The supply of energy is a sine qua non condition necessary for the normal functioning of modern states. Having this in mind, the issues of energy security, energy policy and energy regulation are necessarily a subject of intensive international and national legislation.
The purpose of the course is to provide students with the understanding of principal energy law legal concepts and regulation at the international and the EU level. Additionally, the course aims to foster the understanding of relationship between energy law and energy supply security, environment protection and sustainable development. The course will provide a more focused analysis of the oil and gas industry, especially with regard to the investment, licencing, contracting, risk management, insurance and dispute resolution. The course will further provide basic overview of the energy (cross-border) infrastructure and operation legal regulation. Finally, the course will examine the energy sector in light of the competition law and market liberalization.
International and EU Energy Law and Energy Security
Literature
MANDATORY LITERATURE
Handbook materials – available at the beginning of course;
Learning outcomes
Explain the notion and the development of the system of international criminal law
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CONTRIBUTES TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF LEARNING OUTCOMES AT THE LEVEL OF THE STUDY PROGRAM
1. Identify historical, political, economic, European, international or other
social factors relevant to the creation and application of law.
2. Define basic concepts and institutes and basic doctrines and principles of
individual branches of law.
3. Explain the position and importance of legal science and the relationship
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COGNITIVE AREA OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
Understanding
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SKILLS
Information management skills, ability to learn, ability to present, skills of
clear and understandable oral and written expression. -
LEARNING CONTENT
Teaching units:
1. The notion, foundations and sources of international criminal law
2. The relationship with other branches of law, in particular with
public international law, international law of war and
humanitarian law, human rights law, domestic substantive and
procedural criminal law
3. The development of international criminal courts
4. Historical development of international crimes
5. Basic elements of procedures before international criminal courts
6. Establishment of international criminal courts and relationship
between states and international criminal courts
7. Completion of work of international ad hoc tribunals: residual
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TEACHING METHODS
Lecture, study, analysis and comparison of legislation and judgments,
independent reading, guided discussions, research and study of case law.
Apply relevant international legal norms to specific facts in accordance with the rules of interpretation inherent in international criminal law
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CONTRIBUTES TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF LEARNING OUTCOMES AT THE LEVEL OF THE STUDY PROGRAM
5. Explain the institutes of substantive and procedural law
6. Apply appropriate legal terminology (in Croatian and one foreign
language) in clear and reasoned oral and written expression;
7. Use information technology and legal databases (eg legislation, case
law, legal journals and other e-resources);
11. Analyse relevant case law; -
COGNITIVE AREA OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
Application
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SKILLS
Information management skills, ability to solve problems, logical
argumentation with respect to different opinions, elaboration of own
ideas through presentations, ability to apply knowledge in practice, -
LEARNING CONTENT
Teaching units:
1. The relationship with other branches of law, in particular with
public international law and domestic substantive and procedural
criminal law
2. Principles and sources of International criminal law
3. International crimes I: genocide and crimes against humanity
4. International crimes II: war crimes and crime of aggression
5. Grounds for exclusion of criminal responsibility in ICL. Modes of
individual criminal responsibility. Culpability.
6. Criminal proceedings before the ICC, including the principle of
complementarity.
7. Procedural rights and protection of victims before the
international criminal courts.
8. Cooperation of states with international criminal courts -
TEACHING METHODS
Lectures, Analysis and comparison of national and foreign criminal
legislation as well as the case law of national and foreign courts,
independent reading, guided discussions, research and study of literature.
Analyse the impact of continental and Anglo-Saxon national legal systems and the European Court of Human Rights on the case law of international criminal courts as well as the reciprocal impact of international criminal courts on (Croatian) national law
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CONTRIBUTES TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF LEARNING OUTCOMES AT THE LEVEL OF THE STUDY PROGRAM
1. Identify historical, political, economic, European, international or other
social factors relevant to the creation and application of law.
9. Analyse various aspects of the legal system of the Republic of Croatia,
including a comparative perspective;
13. Analyse relevant case law
14. Compare different judicial systems; -
COGNITIVE AREA OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
Analysis
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SKILLS
Information management skills, ability to analyse legal texts, ability to
learn, ability to present, skills of clear and understandable oral and written
expression. -
LEARNING CONTENT
Teaching units:
1. The development and basic features of international and hybrid
criminal courts
2. International crimes and modes of responsibility
3. Criminal proceedings before the international criminal courts and
protection of human rights. Proving and evidence before the
international criminal courts.
4. Basic defence rights and protection of victims
5. Residual functions and mechanisms of international criminal
courts
6. Cooperation of international criminal courts with states. -
TEACHING METHODS
Lectures, research, analysis and comparison of national and foreign
criminal legislation as well as the case law of national and foreign courts,
independent reading, guided discussions, research and study of case law.
Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of existing mechanisms for prosecuting international crimes and propose solutions to improve these systems
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CONTRIBUTES TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF LEARNING OUTCOMES AT THE LEVEL OF THE STUDY PROGRAM
8. Develop ethical, legal and socially responsible behavior.
12. Evaluate legal institutes and principles in their development dimension
and in relation to the modern legal system.
15. Propose a solution to a legal problem with the aim of drafting a legal
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COGNITIVE AREA OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
Evaluation
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SKILLS
Problem solving skills, ability to apply knowledge in practice, ability to learn,
ability to evaluate legislation and case law, ability to precisely formulate
attitudes, ability to elaborate critical attitudes. -
LEARNING CONTENT
Teaching units:
1. Review and critical analysis of substantive institutes of international
criminal law of the system of criminal sanctions
2. Review and critical analysis of implemented norms of national law
3. Alternatives to international criminal courts
4. Case law -
TEACHING METHODS
Lectures, research, analysis and comparison of national and international
legislation and case law of national and international courts, independent
reading, guided discussions.
