Course Unit / Human Rights in Globalization

Human Rights in Globalization

Year
1
Academic year
2018-2019
Code
03016174
Subject Area
Law
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
15.0
Type
Elective
Level
3rd Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

Prior knowledge about human rights and the phenomenon of globalization.

Teaching Methods

Lectures; PhD candidates are encouraged to present partial research work; submission of a final research paper.

Learning Outcomes

Upon understanding the phenomenon of globalization on the basis of several views on that issue, the candidate is expected to understand the structural changes imposed on contemporary Law – namely on nation-states’ legal projects - due to the international assertion of human rights.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

- What is globalization?
- The various sources and the various legal actors
- Globalization, the constitutional State and human rights
- The influence of world institutionalization of human rights in the core relationships of States and individuals

Head Lecturer(s)

Mário Alberto Pedrosa Reis Marques

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Research work: 100.0%

Bibliography

Antonio Cassese, I diritti umani oggi, Bari, 2012.
F. Viola, Diritti umani e globalizzazione, Napoli, 2009.
Diritti umani nell'era della globalizzazione e dei conflitti, 2010.
S. Cassese, Lo spazio giuridico globale, Roma-Bari, 2006.
Giuseppe Ceci, I diritto umani nell'era della globalizzazione, 2000