Università Roma Tre

Course description
This course will offer an overview of a range of theoretical approaches to questions arising with respect to the impact of globalization on law, which will be considered in the context of developments in substantive areas of law. In addition to a consideration of the structural impacts of globalization on public international law and international economic law, the course will consider the impact of globalization on the formation of national constitutions, as well as its effects in areas of substantive law such as intellectual property law, the protection of cultural heritage, the regulation of the digital economy, trade law, banking law, the regulation of financial services, immigration law and the protection of human rights.

Course Reading Materials
There is no textbook for this course. However, in preparation for the classes students may find the sources listed below useful. In addition, one piece of required reading will be allocated for each class. This reading will be notified to students when the course schedule is published.

M R Ferrarese, “Governance: A Soft Revolution with Hard Political and Legal Effects” (2014) 1 Soft Power, www.softpowerjournal.com/web/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/articolo-3-governance.pdf
F Scamardella, “Governance in Times of Globalisation: the Kaleidoscope of the Legal System” (2016) 6(3) Oñati Socio-Legal Series, https://ssrn.com/abstract=2833940

A Von Bogdandy, “Globalization and Europe: How to Square Democracy, Globalization and International Law” (2004) 15 (5) European Journal of International Law 885-906, www.ejil.org/pdfs/15/5/396.pdf