The course is intended to give students the basic knowledge in the field of public international law, which besides being requested to get the degree, is also needed to pursue careers in diplomacy and academia, to become lawyer in the public service and in the private sector, as well as for those interested in pursuing a PhD.
Curriculum
teacher profile teaching materials
- The basic features of the so-called international community, intended as a social construct: their relevance from a legal standpoint;
- Sources and rules of international law: customs, general principles and general international law; the law of treaties; codification in international law; ius cogens the hierarchy of rules in international law;
- International legal personality: States and international organisations as subjects of international law; other subjects of international law;
- Internationally wrongful acts and State responsibility; the responsibility of international organisations;
- Treaty systems of guarantee and implementation of international obligations;
- The prohibition of the use of force and the maintenance of international peace and security;
- International dispute settlement; international courts and tribunals; diplomatic means of settlement.
- Relationships and interaction between international law and domestic law; reception and execution of international legal rules within national legal orders;
In addition, the lectures introduce students to selected special subject areas such as: state territorial sovereignty and its limits (issues of jurisdiction and immunities); human rights; self-determination of peoples; international criminal law.
Giuseppe PALMISANO, Fondamenti di diritto internazionale, Le Monnier Università, Milano, 2025
Furthermore, the study of one of the following texts is required, at the student's choice:
- Natalino RONZITTI, Diritto internazionale, Giappichelli, Torino, last edition: Capitolo 6 (Il diritto del mare), Capitolo 7 (La tutela dell'indipendenza statale e delle organizzazioni internazionali nell'ordinamento degli Stati esteri), Capitolo 12 (L'individuo e la tutela internazionale dei diritti dell'uomo, Capitolo 13 (Il trattamento delle persone fisiche e giuridiche straniere), Capitolo 17 II conflitti armati e il disarmo)
OR
- Benedetto CONFORTI/ Massimo Iovane, Diritto internazionale, Editoriale scientifica, Napoli, last edition: Parte Seconda - Il contenuto delle norme internazionali (all paragraphs)
Attending students will integrate the textbook (Palmisano, Fondamenti di diritto internazionale) with the teaching material made available during the course.
Mutuazione: 20101113 DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE in GIURISPRUDENZA LMG/01 R AL PALMISANO GIUSEPPE
Programme
The course covers the foundations and major areas of international law:- The basic features of the so-called international community, intended as a social construct: their relevance from a legal standpoint;
- Sources and rules of international law: customs, general principles and general international law; the law of treaties; codification in international law; ius cogens the hierarchy of rules in international law;
- International legal personality: States and international organisations as subjects of international law; other subjects of international law;
- Internationally wrongful acts and State responsibility; the responsibility of international organisations;
- Treaty systems of guarantee and implementation of international obligations;
- The prohibition of the use of force and the maintenance of international peace and security;
- International dispute settlement; international courts and tribunals; diplomatic means of settlement.
- Relationships and interaction between international law and domestic law; reception and execution of international legal rules within national legal orders;
In addition, the lectures introduce students to selected special subject areas such as: state territorial sovereignty and its limits (issues of jurisdiction and immunities); human rights; self-determination of peoples; international criminal law.
Core Documentation
The adopted textbook isGiuseppe PALMISANO, Fondamenti di diritto internazionale, Le Monnier Università, Milano, 2025
Furthermore, the study of one of the following texts is required, at the student's choice:
- Natalino RONZITTI, Diritto internazionale, Giappichelli, Torino, last edition: Capitolo 6 (Il diritto del mare), Capitolo 7 (La tutela dell'indipendenza statale e delle organizzazioni internazionali nell'ordinamento degli Stati esteri), Capitolo 12 (L'individuo e la tutela internazionale dei diritti dell'uomo, Capitolo 13 (Il trattamento delle persone fisiche e giuridiche straniere), Capitolo 17 II conflitti armati e il disarmo)
OR
- Benedetto CONFORTI/ Massimo Iovane, Diritto internazionale, Editoriale scientifica, Napoli, last edition: Parte Seconda - Il contenuto delle norme internazionali (all paragraphs)
Attending students will integrate the textbook (Palmisano, Fondamenti di diritto internazionale) with the teaching material made available during the course.
Type of delivery of the course
Frontal lessons. Lectures, seminars and written exercises. In-person, face-to-face teaching.Attendance
Attendance requires active participation, in person, in the lessons, seminars and written exercises of the course.Type of evaluation
Oral exam (Q&A session) on the topics and texts indicated in the syllabus teacher profile teaching materials
- the structural features of the c.d. "International community" relevant from a legal point of view;
- the international subjectivity of States and other recipients of the rules of international law (in particular, international organizations); changes of sovereignty and "identity" of the State in international law.
- the system of sources: customs and general international law, treaties and the law of the treaties, the sources foreseen by agreement, the relations between written law and unwritten law, the process of codification of international law, the so-called non-binding rules;
- the relationships between international law and domestic legal orders and the adaptation of the Italian legal system to international rules;
- wrongful facts in international law and the international responsibility of States and international organizations;
- international dispute settlement and international jurisdictions.
The essential contents and the evolutionary profiles of some sectors governed by international law will also be addressed, including: territorial sovereignty and its limits; the protection of human rights; immigration and the rights of aliens; respect for the self-determination of peoples; the prohibition of the use of force and the maintenance of international peace and security; individuals' international crimes and individual criminal responsibility; the international law of the sea.
Students not attending the course are requested to study the textbook of international law:
Giuseppe PALMISANO, Fondamenti di diritto internazionale, Le Monnier Università, Milano, 2025,
and selected sections of one of these two textbooks
a) Benedetto CONFORTI/ Massimo Iovane, Diritto internazionale, Editoriale scientifica, Napoli, last edition, only for Parte Seconda - Il contenuto delle norme internazionali or
b) Natalino RONZITTI, Diritto internazionale, Giappichelli, Torino, last edition only for: Capitolo 6 (Il diritto del mare), Capitolo 7 (La tutela dell'indipendenza statale e delle organizzazioni internazionali nell'ordinamento degli Stati esteri), Capitolo 12 (L'individuo e la tutela internazionale dei diritti dell'uomo, Capitolo 13 (Il trattamento delle persone fisiche e giuridiche straniere), Capitolo 17 II conflitti armati e il disarmo).
Mutuazione: 20101113 DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE in GIURISPRUDENZA LMG/01 R MZ BARTOLINI GIULIO
Programme
The content of the course is an in-depth study of the following topics:- the structural features of the c.d. "International community" relevant from a legal point of view;
- the international subjectivity of States and other recipients of the rules of international law (in particular, international organizations); changes of sovereignty and "identity" of the State in international law.
- the system of sources: customs and general international law, treaties and the law of the treaties, the sources foreseen by agreement, the relations between written law and unwritten law, the process of codification of international law, the so-called non-binding rules;
- the relationships between international law and domestic legal orders and the adaptation of the Italian legal system to international rules;
- wrongful facts in international law and the international responsibility of States and international organizations;
- international dispute settlement and international jurisdictions.
The essential contents and the evolutionary profiles of some sectors governed by international law will also be addressed, including: territorial sovereignty and its limits; the protection of human rights; immigration and the rights of aliens; respect for the self-determination of peoples; the prohibition of the use of force and the maintenance of international peace and security; individuals' international crimes and individual criminal responsibility; the international law of the sea.
Core Documentation
Students attending the course are requested to study the textbook of international law: Giuseppe PALMISANO, Fondamenti di diritto internazionale, Le Monnier Università, Milano, 2025, and notes taken in class.Students not attending the course are requested to study the textbook of international law:
Giuseppe PALMISANO, Fondamenti di diritto internazionale, Le Monnier Università, Milano, 2025,
and selected sections of one of these two textbooks
a) Benedetto CONFORTI/ Massimo Iovane, Diritto internazionale, Editoriale scientifica, Napoli, last edition, only for Parte Seconda - Il contenuto delle norme internazionali or
b) Natalino RONZITTI, Diritto internazionale, Giappichelli, Torino, last edition only for: Capitolo 6 (Il diritto del mare), Capitolo 7 (La tutela dell'indipendenza statale e delle organizzazioni internazionali nell'ordinamento degli Stati esteri), Capitolo 12 (L'individuo e la tutela internazionale dei diritti dell'uomo, Capitolo 13 (Il trattamento delle persone fisiche e giuridiche straniere), Capitolo 17 II conflitti armati e il disarmo).
Type of evaluation
oral exam teacher profile teaching materials
- The basic features of the so-called international community, intended as a social construct: their relevance from a legal standpoint;
- Sources and rules of international law: customs, general principles and general international law; the law of treaties; codification in international law; ius cogens the hierarchy of rules in international law;
- International legal personality: States and international organisations as subjects of international law; other subjects of international law;
- Internationally wrongful acts and State responsibility; the responsibility of international organisations;
- Treaty systems of guarantee and implementation of international obligations;
- The prohibition of the use of force and the maintenance of international peace and security;
- International dispute settlement; international courts and tribunals; diplomatic means of settlement.
- Relationships and interaction between international law and domestic law; reception and execution of international legal rules within national legal orders;
In addition, the lectures introduce students to selected special subject areas such as: state territorial sovereignty and its limits (issues of jurisdiction and immunities); human rights; self-determination of peoples; international criminal law.
Giuseppe PALMISANO, Fondamenti di diritto internazionale, Le Monnier Università, Milano, 2025
Furthermore, the study of one of the following texts is required, at the student's choice:
- Natalino RONZITTI, Diritto internazionale, Giappichelli, Torino, last edition: Capitolo 6 (Il diritto del mare), Capitolo 7 (La tutela dell'indipendenza statale e delle organizzazioni internazionali nell'ordinamento degli Stati esteri), Capitolo 12 (L'individuo e la tutela internazionale dei diritti dell'uomo, Capitolo 13 (Il trattamento delle persone fisiche e giuridiche straniere), Capitolo 17 II conflitti armati e il disarmo)
OR
- Benedetto CONFORTI/ Massimo Iovane, Diritto internazionale, Editoriale scientifica, Napoli, last edition: Parte Seconda - Il contenuto delle norme internazionali (all paragraphs)
Attending students will integrate the textbook (Palmisano, Fondamenti di diritto internazionale) with the teaching material made available during the course.
Mutuazione: 20101113 DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE in GIURISPRUDENZA LMG/01 R AL PALMISANO GIUSEPPE
Programme
The course covers the foundations and major areas of international law:- The basic features of the so-called international community, intended as a social construct: their relevance from a legal standpoint;
- Sources and rules of international law: customs, general principles and general international law; the law of treaties; codification in international law; ius cogens the hierarchy of rules in international law;
- International legal personality: States and international organisations as subjects of international law; other subjects of international law;
- Internationally wrongful acts and State responsibility; the responsibility of international organisations;
- Treaty systems of guarantee and implementation of international obligations;
- The prohibition of the use of force and the maintenance of international peace and security;
- International dispute settlement; international courts and tribunals; diplomatic means of settlement.
- Relationships and interaction between international law and domestic law; reception and execution of international legal rules within national legal orders;
In addition, the lectures introduce students to selected special subject areas such as: state territorial sovereignty and its limits (issues of jurisdiction and immunities); human rights; self-determination of peoples; international criminal law.
Core Documentation
The adopted textbook isGiuseppe PALMISANO, Fondamenti di diritto internazionale, Le Monnier Università, Milano, 2025
Furthermore, the study of one of the following texts is required, at the student's choice:
- Natalino RONZITTI, Diritto internazionale, Giappichelli, Torino, last edition: Capitolo 6 (Il diritto del mare), Capitolo 7 (La tutela dell'indipendenza statale e delle organizzazioni internazionali nell'ordinamento degli Stati esteri), Capitolo 12 (L'individuo e la tutela internazionale dei diritti dell'uomo, Capitolo 13 (Il trattamento delle persone fisiche e giuridiche straniere), Capitolo 17 II conflitti armati e il disarmo)
OR
- Benedetto CONFORTI/ Massimo Iovane, Diritto internazionale, Editoriale scientifica, Napoli, last edition: Parte Seconda - Il contenuto delle norme internazionali (all paragraphs)
Attending students will integrate the textbook (Palmisano, Fondamenti di diritto internazionale) with the teaching material made available during the course.
Type of delivery of the course
Frontal lessons. Lectures, seminars and written exercises. In-person, face-to-face teaching.Attendance
Attendance requires active participation, in person, in the lessons, seminars and written exercises of the course.Type of evaluation
Oral exam (Q&A session) on the topics and texts indicated in the syllabus teacher profile teaching materials
- the structural features of the c.d. "International community" relevant from a legal point of view;
- the international subjectivity of States and other recipients of the rules of international law (in particular, international organizations); changes of sovereignty and "identity" of the State in international law.
- the system of sources: customs and general international law, treaties and the law of the treaties, the sources foreseen by agreement, the relations between written law and unwritten law, the process of codification of international law, the so-called non-binding rules;
- the relationships between international law and domestic legal orders and the adaptation of the Italian legal system to international rules;
- wrongful facts in international law and the international responsibility of States and international organizations;
- international dispute settlement and international jurisdictions.
The essential contents and the evolutionary profiles of some sectors governed by international law will also be addressed, including: territorial sovereignty and its limits; the protection of human rights; immigration and the rights of aliens; respect for the self-determination of peoples; the prohibition of the use of force and the maintenance of international peace and security; individuals' international crimes and individual criminal responsibility; the international law of the sea.
Students not attending the course are requested to study the textbook of international law:
Giuseppe PALMISANO, Fondamenti di diritto internazionale, Le Monnier Università, Milano, 2025,
and selected sections of one of these two textbooks
a) Benedetto CONFORTI/ Massimo Iovane, Diritto internazionale, Editoriale scientifica, Napoli, last edition, only for Parte Seconda - Il contenuto delle norme internazionali or
b) Natalino RONZITTI, Diritto internazionale, Giappichelli, Torino, last edition only for: Capitolo 6 (Il diritto del mare), Capitolo 7 (La tutela dell'indipendenza statale e delle organizzazioni internazionali nell'ordinamento degli Stati esteri), Capitolo 12 (L'individuo e la tutela internazionale dei diritti dell'uomo, Capitolo 13 (Il trattamento delle persone fisiche e giuridiche straniere), Capitolo 17 II conflitti armati e il disarmo).
Mutuazione: 20101113 DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE in GIURISPRUDENZA LMG/01 R MZ BARTOLINI GIULIO
Programme
The content of the course is an in-depth study of the following topics:- the structural features of the c.d. "International community" relevant from a legal point of view;
- the international subjectivity of States and other recipients of the rules of international law (in particular, international organizations); changes of sovereignty and "identity" of the State in international law.
- the system of sources: customs and general international law, treaties and the law of the treaties, the sources foreseen by agreement, the relations between written law and unwritten law, the process of codification of international law, the so-called non-binding rules;
- the relationships between international law and domestic legal orders and the adaptation of the Italian legal system to international rules;
- wrongful facts in international law and the international responsibility of States and international organizations;
- international dispute settlement and international jurisdictions.
The essential contents and the evolutionary profiles of some sectors governed by international law will also be addressed, including: territorial sovereignty and its limits; the protection of human rights; immigration and the rights of aliens; respect for the self-determination of peoples; the prohibition of the use of force and the maintenance of international peace and security; individuals' international crimes and individual criminal responsibility; the international law of the sea.
Core Documentation
Students attending the course are requested to study the textbook of international law: Giuseppe PALMISANO, Fondamenti di diritto internazionale, Le Monnier Università, Milano, 2025, and notes taken in class.Students not attending the course are requested to study the textbook of international law:
Giuseppe PALMISANO, Fondamenti di diritto internazionale, Le Monnier Università, Milano, 2025,
and selected sections of one of these two textbooks
a) Benedetto CONFORTI/ Massimo Iovane, Diritto internazionale, Editoriale scientifica, Napoli, last edition, only for Parte Seconda - Il contenuto delle norme internazionali or
b) Natalino RONZITTI, Diritto internazionale, Giappichelli, Torino, last edition only for: Capitolo 6 (Il diritto del mare), Capitolo 7 (La tutela dell'indipendenza statale e delle organizzazioni internazionali nell'ordinamento degli Stati esteri), Capitolo 12 (L'individuo e la tutela internazionale dei diritti dell'uomo, Capitolo 13 (Il trattamento delle persone fisiche e giuridiche straniere), Capitolo 17 II conflitti armati e il disarmo).
Type of evaluation
oral exam