Course 2008-2009 a.y.

6067 - INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN LAW


BIEM - CLEAM - CLES - CLEF

Department of Legal Studies

Course taught in English

Go to class group/s: 15 - 16 - 31
BIEM (6 credits - II sem. - CC)
Course Director:
GIORGIO GIUSEPPE SACERDOTI

Classes: 15 (II sem.) - 16 (II sem.)
Instructors:
Class 15: GIORGIO GIUSEPPE SACERDOTI, Class 16: LAURENT MANDERIEUX


Course Objectives

This course aims to provide a solid overview over central topics of international and European law. It is intended to familiarize students with the particular features of the international legal system, its subjects, its sources and its basic principles. It continues to outline the history and development of the European Community/Union, its institutional structure and legislative role as well as its main policy areas, the Four Freedoms, the Common Commercial Policy and competition law. Particular emphasis is put on the economic aspects of both international and European law.


Course Content Summary

First part: International Law

  • Basic concepts and historical overview
  • Sources of International Law: custom and general principles of law, soft law and equity
  • Treaties: the principles of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
  • International law and National Legal Systems: direct applicability vs. incorporation
  • The subjects of International Law
  • International organizations: membership, structure, and functions. Overview over WTO, World Bank, IMF, OECD
  • The United Nations and the law governing the use of force
  • Principal duties of states and settlement of disputes
  • State responsibility and expropriation law
  • The status of the individual in PIL and Human Rights

Second part: European Law

  • History of European integration
  • The institutional framework
  • The making and effect of Community Law: the main legislative procedures in the EC
  • Judicial control and the protection of fundamental rights within the Community
  • The four freedoms (goods, services, persons and capitals)
  • Competition Law: EC cartel law and its territorial reach
  • Other selected community policies: Intellectual Property, the Common Commercial Policy
  • The EC/EU as international actor in the economic and in the political sphere: the international legal personality and treaty-making power of the EC
  • The Community and third states and international organizations (WTO)
  • From European political cooperation to a common foreign and security policy

Detailed Description of Assessment Methods

Mid-semester partial exam and the Written exam

Textbooks

  • For European Law: E. DEARDS, S. HARGREAVES, European Union law: textbook, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
  • For International Law: the reading material will be made available online at the beginning of the course.
Exam textbooks & Online Articles (check availability at the Library)
Last change 18/03/2008 12:33
CLEAM (6 credits - II sem. - AI) - CLES (6 credits - II sem. - AI) - CLEF (6 credits - II sem. - AI)
Course Director:
GIORGIO GIUSEPPE SACERDOTI

Classes: 31 (II sem.)
Instructors:
Class 31: TO BE DEFINED


Course Objectives

This course aims to provide a solid overview over central topics of international and European law. It is intended to familiarize students with the particular features of the international legal system, its subjects, its sources and its basic principles. It continues to outline the history and development of the European Community/Union, its institutional structure and legislative role as well as its main policy areas, the Four Freedoms, the Common Commercial Policy and competition law. Particular emphasis is put on the economic aspects of both international and European law.


Course Content Summary

First part: International Law

  • Basic concepts and historical overview
  • Sources of International Law: custom and general principles of law, soft law and equity
  • Treaties: the principles of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
  • International law and National Legal Systems: direct applicability vs. incorporation
  • The subjects of International Law
  • International organizations: membership, structure, and functions. Overview over WTO, World Bank, IMF, OECD
  • The United Nations and the law governing the use of force
  • Principal duties of states and settlement of disputes
  • State responsibility and expropriation law
  • The status of the individual in PIL and Human Rights

Second part: European Law

  • History of European integration
  • The institutional framework
  • The making and effect of Community Law: the main legislative procedures in the EC
  • Judicial control and the protection of fundamental rights within the Community
  • The four freedoms (goods, services, persons and capitals)
  • Competition Law: EC cartel law and its territorial reach
  • Other selected community policies: Intellectual Property, the Common Commercial Policy
  • The EC/EU as international actor in the economic and in the political sphere: the international legal personality and treaty-making power of the EC
  • The Community and third states and international organizations (WTO)
  • From European political cooperation to a common foreign and security policy

Detailed Description of Assessment Methods

Mid-semester partial exam and the Written exam

Textbooks

  • For European Law: E. DEARDS, S. HARGREAVES, European Union law: textbook, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
  • For International Law: the reading material will be made available online at the beginning of the course.
Exam textbooks & Online Articles (check availability at the Library)
Last change 19/06/2008 19:49