Learning outcomes

The course aims to furnish students with the necessary tools for understand and analyse the relevance of religion in legal systems and, in particular, the different aspects of personal religious freedom and also the relationship between Italian State and the Catholic Church and the other confessions. Aspects that will be studied from both the historical point of view and current legislation.

At the end of the course the student will be able:
- to know and understand principles and fundamental rules that regulate the discipline of religious phenomenon in the state legal systems and in the coordination institutions of European countries;
- to deal with problems of composition between religious law and state law, with regard both to the legislation and jurisprudence, of national courts and of the European Court of Human Rights.

Program

PROGRAM
Historical development of systems of relationships between the State and religious Confessions.
Constitutional law and religion
The right to religious freedom and conscientious objections
The principle of the secular State
Lateran Pacts. The Holy See and the Vatican City State
The agreements between the Italian State and the other religions
The ecclesiastical entities
The religious buildings
The ministers of religion
Civil recognition of religious marriage and ecclesiastical judgments

DIDACTIC METHODS
The teaching consists in:
• lectures on the course topics
• analysis of materials placed on e-earning platform and discussed during lectures, in order to foster a critical approach by students
• conferences by Italian and foreign experts, so as to provide students with different approaches to the subject

During the academic year the teacher receives students at the times indicated in web pages, no need to set a specific date

Examination Methods

Knowledge and skills provided will be verified with an final examination on the whole program.

A) Students attending classes: they can choose a written examination. Students will be required to answer to three open-ended questions. They can prepare for the examination on lecture notes

B) Students not attending classes: oral examination.

Grades will be expressed in /30 taking into account knowledge of the subject, accuracy in response, quality of the legal reasoning and use of the correct legal terminology.

Teaching materials e documents

•   programma e testi consigliati (ita/ingl)   (msword, it, 49 KB, 9/14/18)