Public Health and Sustainability
A.Y. 2023/2024
Learning objectives
The course aims at - providing students with the legal tools and the proper legal method to deal with public health and sustainable development in global trade law - providing a starting point to see how even one of the most important and universally recognized concepts, such as the sustainable development, can give rise to different interpretations and applications in the legal context of different States.
Expected learning outcomes
By the end of this course, students should be able to: - understand and evaluate critically the international trade legal issues related to intellectual property rights and their relationship with sustainable development and the protection of public health; - have a full knowledge and comprehension of the concept of sustainable development and its different interpretations and applications in the legal context of different States; - understand and evaluate critically the jurisprudence developed by the WTO in this field and the law-making process, as currently evolving within and out of the WTO; - understand and evaluate critically the development of Public Health Systems and the impact of Coronavirus disease on such systems; - use their communication skills (written and oral) in this field, including arguing convincingly, with logical and legal thoroughness and propriety of legal language.
Lesson period: First semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course can be attended as a single course.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
First semester
Course syllabus
The course is divided in two modules:
Intellectual property rights, public health and TRIPS waivers to tackle coronavirus
IUS/13 - INTERNATIONAL LAW
Classes: 21 hours
Professor: Stefano Silingardi
Circulation of the sustainable development models and the development of public health systems in a comparative perspective
IUS/21 - PUBLIC COMPARATIVE LAW
Classes: 21 hours
Professor: Damiano Fuschi
PROGRAMS:
Intellectual property rights, public health and TRIPS waivers to tackle coronavirus (S. Silingardi)
The course aims at providing students with the legal tools and the proper legal method to deal with public health and sustainable development in global trade law. The course focuses on:
- Human rights & right to health in international public law
- The linkages between the right to health and the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda
- The roles of the World Health Organization (WHO), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and of the World Trade Organization (WTO)
- The legal frameworks on intellectual property rights on pharmaceutical products
- The issue of a TRIPS waiver to tackle coronavirus
- Public health, bioethics & right to health
A detailed syllabus will be uploaded on ARIEL at the beginning of the course.
Circulation of the sustainable development models and the development of public health systems in a comparative perspective (D. Fuschi)
The course aims at providing provide a starting point to see how even one of the most important and universally recognized concepts, such as the sustainable development, can give rise to different interpretations and applications in the legal context of different States. This diffusion is observed here through the mechanism of the circulation of legal models, the cornerstone of comparative legal studies.
The course focuses on:
- Circulation of legal models
- Diffusion of sustainable development
- Implementation of the Sustainable Development model in the domestic legal framework
- The concept of Public Health
- The development of Public Health Systems
- The impact of the Coronavirus disease on Public Health Systems
- The interaction between environmental protection and Public Health System
- The analysis of national public health system
Intellectual property rights, public health and TRIPS waivers to tackle coronavirus
IUS/13 - INTERNATIONAL LAW
Classes: 21 hours
Professor: Stefano Silingardi
Circulation of the sustainable development models and the development of public health systems in a comparative perspective
IUS/21 - PUBLIC COMPARATIVE LAW
Classes: 21 hours
Professor: Damiano Fuschi
PROGRAMS:
Intellectual property rights, public health and TRIPS waivers to tackle coronavirus (S. Silingardi)
The course aims at providing students with the legal tools and the proper legal method to deal with public health and sustainable development in global trade law. The course focuses on:
- Human rights & right to health in international public law
- The linkages between the right to health and the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda
- The roles of the World Health Organization (WHO), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and of the World Trade Organization (WTO)
- The legal frameworks on intellectual property rights on pharmaceutical products
- The issue of a TRIPS waiver to tackle coronavirus
- Public health, bioethics & right to health
A detailed syllabus will be uploaded on ARIEL at the beginning of the course.
Circulation of the sustainable development models and the development of public health systems in a comparative perspective (D. Fuschi)
The course aims at providing provide a starting point to see how even one of the most important and universally recognized concepts, such as the sustainable development, can give rise to different interpretations and applications in the legal context of different States. This diffusion is observed here through the mechanism of the circulation of legal models, the cornerstone of comparative legal studies.
The course focuses on:
- Circulation of legal models
- Diffusion of sustainable development
- Implementation of the Sustainable Development model in the domestic legal framework
- The concept of Public Health
- The development of Public Health Systems
- The impact of the Coronavirus disease on Public Health Systems
- The interaction between environmental protection and Public Health System
- The analysis of national public health system
Prerequisites for admission
No prerequisite is needed. However, a basic knowledge in International Law and a basic knowledge about the principle of Constitutional Law is highly recommended.
Teaching methods
The didactic method combines traditional approach (lecturing by Professors) with interactive activities among participants (case-studies, case-law, group works and presentations). The detailed course programme and the didactic material will be available on ARIEL.
Teaching Resources
Intellectual property rights, public health and TRIPS waivers to tackle coronavirus: lessons slides and additional material available on Ariel website.
Circulation of the sustainable development models and the development of public health systems in a comparative perspective: lessons slides and additional material available on Ariel website.
Circulation of the sustainable development models and the development of public health systems in a comparative perspective: lessons slides and additional material available on Ariel website.
Assessment methods and Criteria
Intellectual property rights, public health and TRIPS waivers to tackle coronavirus: written exam.
Circulation of the sustainable development models and the development of public health systems in a comparative perspective: written exam.
Circulation of the sustainable development models and the development of public health systems in a comparative perspective: written exam.
IUS/13 - INTERNATIONAL LAW - University credits: 6
Lessons: 42 hours
Professors:
Fuschi Damiano, Silingardi Stefano
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Reception:
Tuesday: 10.30-10.30