The Chair promotes excellence in teaching to the higher education students of European Union Studies as well as those higher education students who do not automatically come into contact with EU studies at the University of Cagliari (UNICA).
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Syllabus a.a. 2021/22 JMC REACT
Syllabus a.a. 2021/22 JMC REACT
Syllabus a.a. 2021/22 JMC REACT
Teaching activities for Undergraduate Students
- Origins of the Environmental debate in XX century international relations.
A 6-hours module within a BA course of History of International Relations (54-hours course), taught in Italian by Prof. Gianluca Borzoni on the emerging of an international conscience on environmental issues by states and international organizations after the end of World War II. In particular, a specific focus will deal with the debate at European and global level (i.e.: within the UN General-Assembly) in the 1970s, at the time of the “new international order”.
Syllabus a.a. 2021/22
- EU external relations law and sustainable development.
A 6-hours module within a BA course in European Union Law (36 h, MOD7), taught in Italian by Dr. Luca Pantaleo of a (key staff member of the Chair). The course is aimed at providing the students with in-depth knowledge of the foundational aspects of EU institutional law, with a special focus on the law of EU external relations. The module will dwell on how the EU promotes sustainable development and climate action in its external relations by means of so-called environmental conditionality clauses or other, less intrusive mechanisms. This will include but extend beyond an examination of the standards included in international agreements concluded by the Union with third countries and other international organizations, such as the EU-Mercosur Agreement and the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, as well as of soft law instruments supported and/or promoted by the EU in international fora.
Syllabus a.a. 2021/22
Teaching activities for Graduate Students
- European Climate Justice course: A new MA course for educating new generation of professionals on European Climate Justice (54 hours) lectured in English by Prof. Francesca Ippolito (Chair holder), designed for recent law, economic and political scientist graduates seeking a career in this field and law professionals or anyone working in an environmental field who would like to enhance their knowledge in this area – i.e., it will be open to students from Engineering or Architecture. This new MA course will consist in 36 hours + 18 hours of clinic applicative modules where students will deepen their understanding of EU law instruments and the historical and diplomatic negotiation on environmental matters addressed in the e-learning module by engaging with case studies in an interactive manner. The choice to offer the course in e-learning and in English could potentially further enlarge the spectrum of beneficiaries beyond the University of Cagliari attracting students from all over the national and European context. The Chair adopts the perspective of conceiving environmental law (and its related climate change profile) as deeply connected with human and social issues. Building on the twofold background of the Chair holder of EU lawyer and Human rights and environmental lawyer, the focus will be on how human rights are an emerging and now vigorous field for litigation on environmental issues, which so far is one of the most powerful tools for combating climate change and highlighting State inconsistencies with respect to international obligations. European Union law is a fascinating example of the dynamism of sub-international levels. It also reveals the intricate relations between international, regional and national levels when it comes to climate policy. Throughout the course, the rationales for past and current regulatory approaches under the international climate change regime will be critically debated learning how the interactions with other regimes can favor or hamper progress in climate change action from States and other actors, including individuals.
- Environmental Diplomacy: the present climate change issues.
A 10-hours module within a MA course in Diplomatic Studies, on International Contemporary History taught in Italian by Prof. Gianluca Borzoni (key staff member of the Chair), on the subsequent environmental issues in the 80s and 90s, particularly the problem of sustainable development in the post-Cold War period, with particular attention to global and continental European paths in terms of climate change (from UNFCCC to European commitment).
Syllabus a.a. 2021/22
- Sustainable Development in International and EU law.
A 20-h module within a MA in International law taught in Italian by Prof. Francesco Seatzu a (key staff member of the Chair) of the Chair (MOD6). The Course will explore the functioning of the international and European legal systems and how they deal with the concept of sustainable development. The course aims at explaining the fundamental aspects of the normative process of making and applying Public International Law within a pluralistic and globalized legal order; the process of European integration in its legal and institutional aspects or, for those students having already received education in EU Law, to advance their knowledge and understanding of EU Law, especially relating to sustainable development; the normative role of the concept of sustainable development in contemporary international law and of the legal techniques to foster the integration of economic, social, and environmental concerns in the process of international law.
Syllabus a.a. 2021/22
Teaching activities for Undergraduate and Graduate Students
- Environmental Justice Moot Court
The Environmental Justice Moot Court (EJMC) will be organized in order to deepen students’ understanding of European Union law, with a special focus on environmental law, particularly in the context of climate change. Participating students will master selected legal issues pertaining to the substantive and procedural aspects of the fictional case that will be drafted by the case drafter chosen by the Chair’s staff among renowned experts of EU law. The idea is to organise two Moot Courts 2023 and 2024 as a minimum, but there are serious plans to continue with the Moot Court in the future beyond the Chair’s lifetime.
Participants will be required to prepare written submissions and present oral arguments addressing unsolved questions pertaining to climate change and environmental law. More information are provided in the Moot Court Rules published in this webpage. The final event will entail the simulation of a court hearing and will encompass several sessions with the finalist teams and will take place in Cagliari. The moot court will be open to students from all universities that are interested to compete, in line with most existing moot court experiences. This ideally includes the whole world, though the focus on the EU will effectively mean that mostly European students will be attracted.
EJMC Statute
The Environmental Justice Moot Court 2022 (EJMC 2022)