Teaching International Law

Peter Hilpold, Dr. (2001), University of Innsbruck, is Professor of International Law, European Law and Public Comparative Law. He is the author of over 300 publications (monographs, articles and collective writings), including The Responsibility to Protect (Brill 2014). Giuseppe Nesi, University of Trento, is Professor of International Law and a member of the International Law Commission of the United Nations (2023-27). Former Dean of the Faculty of Law, he is the author of numerous publications and has a thirty-year diplomatic experience in various international environments.

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Part i

Introduction

  Introduction

  Peter Hilpold



Part ii

The “Global” Perspective

1 Teaching International Law in the 21st Century Opening the Hidden Room in the Palace of International Law

  Peter Hilpold



2 U.S. Approaches to Teaching International Law in a Global Environment

  Charlotte Ku



3 Teaching International Law Today and the Human Person

  Carlo Focarelli



4 What Is a Good International Law Teacher?

  Natalino Ronzitti



5 Is There an Art of Teaching International Law?

  Pierre-Marie Dupuy



6 Teaching International Law The Added Value of Working as a Diplomat-Jurist

  Giuseppe Nesi



Part iii

National and Regional Perspectives, New Methodological Approaches

7  Teaching International Law from a European Perspective

  Jan Wouters



8  Teaching Global Administrative Law A New Domain for Administrative Law?

  Barbara Marchetti



9  International Law and Interdisciplinarity

  Sergio Dellavalle



10 Teaching International Law as “Law of the Land” Taking into Account the Domestic Nexus

  Andreas R. Ziegler



11a Teaching International Law in Germany Is the Legal Regime on Teaching Law Still Adequate?

  Rüdiger Wolfrum



11b Teaching International Law in Germany Some Additional Remarks by a Former Parliamentarian, Practitioner and Teacher

  Heribert Hirte



11c Teaching International Law in Germany Constitutional Safeguards for the Freedom of Research and Teaching

  Gerd Morgenthaler



Part iv

Teaching Different Sub-disciplines of International Law

12 Teaching International Economic Law in the 21st Century

  Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann



13 Teaching International Investment Law Requires a Holistic Approach

  Nikos Lavranos



Part v

Tools, Instruments, Resources

14 Visualising International Law Movies and Image References in Teaching International Law

  Markus Beham, Melanie Fink and Ralph Janik



15 Writing an International Law Textbook

  James Summers



16 Teaching International Law Massively

  Pierre d’Argent



Part vi

Scholarship on Teaching of International Law

17 Scholarship on the Teaching of International Law An Overview of the State of the Art

  Lucas Lixinski



18 Manfred Lachs and His ‘Teacher in International Law’ The Lessons He Gave Us

  Bartłomiej Krzan



Part vii

Final Remarks

  Conclusions

  Peter Hilpold and Giuseppe Nesi



Index