Università Roma Tre

The course is aimed at providing students with the basic notions of international law and to introduce them to a critical appraisal of the main current global problems according to a systemic and realist-constructivist approach. The syllabus varies with the credits. This is the 8-credit syllabus:

Introduction

I. The state system and the governance of humankind

1. The state system and the international community

2. Inter-state creation and intra-state application of international law

a. General international law
b. Treaties
c. Binding acts of international organizations
d. Relationships between international law sources
e. The dynamics of international law sources
f. Intra-state application of international law rules

3. The allocation of the governmental authority of the states

a. Criteria of allocation of state jurisdiction
b. Delimitation of the spaces in which state jurisdiction is exercised

II. International rules protecting common values of humankind

1. Interstate order

a. Immunity of organs of foreign states
b. Jurisdictional immunity of foreign states
c. Jurisdictional immunity of international organizations

2. The human person

a. Foreign nationals
b. Human rights
c. Humanitarian international law
d. International crimes

3. Sustainable economy

a. World Trade Organization (WTO)
b. GATT
c. Foreign investment
d. Sustainable development
e. Environment

4. Global security

a. Transnational crime
b. Prohibition of the use of force
c. The UN Security system
d. Disarmament and non-proliferation of WMDs

III. International responsibility and international settlement of disputes

1. International responsibility

a. International responsibility of states
b. International responsibility of international organizations
c. International responsibility of individuals

2. International settlement of disputes

a. Adjudication
b. Diplomacy

Textbooks, with further references (in several languages):


9 cfu:

1. Carlo Focarelli,  Diritto internazionale (Milano, Kluwer/Cedam, 2023, 7th edn), except for the paragraphs written in a smaller font-size.

6 cfu:

1. Carlo Focarelli,  Diritto internazionale (Milano, Kluwer/Cedam, 2023, 7a edn), Part I and Part III, except for the paragraphs written in a smaller font-size.

The syllabus is the same for both attending and non-attending students.