International regulations (DROI754_S3E )
Présentation
- Semester 7
- Duration : Within one semester
- Type: Mandatory
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Student workload: Lecture (CM): 9 hours
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Applicability: ESBC and SOLEM course
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Teaching and learning method : seminar, case studies, discussion
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Module examination: 1 group presentation (50%) , 1 individual oral exam (50%)
Responsible person for the module: Matheus BASSANI (Brazil) and Damien BOUVIER, Senior Lecturer in Public Law (USMB, Faculté de droit, Centre Antoine Favre)
Objectifs
Major intended learning outcomes
Upon completion of the module students will:
- understand and analyse the concepts related to the main goals of Energy law policies, both at international and European levels;
- be able to identify the international and European legal framework applying to energy trade and integration, considering solar energy specific cases;
- be able to criticize and deal with the main legal mechanisms applied to energy field at the international and European level.
Heures d'enseignement
| Cours Magistral | 9h | |
| Travaux Dirigés | 4,5h |
Pré-requis obligatoires
Good knowledge of International Public Law and EU Law
Plan du cours
Part I: International Energy Law (12h)
- Introduction
- Concepts
- Energy sources - renewability
- Infrastructure - natural monopoly - geopolitics
- Energy security
- Energy efficiency
- Energy access
3. International Trade Law
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- Energy – good/service
- Intergovernmental Organizations IGO’s
- Specific cases
4. International Law and related topic
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- Energy Transition - Climate Change
- Digitalization – blockchain
5. Topics for discussion/presentations
Part II : European Union Energy Law (9h)
- Introduction
- Division of Competences in the field of Energy
- Treaty Freedoms and EU Energy Law
- Sector Specific Regulation
- EU Competition Law and Energy Law
- State Aid and the Energy Sector
- Sustainable Development and EU Energy Law
- External Elements of EU Energy La
Bibliographie
Mandatory readings:
BRADBROOK Adrian. Energy and law — searching for new directions. In: STEPHENS, Dale; BABIE Paul. Imagining Law: Essays in Conversation with Judith Gardam. University of Adelaide Press. (2016). Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.20851/j.ctt1sq5x0z.6
COTTIER, Thomas et al.. Energy in WTO law and policy. World Trade Organization. Available at: http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/publications_e/wtr10_forum_e/wtr10_7may10_e.pdf.
Suggested readings:
BAILLEUL, David et al. (dir), L’énergie solaire: aspects juridiques. Chambéry : Lextenso Éditions, 2010.
FATOUROS, Arghyrios A. An international legal framework for energy. In: Collected Courses of the Hague Academy of International Law 332. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008.
JONES, C & KETTLWELL W, (ed), EU Energy Law, Claeys & Casteels, 2020 (Volume I to Volume X).
KARNS, Margaret P.; MINGST, Karen A. International organizations: the politics and processes of global governance. 2 ed. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2010.
HEFFRON, R.J, Energy Law: An Introduction, Springer International Publishing, 2015
LEAL-ARCAS, Rafael; FILIS, Andrew. The fragmented governance of the global energy economy: a legal-institutional analysis. The Journal of World Energy Law & Business, 2013. Available at <http://jwelb.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/07/19/jwelb.jwt011.abstract>.
MEADOWS, Donella; RANDERS, Jorgen; MEADOWS, Dennis. Limits to Growth: the 30-year update. London: Earthscan, 2004.
SCHRIJVER, Nico J.. Permanent sovereignty over natural resources, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, 2010. Available at http://ilmc.univie.ac.at/uploads/media/PSNR_empil.pdf.
SELIVANOVA, Yulia. The WTO and Energy WTO Rules and Agreements of Relevance to the Energy Sector. International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development – ICTSD. Available at <http://ictsd.org/downloads/2008/05/the20wto20and20energy.pdf>.
SWEENEY, J. L. Economic Theory of Depletable Resources: An Introduction. In: SWEENEY, J. L.; KNEESE, A. V. (Orgs.). Handbook of Natural Resource and Energy Economics. [s.l.]: Elsevier B.V., 1993, p. 759.
TALLUS, K, EU Energy Law and Policy: A Critical Account, OUP, 2020