| Lezioni di diritto internazionale pubblico
By Augusto Sinagra & Paolo Bargiacchi Published by: Giuffrè Editore (Italy), 2009
ISBN: 8814146586
For more information please contact bargiacchi71@yahoo.com. Abstract
With a Foreword by Lucy Reed (ASIL President) this textbook (13 Chapters), adopted by several Italian universities for Public International Law courses, follows the overarching scholarly framework of the Italian Realist School that recognizes a link between societas (community) and ius (law). Issues and problems of classic and contemporary international law are covered: for instance, theory of obligation, sovereignty (Boumediene, Al Maqaleh, Al-Skeini, Smith are discussed), international organizations (instruments of interstate cooperation and not independent actors within the world arena), the alleged vanishing of the Westphalian concept of State, the «move to institutions», the «sovranationalist» theory, the birth of USA, sources of law, pre-emptive use of force and related State practice (US National Security Strategy, 9/11, War in Afghanistan and Iraq, 2006 Lebanon/Israel War, America's War on Terror, «Gaza Strip War»), responsibility to protect, etc. International criminal law (birth and evolution since World War I on) and tribunals (Nuremberg and Tokyo Tribunals, ICTY, ICTR, ICC, Special Court for Sierra Leone, Balkan War Crimes Court, Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia) are carefully examined. More chapters deal with the UN system, the Law of the Sea, the international economic law, the international environmental law and the protection of human rights in Europe (OSCE, ECHR, EU), Americas, Africa (from the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights to the African Court of Justice and Human Rights), Asia (ASEAN Human Rights Body), Arab States (2004 Arab Charter on Human Rights and the Arab Human Rights Committee) and UN. US practice and leading American scholars' theories are reviewed, examined and discussed all along the book that will be translated into English and Spanish.
About the Authors
Augusto Sinagra (Catania, 1941) is Full Professor of European Union Law at Rome University "La Sapienza", Faculty of Political Sciences. Since 1980 he has taught International Law and International Organizations at the Universities of Trieste, Genova, Chieti, Palermo, Rome (Rome III and LUISS), and at Istituto Superiore di Polizia (Police Advanced Institute) and Scuola Superiore della Pubblica Amministrazione (Advanced School of Public Administration). Visiting Professor in several foreign Universities in Europe, Middle East and South America. He is scientific coordinator for bilateral agreements of cooperation between University "La Sapienza" and several Universities of Bolivia. From 1971 until 1980 he was Legal Counselor for the Office of Diplomatic Disputes at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was also a Judge (1965-1980) and he retired as an Appellate Judge. He wrote several books of International Law and International Organizations, and many articles for Italian and foreign reviews. He is the Director of the "Rivista della Cooperazione Giuridica Internazionale" (Review of International Juridical Cooperation).
Paolo Bargiacchi (Rome, 1971) is Associate Professor of International Law at "Kore" University of Enna, Faculty of Law. He has taught International Law and European Union Law at the Universities of Palermo (Trapani Chair) and Messina. He is Professor of International Law at the Scuola di Perfezionamento delle Forze di Polizia (Specialistic School for Police Forces), and at Istituto Superiore di Polizia (Police Advanced Institute). Visiting Professor in foreign Universities (Turkey, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Bolivia). He wrote two books of international law and several articles for Italian and foreign reviews. He is corresponding editor for International Legal Materials and member of the American Society of International Law. |