Fundamentals of EU Law (10 ECTS) This course introduces students to the specific features of the EU as an autonomous legal order of a constitutional nature and its relationship with national and international law.
Seminar I (5 ECTS) The course in question focuses on contemporary and specific issues of EU law, which require further research and epistemological deepening, such as for example the meaning and more specific concepts of preliminary reference.
Seminar II (5 ECTS) The module discusses the specific issues of EU law emerging from contemporary issues calling for a dynamic response from the EU legal order.
Optional Courses (5 ECTS each)
The EU Internal Market: Economic Freedoms and Competition This module introduces the students to the founding economic model of the EU and the principles and mechanisms of the EU internal market, namely free movement of goods, persons, services, and capitals, as well as free competition.
EU External Relations Law The course highlights the main features of the legal and institutional framework for the European Union (EU) external relations.
Fundamentals of International Law - The Human Dimension of International Law The course aims at providing an approach to the main chapters of international law through the lens of human rights and to highlight the major changes in theory and practice since the Second World War and especially since the beginning of the 21st century, as well as the challenges ahead.
International Human Rights Law The course discusses in considerable depth the architecture of the international system of human rights protection while focusing on specific substantive issues as a means to further delve into its operation in practice.
Law of the Sea The purpose of this module is to provide students with a profound understanding of the law applicable to one of the most dynamic areas of international law, the international law of the sea. The seas are critical to States interests and human prosperity, being a highway for commerce, a shared resource and a conduit for threats to security.
Law of the World Trade Organisation The aim of this module is to offer students a thorough understanding of the law of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Diplomatic and Consular Law This module covers the regulation of diplomatic and consular relations under public international law. It provides students with a thorough analysis of the sources and content of diplomatic and consular law, focusing on the practice and literature in applying the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations
International Air, Space and Telecommunications Law The course aims to provide an in-depth approach to international air, space and telecommunications law and highlight, as well as analyze, the challenges that arise for international law by the interaction of these areas of activity.
International Humanitarian Law This module will examine in detail the basic rules and principles of IHL, delineating their scope and their interplay.
EU Tax Law This course explores the integration process in the field of taxation through primary and secondary EU law, as interpreted by the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), and it focuses on recent developments at the European level and their interaction with OECD initiatives in the field of taxation.
EU Economic and Monetary Union Law The course highlights the main features of the legal and institutional framework for the European Union’s Economic and Monetary Union (EMU).
Environmental Law and EU Internal Market The module focusses on the dynamic character of EU environmental law as parameter of the global commitment to sustainable development. It aims at providing students with a thorough understanding of the use of legal rules for the protection of the environment and their close relation with the internal market.
International Law Processes:The International Judicial Function Building on the groundwork set out in the first semester on the foundations of international law, this course concentrates on international law processes, with a focus on international dispute settlement.
International Environmental and Energy Law Building on a robust foundation of international law, the course discusses the peculiarities of international environmental law regarding the sources of its norms and the repercussions of their breach.
International Investment Law and Arbitration This module addresses the foundations, rules and policy underlying the contemporary international investment law regime, and aims at providing students with a solid understanding of how international investment arbitration works.
Business and Human Rights This module is one of the optional modules offered in the spring semester of studies in the area of public international law although it is also open for selection by all students, including especially those interested in corporate or labour law. The course discusses in considerable depth the presence of businesses in a globalized market and their impact on human rights, labour rights, environmental concerns and sustainable development.
International Law and Domestic Courts The module will cover a variety of topics with respect to the interpretation and application of international law in domestic courts, engaging into a thorough analysis from different micro and macro perspectives.
Diplomacy through Experts The course aims to deepen understanding in international institutional law, international affairs and contemporary diplomatic practice. It builds on interactions with diplomats and practitioners who will share their expertise on multilateral diplomacy and current issues of global diplomacy.
Cybersecurity and International Law The course seeks to outline the threats to cybersecurity, by taking into consideration the relevant international practice as well as by providing a thorough reflection on future challenges.
International and European Banking Law The course covers the key elements of EU banking regulation, as these were shaped under the constant influence of international financial standards (namely, those developed, inter alia, by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the Financial Stability Board).