Anna ORIOLO | INSTITUTIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

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INSTITUTIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

	1212500016
	DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT & INNOVATION SYSTEMS
	EQF6
	DIPLOMATIC, INTERNATIONAL AND GLOBAL SECURITY STUDIES
	2024/2025

CURRICULUM DIPLOMATIC STUDIES AND STRATEGIES FOR GLOBAL SECURITY

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 3
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2019
	SPRING SEMESTER

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	IUS/13	6	42	LESSONS	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS

EXAMS

Exam	Date	Session
ORIOLO	11/02/2025 - 09:00	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
ORIOLO	11/02/2025 - 09:00	SESSIONE DI RECUPERO
ORIOLO	08/04/2025 - 09:00	SESSIONE ORDINARIA

	Objectives
	THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH BASIC THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL TOOLS, TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE IN THE FIELDS OF DIPLOMACY, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND THE EU, THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES. THE TEACHING HAS, THEREFORE, AS SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: A) KNOWLEDGE AND STUDENTS' UNDERSTANDING OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES AND RULES GOVERNING RELATIONS BETWEEN STATES. B) THE EVOLUTION AND TRANSFORMATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL SYSTEM FROM ITS BIRTH UNTIL TODAY. THE RESULTS OF EXPECTED LEARNING ARE: A) THE ACQUISITION OF THE COMPETENCE BY THE STUDENT TO GRASP AND DESCRIBE THE PECULIAR AND CHARACTERISTIC ELEMENTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL SYSTEM AND INSTITUTIONS. B) BE ABLE TO EVALUATE E TO NOTE, IN GENERAL, THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW. EXPECTED LEARNING OBJECTIVES KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: UNDERSTANDING OF THE MAIN ISSUES OF "INTERNATIONAL LAW" SUCH AS THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, THE MAINTENANCE OF PEACE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW MODEL OF COLLECTIVE SECURITY, THE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM AND OTHER FORMS OF ORGANIZED CRIME, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROTECTION OF THE COMMONS (ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY, WATER). APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: ABILITY TO CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE NEW STRUCTURE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, AT THE UNIVERSAL, REGIONAL AND EUROPEAN LEVEL, AND THEIR TRANSFORMATION IN A WORLD PROFOUNDLY CHANGED AS FOR BOTH ORGANIZATIONAL-INSTITUTIONAL AND POLITICAL-REGULATORY FEATURES MAKING JUDGMENTS: ABILITY TO INDEPENDENTLY EXAMINE CONCRETE CASES OF THE INTERNATIONAL REALITY, APPLYING TOOLS AND APPROPRIATE METHODS OF ANALYSIS AND KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED DURING THE COURSE: THE SOURCES OF LAW, CASE LAW AND THE VARIOUS THEORIES OF LEGAL THOUGHT. COMMUNICATION SKILLS: ACQUISITION OF LEGAL AND TECHNICAL LANGUAGE, OF TYPICAL ARGUMENTATIVE SKILLS OF THE LEGAL PROFESSIONS, AS WELL AS OF COMMUNICATION SKILLS THAT WILL ENABLE STUDENTS TO OPERATE IN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXTS. LEARNING SKILLS: ABILITY TO DEVELOP AND UPDATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND CAPABILITIES IN AN APPROPRIATE MANNER USING THE SKILLS ACQUIRED DURING THE COURSE SUCH AS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CAPACITY TO ANALYZE AND CRITICALLY INTERPRET BIBLIOGRAPHIC, LEGISLATIVE AND JURISPRUDENTIAL DATA.

THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH BASIC THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL TOOLS,
TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE IN THE FIELDS OF DIPLOMACY, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND THE EU, THE PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION AND MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES. THE TEACHING HAS, THEREFORE, AS SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: A) KNOWLEDGE
AND STUDENTS' UNDERSTANDING OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES AND RULES GOVERNING RELATIONS BETWEEN STATES. B)
THE EVOLUTION AND TRANSFORMATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL SYSTEM FROM ITS BIRTH UNTIL TODAY. THE RESULTS OF
EXPECTED LEARNING ARE: A) THE ACQUISITION OF THE COMPETENCE BY THE STUDENT TO GRASP AND DESCRIBE THE
PECULIAR AND CHARACTERISTIC ELEMENTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL SYSTEM AND INSTITUTIONS. B) BE ABLE TO EVALUATE E
TO NOTE, IN GENERAL, THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW.
EXPECTED LEARNING OBJECTIVES

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:

UNDERSTANDING OF THE MAIN ISSUES OF "INTERNATIONAL LAW" SUCH AS THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, THE MAINTENANCE OF PEACE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW MODEL OF COLLECTIVE SECURITY, THE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM AND OTHER FORMS OF ORGANIZED CRIME, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROTECTION OF THE COMMONS (ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY, WATER).

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:

ABILITY TO CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE NEW STRUCTURE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, AT THE UNIVERSAL, REGIONAL AND EUROPEAN LEVEL, AND THEIR TRANSFORMATION IN A WORLD PROFOUNDLY CHANGED AS FOR BOTH ORGANIZATIONAL-INSTITUTIONAL AND POLITICAL-REGULATORY FEATURES

MAKING JUDGMENTS:

ABILITY TO INDEPENDENTLY EXAMINE CONCRETE CASES OF THE INTERNATIONAL REALITY, APPLYING TOOLS AND APPROPRIATE METHODS OF ANALYSIS AND KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED DURING THE COURSE: THE SOURCES OF LAW, CASE LAW AND THE VARIOUS THEORIES OF LEGAL THOUGHT.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS:

ACQUISITION OF LEGAL AND TECHNICAL LANGUAGE, OF TYPICAL ARGUMENTATIVE SKILLS OF THE LEGAL PROFESSIONS, AS WELL AS OF COMMUNICATION SKILLS THAT WILL ENABLE STUDENTS TO OPERATE IN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXTS.

LEARNING SKILLS:

ABILITY TO DEVELOP AND UPDATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND CAPABILITIES IN AN APPROPRIATE MANNER USING THE SKILLS ACQUIRED DURING THE COURSE SUCH AS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CAPACITY TO ANALYZE AND CRITICALLY INTERPRET BIBLIOGRAPHIC, LEGISLATIVE AND JURISPRUDENTIAL DATA.

	Prerequisites
	NO PREREQUISITES

	Contents
	THE FUNCTIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW; THE SUBJECTS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW (STATES, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, INDIVIDUALS, NLM); THE SOURCES (GENERAL IAND PARTICULAR); THE CONTENT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW; STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND LIMITS; VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY; ASCERTAINMENT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL LAW AND NATIONAL LAW.

	Teaching Methods
	WE COMBINE: 1) TRADITIONAL TEACHING METHOD: FRONTAL LESSON (EV. WITH SLIDES) WITH MAINLY THEORETICAL PURPOSE; 10 MINUTES FOR QUESTIONS; 2) ACTIVE METHOD: INTERACTIVE SEMINARY WORK, WITH CASE STUDIES; STUDY MATERIAL (COPIES, ETC,) TO BE DELIVERED TO STUDENTS; SPEECH ABOUT A PARTICULAR ARGUMENT; DISCUSSION ABOUT GENERAL ARGUMENTS; 3) INNOVATIVE TEACHING METHODS: STUDENTS ARE PROVIDED WITH A SET OF MULTIMEDIA MATERIALS (E.G.: INTERNET SITES, PROJECTIONS OF TEXTS AND DOCUMENTS RELEVANT FOR EU LAW; PROJECTIONS OF FILMS AND DEBATE; POWERPOINT FILES, ETC.)

Teaching Methods

WE COMBINE: 1) TRADITIONAL TEACHING METHOD: FRONTAL LESSON (EV. WITH SLIDES) WITH MAINLY THEORETICAL PURPOSE; 10 MINUTES FOR QUESTIONS; 2) ACTIVE METHOD: INTERACTIVE SEMINARY WORK, WITH CASE STUDIES; STUDY MATERIAL (COPIES, ETC,) TO BE DELIVERED TO STUDENTS; SPEECH ABOUT A PARTICULAR ARGUMENT; DISCUSSION ABOUT GENERAL ARGUMENTS; 3) INNOVATIVE TEACHING METHODS: STUDENTS ARE PROVIDED WITH A SET OF MULTIMEDIA MATERIALS (E.G.: INTERNET SITES, PROJECTIONS OF TEXTS AND DOCUMENTS RELEVANT FOR EU LAW; PROJECTIONS OF FILMS AND DEBATE; POWERPOINT FILES, ETC.)

	Verification of learning
	ORAL EXAM THE EXAM AIMS TO VERIFY THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE BASIC, THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL TOOLS, IN ORDER TO INTERPRET AND APPLY THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR LAW IN THE FIELDS OF LEGAL PROFESSIONS, DIPLOMACY, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND SUPRANATIONAL COURTS. EVAULATION CRITERIA ARE: MAKING JUDGMENTS: ABILITY TO MAKE AUTONOMOUS JUDGMENTS WITH REGARD TO CONCRETE CASES OF DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR LAW SUCH AS: THE SOURCES, THE CASE LAW AND THE DIFFERENT SCHOLARS APPROACHES COMMUNICATION SKILLS: ACQUISITION OF LEGAL AND TECHNICAL LANGUAGE AND OF ARGUMENTATIVE SKILLS TYPICAL OF THE LEGAL PROFESSIONS AND DIPLOMACY THAT WILL ENABLE STUDENTS TO ACT EVEN AT SUPRANATIONAL LEVEL (EG, INTERNATIONAL AND EU COURTS, TRIBUNALS AND INSTITUTIONS) LEARNING SKILLS: ABILITY TO DEVELOP AND UPDATE THE KNOWLEDGE SUCH AS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ABILITY TO CONSULT AND INTERPRET BIBLIOGRAPHICAL, NORMATIVE AND JURISPRUDENTIAL DATA STUDENTS HAVE TO GAIN AT MINIMUM A 18/30 MARK TO PASS THE EXAM. THE MINIMUM (18) IS ASSIGNED WHERE THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CENTRAL TOPICS OF DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR LAW IS SUFFICIENT. THE MAXIMUM (30) IS ASSIGNED WHERE THE STUDENTS MASTER THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL TOPICS OF DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR LAW AND ARE ABLE TO CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE PROBLEMS CONNECTED WITH THEM. LAUDE IS ASSIGNED WHERE THE STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO FORMULATE AUTONOMOUS ASSESSMENT WITH REGARD TO CONCRETE CASES AND CENTRAL TOPICS OF DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR LAW FOR ATTENDING STUDENTS ARE PROVIDED 2 WRITTEN EXAMS IN THE MIDDLE AND AT END OF COURSE OF 120 MINUTES EACH (IN THE MULTIPLE ANSWERED TEST FORM, QUESTIONNAIRES WITH QUESTIONS WITH OPEN ANSWER AND SHORT FREE COMPOSITIONS). STUDENTS HAVE TO GAIN AT MINIMUM A 18/30 MARK TO PASS EACH WRITTEN TEST. THE FINAL EVALUATION IS GIVEN BY THE AVERAGE OF THE MARKS GAINED IN EACH EXAM.

Verification of learning

ORAL EXAM
THE EXAM AIMS TO VERIFY THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE BASIC, THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL TOOLS, IN ORDER TO INTERPRET AND APPLY THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR LAW IN THE FIELDS OF LEGAL PROFESSIONS, DIPLOMACY, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND SUPRANATIONAL COURTS.

EVAULATION CRITERIA ARE:
MAKING JUDGMENTS: ABILITY TO MAKE AUTONOMOUS JUDGMENTS WITH REGARD TO CONCRETE CASES OF DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR LAW SUCH AS: THE SOURCES, THE CASE LAW AND THE DIFFERENT SCHOLARS APPROACHES
COMMUNICATION SKILLS: ACQUISITION OF LEGAL AND TECHNICAL LANGUAGE AND OF ARGUMENTATIVE SKILLS TYPICAL OF THE LEGAL PROFESSIONS AND DIPLOMACY THAT WILL ENABLE STUDENTS TO ACT EVEN AT SUPRANATIONAL LEVEL (EG, INTERNATIONAL AND EU COURTS, TRIBUNALS AND INSTITUTIONS)

LEARNING SKILLS: ABILITY TO DEVELOP AND UPDATE THE KNOWLEDGE SUCH AS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ABILITY TO CONSULT AND INTERPRET BIBLIOGRAPHICAL, NORMATIVE AND JURISPRUDENTIAL DATA

STUDENTS HAVE TO GAIN AT MINIMUM A 18/30 MARK TO PASS THE EXAM.
THE MINIMUM (18) IS ASSIGNED WHERE THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CENTRAL TOPICS OF DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR LAW IS SUFFICIENT.
THE MAXIMUM (30) IS ASSIGNED WHERE THE STUDENTS MASTER THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL TOPICS OF DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR LAW AND ARE ABLE TO CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE PROBLEMS CONNECTED WITH THEM.
LAUDE IS ASSIGNED WHERE THE STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO FORMULATE AUTONOMOUS ASSESSMENT WITH REGARD TO CONCRETE CASES AND CENTRAL TOPICS OF DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR LAW

FOR ATTENDING STUDENTS ARE PROVIDED 2 WRITTEN EXAMS IN THE MIDDLE AND AT END OF COURSE OF 120 MINUTES EACH (IN THE MULTIPLE ANSWERED TEST FORM, QUESTIONNAIRES WITH QUESTIONS WITH OPEN ANSWER AND SHORT FREE COMPOSITIONS).
STUDENTS HAVE TO GAIN AT MINIMUM A 18/30 MARK TO PASS EACH WRITTEN TEST.

THE FINAL EVALUATION IS GIVEN BY THE AVERAGE OF THE MARKS GAINED IN EACH EXAM.

	Texts
	ONE BOOK TO CHOOSE FROM THE FOLLOWING: U. VILLANI, LEZIONI DI DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE (2 ED), CACUCCI, 2023 OR A. SINAGRA - P. BARGIACCHI, LEZIONI DI DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE PUBBLICO, III ED. GIUFFRÈ, 2019 [CHAPTERS I TO VI (INCLUDED)]. OR G. ZICCARDI, DIRITTO GLOBALE, IL NUOVO DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE, GIUFFRÈ, 2010 [INTRODUCTORY PART, PART II, PART II, PART III, PART IV (INCLUDING BASIC THEORY SHEET VII, AND EXCLUDING CHAPTER VII AND SUBSEQUENT CHAPTERS)]. IN ADDITION (SPECIAL PART) A. DI STASI, INTRODUZIONE ALLA CONVENZIONE EUROPEA DEI DIRITTI DELL'UOMO E DELLE LIBERTÀ FONDAMENTALI, 2022 CEDAM

Texts

ONE BOOK TO CHOOSE FROM THE FOLLOWING:

U. VILLANI, LEZIONI DI DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE (2 ED), CACUCCI, 2023

OR
A. SINAGRA - P. BARGIACCHI, LEZIONI DI DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE PUBBLICO, III ED. GIUFFRÈ, 2019 [CHAPTERS I TO VI (INCLUDED)].

OR
G. ZICCARDI, DIRITTO GLOBALE, IL NUOVO DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE, GIUFFRÈ, 2010 [INTRODUCTORY PART, PART II, PART II, PART III, PART IV (INCLUDING BASIC THEORY SHEET VII, AND EXCLUDING CHAPTER VII AND SUBSEQUENT CHAPTERS)].

IN ADDITION (SPECIAL PART)
A. DI STASI, INTRODUZIONE ALLA CONVENZIONE EUROPEA DEI DIRITTI DELL'UOMO E DELLE LIBERTÀ FONDAMENTALI, 2022 CEDAM

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	EACH LESSON IS PRECEDED BY A RECAPITULATION OF THE EARLIER ONE THAT A STUDENT MAKES WITH MY SUPPORT. LESSONS CAN ALSO BE HELD IN ENGLISH, AS WELL AS EXERCISES AND RESEARCH REPORT PROCESSING. THEREFORE, THE USE OF DOCUMENTARY AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES IN ENGLISH IS ALSO ENVISAGED.

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