Environmental and Food Law
A.Y. 2018/2019
Learning objectives
The Environmental and Food Law course has the purpose to
introduce students to the main international instruments
regulating States' environmental policies and food security
and safety policies. Analysis of cases, international
conventions and declarations will provide a deep overview
of States' practice and will offer the necessary tools for a
proper knowledge of the leading literature by international
lawyers.
introduce students to the main international instruments
regulating States' environmental policies and food security
and safety policies. Analysis of cases, international
conventions and declarations will provide a deep overview
of States' practice and will offer the necessary tools for a
proper knowledge of the leading literature by international
lawyers.
Expected learning outcomes
Students will familiarize with the normative content of
concept of food security from its inception to its
development and operazionalization in a multitude of
international hard law and soft law standards. They will
furthermore gain a solid understanding of some of the most
cutting-edge issues pertaining to the realm of food
(in)security from a trade and investment perspective. They
will also learn about the multi-faceted aspects of food
safety regulation and be exposed to some of the most
controversial issues arising out the food safety, health and
trade conundrum (e.g. use of hormones and GMOs). Finally,
they will familiarize with the basic instruments of
international environmental law, from the 1972 Stockholm
Declaration to the 2015 Paris Agreement, and be provided
with an overview of how environmental considerations
intersect with trade and investment objectives.
concept of food security from its inception to its
development and operazionalization in a multitude of
international hard law and soft law standards. They will
furthermore gain a solid understanding of some of the most
cutting-edge issues pertaining to the realm of food
(in)security from a trade and investment perspective. They
will also learn about the multi-faceted aspects of food
safety regulation and be exposed to some of the most
controversial issues arising out the food safety, health and
trade conundrum (e.g. use of hormones and GMOs). Finally,
they will familiarize with the basic instruments of
international environmental law, from the 1972 Stockholm
Declaration to the 2015 Paris Agreement, and be provided
with an overview of how environmental considerations
intersect with trade and investment objectives.
Lesson period: First semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Lesson period
First semester
Course syllabus
Unit 1 International Food Law (Food Security) The right to adequate food Land-grabbing and food security Price volatility, agricultural export restrictions and food security Public stockpiling, food security and the Bali package Unit 2 International Food Law (Food Safety) Introduction to food safety in the WTO Food safety, scientific evidence and societal value judgements in the EC - Hormones dispute Non-communicable diseases and lifestyle risks regulation WTO and EU regulation of geographical indications Unit 3 - International Environmental Law International Environmental Governance General principles of international environmental law The protection of the atmosphere under international environmental law The Emission Trading Scheme of the European Union within the climate EU law The relationship between international environmental obligations and WTO law Environmental considerations in international investment law
Teaching methods
Unit 1 ¿ International Food Law (Food Security)MECHLEM, Food, Right to, International Protection, Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law 2008VALENTE, FRANCO, Human Rights and the Struggle Against Hunger, Yale Human Rights and Development Journal 2014SKOGLY, Right to Adequate Food: National Implementation and Extraterritorial Obligations, Max Planck UNYB 2007 p. 339 ffDANIEL, Land Grabbing and Potential Implication for World Food Security, 2011HABERLI, SMITH, Food Security and Agri-Foreign Direct Investment in Weak Statea, The Modern Law Review 2014 p. 189 ffLiapis, ¿How Export Restrictive Measures Affect Trade of Agricultural Commodities¿, OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Papers, No. 63, 2013Anania, Agricultural Export Restrictions and the WTO: What Options do Policy-Makers Have for Promoting Food Security?; ICTSD Programme on Agricultural Trade and Sustainable Development; Issue Paper No. 50, 2013HOWSE, JOSLING, Agricultural Export Restrictions and International Trade Law: A Way Forward, International Food and Agricultural Trade Policy Council 2012MARTIN, ANDERSON, Export Restrictions and Price Insulation during Commodity Price Booms, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper, 2011MATTHEWS, Food Security and WTO Domestic Support Disciplines postBali; ICTSD Programme on Agricultural Trade and Sustainable Development; Issue Paper No. 53, 2014Unit 2 ¿ International Food Law (Food Safety)JOHNSON, The U.S.-EU Beef Hormone Dispute, CRS Report 2015WIRTH, International Decisions. European Communities ¿ Measures Concerning Meat and Meat Products, Boston College Law School Faculty Paper, 1998CHANG, Risk Regulation, Endogenous Public Concerns, and the Hormones Dispute: Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself?, Southern California Law Review 2004 p. 743 ffSIEN, Beefing up the Hormones Dispute: Problems in Compliance and Viable Compromise Alternatives, Georgetown Law Journal 2007, p 565 ffCHARNOVITZ, The Supervision of Health and Biosafety Regulation by World Trade Rules, Tulane Environmental Law Journal 2000 p. 271 ffALEMANNO, GARDE, The Emergence of an EU Lifestyle Policy: The Case of Alcohol, Tobacco and Unhealthy Diets, Common Market Law Review 2013 p. 1745 ffARCURI, International Economic Law Meets Lifestyle Risks: What Role for International Standards?, EJRR Report 2013 p. 542 ffUnit 3 - International Environmental LawBEYERLIN-GROTE STOUTENBURG, Environment ¿ International Protection, Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law 2015BRUNNEE, Environment ¿ International Agreements, Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law 2011WIERSEMA, The New International Law-Makers? Conferences of the Parties to Multilateral Environmental Agreements, Michigan Journal of International Law 2009, p. 231 ffPUSHKAREVA, United Nations Environment Programme, Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law 2014SCHRIJBER, Natural Resources ¿ Permanent Sovereignty over, Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law 2008SHELTON. Stockholm Declaration (1972) and Rio Declaration (1992), Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law 2008BEYERLIN, Sustainable Development, Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law 2013DERNBACH, Sustainable Development and Its Discontents, University of Denver Sturm College of Law ¿ Legal Research Paper Series, Working Paper 15-33LOW, P., MARCEAU, G. AND J. REINAUD (2012): The Interface between the Trade and Climate Change Regimes: Scoping the Issues, 46 Journal of World Trade, 485¿544.SCOTT, J. AND L. RAJAMANI (2012). EU Climate Change Unilateralism: International Aviation in the European Emission Trading System, European Journal of International Law, 23. 469-494MILLAR, Trail Smelter Arbitration, Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law 2007SARMA and others, Ozone Layer ¿ International Protection, Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law 2009SANS-MILLAR, Climate, International Protection, Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law 2011SCHRODER, Joi
IUS/13 - INTERNATIONAL LAW - University credits: 6
Lessons: 48 hours
Professor:
Espa Ilaria