Corsi di Studio del Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza

The different teaching blocks will be organised through a blend of different components:  reading and study materials, video lectures, presentations with vocal comment, streaming lessons, in presence or virtual room  (Webex) sessions for interaction with students, assignments of reaction papers, students’ in presence or online presentations etc.

All the materials will be made available  through the teaching platform (moodle)

A more precise balance of the different components is dependent on the evolution of health restrictions and will be communicated to the students before the commencement of the course.

It is therefore essential and compulsory that all the students enrol in the Moodle teaching platform to have full access both to materials, discussions and communications

The exam consists of an oral interview, where students must be able to expose the contents of the lectures (or, if they do not attend the lectures, of the book), connect them and use them as an interpretative tool for real issues. The mark is expressed in 30/30.

The final mark is made 50% of the mark of the presentation (expressed in 30/30) and 50% of the mark of the oral exam, provided that this latter is equal or higher than 18/30. 

For those who wish to pass the exam as students attending the lectures the presentation is compulsory.

After a first part devoted to the introduction of international environmental law and its main actors, lectures will focus on the analysis of the principles of international environmental law developed by international tribunals:

-          Prevention

-          Precaution

-          Polluter pays principle

-          Non regression

-          Common but differentiated responsibility

-          Transparency

-          Sustainable development

This part will be followed by presentations by students (see below).

For those who are attending the lectures the exam is based on notes taken during lectures, on material provided via the Moodle platform and on the content of presentations.

For those who are not attending the lectures the exam is based on the following volume: Dupuy, International Environmental Law, Cambridge University Press, 2019, parts I, II, III