further reading:
Crawford J.,Brownlie’s Principles of Public International Law, (8th ed., OUP) 2012
Cannizaro E., The Law of the Treaties beyond the Vienna Convention (OUP) 2011 (a few chapters will be provided)
Alternatively, there are a few new texts
Klabbers J, An Introduction to International Organisations Law, (3rded, Cambridge), 2015
Klabbers J, International Law, (Cambridge) 2015
Shaw M., International Law (7thed, Cambridge) 2014
Harris D & Sivakumaran S, Cases & Materials on International Law (8thed, Sweet & Maxwell), 2015
Dixon M, McCorquodale R, Williams S., International Law (6th ed. OUP) 2016
Assessment methods
Assessment
Class Participation 25% of overall mark,
Class Presentation 25 % of overall mark,
Short Paper 25% of overall mark,
Oral Examination 25% of overall mark (This includes a short test in October on the Law of the Treaties
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