Laboratory:the Pacifist Principle Tested By War in Ukraine: Interdisciplinary Views

A.Y. 2025/2026
3
Max ECTS
20
Overall hours
SSD
IUS/09 IUS/21 M-STO/04 SPS/01 SPS/14
Language
Italian
Learning objectives
The laboratory aims to delve deeper into some of the issues relating to the European integration process, with specific attention to the most recent developments and repercussions at the level of national systems
Expected learning outcomes
Undefined
Single course

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Course syllabus and organization

Single session

Responsible
Lesson period
Third trimester
Course syllabus
- The three different philosophical perspectives on war.
- Ius ad bellum, ius in bello, ius post bellum
- The symbolic communication of the pacifist principle in the national and international context
- Practices of protest against war (and nuclear) between Italy and Japan
- The pacifist principle in the drafting of the Japanese Constitution
- The evolution of the pacifist principle in the history of Japan
- The pacifist principle in the Italian Constitution
- Peace as a fundamental value of the European Union
- Declinations of the pacifist principle and war emergency - Part I
- Declinations of the pacifist principle and war emergency - Part II
Prerequisites for admission
No specific prerequisites.
Teaching methods
Lectures by experts from different disciplinary fields.
Teaching Resources
Presentations (if used by the lecturers) and possible additional integrative materials will be provided to attending students.
Assessment methods and Criteria
Consistent attendance to the lectures (at least 80% of the total lectures); writing a final paper (5-6 pages) on one of the issues explored in the lectures (due at the end of the course).
IUS/09 - PUBLIC LAW - University credits: 0.6
IUS/21 - COMPARATIVE PUBLIC LAW - University credits: 0.6
M-STO/04 - CONTEMPORARY HISTORY - University credits: 0.6
SPS/01 - POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY - University credits: 0.6
SPS/14 - ASIAN HISTORY AND INSTITUTIONS - University credits: 0.6
Educational workshop: 20 hours
Professor: Cavaggion Giovanni
Professor(s)