Course 2024-2025 a.y.

                       I.         Introduction: Public Law in a Globalized Perspective

                     II.         Interests and Values

                   III.         When Legal Orders Collide

Topics include: the emergence of collective interests at global level; due process of law in regulatory and adjudicatory procedures; the transnational judicial protection of the individual; the tensions between treaties, state law, and human rights in developing countries

At the end of the course student will be able to

a) find, read, and understand the documents and data concerning the new public authorities (such as international or supranational bodies),

b) understand how public authorities ischarge their functions and powers beyond the state,

c) make sense of global values, as well as of general principles and rules applicable to public authorities beyond the state,

d) consider the various protections available for individual and collective interests.

At the end of the course student will be able to

a) shed light on the relationships between national, European, and international public authorities,

b)  improve their abilities to examine (legal) documents and to explain and discuss their points of view, also within teamwork (e.g. with regard to judicial decisions).

c)  Improve critical thinking.

• Lectures
• Individual works / Assignments

This course is taught through a combination of lectures and class discussions based on selected cases and materials that are available on the Bboard platform of the course. Students are encouraged to elaborate response papers and present them; this will be duly considered in the context of the final assessment.

Attending students are evaluated on the basis of (A) a short (two or three pages) "response paper" on the weekly readings (50%), attendance and participation (20%), and a final oral exam (30%)

• Guidelines for writing the response paper are uploaded on the Bboard at the beginning of the course. All the response papers will be assessed before the oral exam;
• The exam takes place during the exam sessions, and consists of both open knowledge questions and 'cases questions', similar to those discussed during the course.

Students who do not attend the course have to sit a written and oral exam on the same day. The written exam consists of various types of questions (true or false questions and multiple choice questions) and is followed by the oral exam. 

Attending students are requested to read all the materials provided during the course and uploaded on blackboard.

Mandatory materials (please choose at least one out of the three)

·       J. B. Auby, Globalization, Law & the State, Oxford, Hart, 2017

·       S. Cassese, Advanced Introduction to Global Administrative Law, Cheltenham, Elgar, 2021;

·       G. della Cananea, Understanding Global Administrative Law, Nijhoff, Brill, 2024

Students are requested to read all the materials provided during the course and uploaded on blackboard

Mandatory materials (please choose at least one out of the three)

·       J. B. Auby, Globalization, Law & the State, Oxford, Hart, 2017

·       S. Cassese, Advanced Introduction to Global Administrative Law, Cheltenham, Elgar, 2021;

·       G. della Cananea, Understanding Global Administrative Law, Nijhoff, Brill, 2024