Political science and international relations

The international community and its law - The historical evolution of the international community -The foundation of International law - The various categories of sources - The international custom and the codification of the general norms - The rules of jus cogens with particular reference to codification - The rules establishing obligations erga omnes - The law of the treaties - International treaties in the Italian constitutional order - General principles, acts of international organizations, soft law, jurisprudence and doctrine - Unilateral acts - Relations between international law and state law - The adaptation of the italian legal system to international norms - Subjects in international law - Immunity of international subjects - The events of international subjects: extinction and succession - The prohibition of the use of force in international law - International responsibility - International disputes and their solution - The International Court of Justice.

Basic linguistic knowledge, in particular of the language most used in international relations: the English language.

* One to choose from the following two manuals: - Monaco R., Curti Gialdino C., Manual of international law public. General part, 3rd edition (4th edition if already published) Utet juridical, Turin, 2009 (all); - Marchisio S., International law course, third edition, Giappichelli, Turin, 2021 (all). * For the monographic part: - Cadin R., The ius cogens in the time of codification, Giappichelli, forthcoming.

* optional The attendance of the course is optional and not compulsory, but to be considered attending it is required the attendance at the 2/3 of the lessons.

* students not attending: oral exam (20-30 minutes) articulated in 3/4 questions on the knowledge acquired through the study of the exam texts. * For attending students: The assessment of attending students takes place within the framework of an in itinere path divided into four tests aimed at verifying the full achievement of the expected learing outcomes: - at the end of the first part of the course, dedicated to the study of the sources of international law, a test will be administered, with multiple choice (20) and open-ended (one on the codification of ius cogens) questions, that will allow to evaluate the formal knowledge of the normative dimension of the international legal system; - at the end of the second part of the course dedicated to the study of the subjects of the international order, attending students will make a critical presentation in oral form of a topic of their choice. This test will allow to stimulate the students' interest for the subject and to assess not only their level of formal knowledge, but also their ability to deepen and to critical analyse of a phenomenon, as well as to give a synthetic and effective representation of that; - at the end of the last part of the course, dedicated to the study of international responsibility and the resolution of international disputes, a test will be administered, with multiple choice (20) and open-ended (one) questions, that will allow to evaluate the formal knowledge of these institutes and also to give to the whole evaluation process an objective counter-test; - Finally, the optional test will consist in the presentation during the examination of one of the most significant cases of the jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice. This test (individual or in small groups) will allow assessing both the students' ability to interact in in solving international disputes through the application of international law and and to effectively communicate the elaborated solutions This evaluation will concern not only the collective dimension, but also the individual contribution to the group research. The final evaluation of the attending student will be determined by the average in thirtieths of the three marks obtained in the compulsory tests. Attending students who wish to improve this mark will be able to take the optional test during the exam.

The Course will be characterized by the use of teaching methods aimed at developing the active participation of students and their ability to use the knowledge acquired to solve international disputes through the application of international law. This objective will be achieved through the combination of different teaching models (lectures, case studies, practical exercises and group researches). Specifically, within the Course will be provided, in addition to lectures, exercises on case studies in particular from the jurisprudence of international courts and presentations by attending students on international subjectivity. Furthermore, an optional test is foreseen during the exam. Attending students, on a voluntary basis, will prepare the presentation of one of the most significant cases in the jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice.

- The International Community: origins and characters. - The sources of International Law. - The codification of International law. - The law of treaties. - The acts of International Organizations - The relationship between International Law and domestic law. - The subjects of International law: States. Subjects different from States. - The organs of the States. - The responsibility of the States. - The peaceful settlement of international disputes.

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Attendance is not mandatory.

The final examination is aimed to assess knowledge and the ability to illustrate clearly the content of the course. The final examination will take place in oral form, will have a duration of approximately 20 minutes and will be divided on the basis of three questions. The final examination will concern texts indicated in this program.

The course is based on front lectures.