A basic knowledge of the History of Western Legal Tradition and Fundamental
Rights.

The aim of the course is to analyze the globalization from a conceptual, political, and historical point of view. The course will consider a diversified literature to provide students with a wide range of perspectives.

By the end of the course the student should be able to:
- analyse critically debates and issues relevant to the study of global governance and international institutions;
- engage in constructive discussion about contemporary and historical issues in global governance;
- produce analyses of legal and institutional phenomena and reflect on the relationships between institutions and society.

Global Governance is a very salient issue on the international agenda. The course will be focused on conceptual and historical issues. Who runs the world? How do international institutions and other actors contribute to the provision of governance? What are the historical events that have led us to the current world government?
In particular, the following topics will be addressed during the lessons:

I. Globalization, Global Governance and Global Law

II. The age of Imperialism and the Great War

III. 20th century global governance: International Organizations (e.g. League of Nations; UN)

IV. Bipolarism, Cold War and global implications

V. Europe in the World I: From the Treaty of Rome to the fall of the Berlin Wall

VI. Europe in the World II: From the 'Maastricht' Treaty to Brexit

VII. Europe in front of Russia and China

• 1.  (A) Sabino Cassese The Global Policy: Global Dimensions of Democracy and the Rule of Law Global Law Press/Editorial Derecho Global, Sevilla , 2012 » Pagine/Capitoli: (available at http://es.globallawpress.org/wp-content/uploads/02-TheGlobalPolity.pdf)
• 2.  (A) Luuk van Middelaar The passage to Europe. How a continent became a Union Yale University Press, London and New Haven, 2013 » Pagine/Capitoli: cap. 4, 5 and 6
• 3.  (A) Mark Mazower Governing the World: The History of an Idea Penguin Books, London , 2013

Attending students have to study texts n. 1 and 3.

Non-attending students have to study texts n. 1, 2 and 3.

• The course will combine lectures with seminar activities.
  The lecture is based on frontal lessons, with the support of slides and other interactive methods. Students are supposed to participate actively to the course, with readings, comments, discussions.
  Seminars include in-class assessed presentations and discussions of assigned readings, as well as hands-on work on primary sources (text analysis and contextualisation, critical assessment of information, etc).
  

• For attending students, the learning assessment method consists of:
  
  - In-class presentation on assigned readings (30%)
  - Final exam (70%)
  
  Non-attending students will only take a final oral exam. The examination is composed of the oral presentation by the student in relation to the questions posed by the exam commission.
  

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