At the end of the course, students will have acquired a good understanding of how legal and tax tools intervene in disaster risk management and financing. They will be able to explore public policies, having acquired language proficiency, and will be able to highlight the main characteristics regarding the issues raised by the analysis of specific cases.
Prerequisiti
There are no specific requirements.
Metodi didattici
The course will be divided into lectures and practice hours, organized as follow: lessons will define the general framework and provide the basic concepts; practice hours will focus on specific topics and will require active participation of the attendees.
Verifica Apprendimento
Assignments will be handed over during the course. The final examination will consist in a written test consisting in a closed book written test (3 hours), based on essay question(s). The final grade will also consider the assignments completed during the practice hours.
Testi
Recommended readings include: 1. D.A. FARBER ET AL., Disaster Law and Policy, 2nd ed., Aspen Publisher, 2010. 2. S. SHAVELL, Economics and liability for accidents, New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition, 2008, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 535, 2005. 3. S. MORATTI, The role of taxation in climate related disaster risk management policies, in Rivista di diritto finanziario e scienza delle finanze, 3, 2018, 354 4. P. PISTONE, E. TRAVERSA, European fiscal and tax policies for damaged areas: the European legal framework of reference, in Tax implications of natural disaster and pollution, Wolters Kluwer, 2015, 15. Other course materials will be made available during the class time.
Contenuti
The course aims at presenting and analyzing, in a comparative and international perspective, the role of legal rules and institutions in the context of disaster risk prevention, mitigation, transfer and financing. Topics to be covered include: -identification of the main institutional actors; -the impact of law on catastrophic risk management across the world; -international principles, standards, directives and guidelines developed in the recent years; -legal and policy implications of disaster risk financing for governments; -public-private initiatives to cover the cost of extreme risks and catastrophe insurance schemes implemented in different jurisdictions; -the role of taxation and fiscal policies.
Lingua Insegnamento
Inglese
Altre informazioni
The supporting materials will be provided to students prior to the lectures, while PowerPoint presentations will be available after the lectures.