AMPG 27A00 - World Affairs in Light of International Law

The course aims to provide the students a general and comprehensive approach to world affairs while introducing the international legal perspective. Students will learn both the essentials of public international law and particular legal regimes such as coercion, use of force, human rights, State territory or space law with respect to selected world affairs and international conflicts. The course will show the interaction between international politics and law and the role of international law in the world governance. It’s focus both on theory and practice and on interdisciplinarity will help students to better understand international negotiation, norm-making, legal argumentation and interpretative techniques.

Pedagogical objectives

At the end of the course, the student is expected to:

1°) Understand the fundamental principles of Public International Law and detailed rules of its major substantive branches.

2°) Be able to apply international legal norms to particular world affairs and conflicts – Assess international politics from the legal perspective.

3°) Understand the interaction between international law and politics and the “cousine” behind decision making, negotiations, norm-making and settlement of international disputes – Acquire a comprehensive and critical approach to world affairs.