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Academic calendar
The academic calendar shows the deadlines and scheduled events that are relevant to students, teaching and technical-administrative staff of the University. Public holidays and University closures are also indicated. The academic year normally begins on 1 October each year and ends on 30 September of the following year.
Course calendar
The Academic Calendar sets out the degree programme lecture and exam timetables, as well as the relevant university closure dates..
Period | From | To |
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I semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere) | Sep 28, 2020 | Jan 9, 2021 |
II semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere) | Feb 15, 2021 | May 29, 2021 |
Session | From | To |
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ESAMI LINGUE - sessione invernale | Jan 11, 2021 | Feb 13, 2021 |
ESAMI LINGUE - sessione estiva | May 31, 2021 | Jul 24, 2021 |
ESAMI LINGUE - sessione autunnale | Aug 30, 2021 | Sep 25, 2021 |
Session | From | To |
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LAUREE LINGUE - sessione autunnale (a.a. 2019/20) | Nov 2, 2020 | Nov 7, 2020 |
LAUREE LINGUE - sessione straordinaria (a.a. 2019/20) | Apr 7, 2021 | Apr 13, 2021 |
LAUREE LINGUE - sessione estiva (a.a. 2020/21) | Jul 5, 2021 | Jul 10, 2021 |
Period | From | To |
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Festa di Ognissanti | Nov 1, 2020 | Nov 1, 2020 |
Festa dell'Immacolata | Dec 8, 2020 | Dec 8, 2020 |
Festa della liberazione | Apr 25, 2021 | Apr 25, 2021 |
Festa del lavoro | May 1, 2021 | May 1, 2021 |
Festa del Santo Patrono | May 21, 2021 | May 21, 2021 |
Festa della Repubblica | Jun 2, 2021 | Jun 2, 2021 |
Exam calendar
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Study Plan
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Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.
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Media law (2022/2023)
Teaching code
4S002931
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
6
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
IUS/10 - ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
Period
II semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere) dal Feb 13, 2023 al May 27, 2023.
Learning objectives
The course aims to provide the students without basic legal skills, with fundamental knowledge of media and information law, including the structure and functions of the public bodies involved in the sector regulation. Furthermore, the course will provide basic notions of copyright law. At the end of the course students will be able to understand the main legal aspects of information and media sectors and their institutional actors. Students will also be able to understand the basic legal mechanisms underlying copyright law, with special attention to publishing
Prerequisites and basic notions
Not present
Program
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
I. Elements of the legal system
II. Norm creation
II.1 Introduction
II.2 The concept of law endorsed on this course.
II.3. Sources of law: theoretical-general concept
II.4. Sources of law: structure
II.5. Legal norms and legislative provisions.
II.6 Approaches to interpretation provided for under Article 12 of the Provisions on the Law in General [preleggi] contained in the Civil Code: framing the issue
II.7. Continued: literal interpretation (Article 12(2))
II.8. Continued: teleological interpretation (Article 12(1))
II.9 Analogies (Article 12(2)).
II.10 Approaches to interpretation not provided for under Article 12 of the Provisions on the Law in General [preleggi] contained in the Civil Code that are nonetheless used by interpreting bodies.
II.11. The structure of legal norms
II.12 Types of legal norm: a) rules of behaviour; b) norms creating permissions; c) norms granting powers; d) norms setting out principles.
II.13 Focus issue: the difference between prescriptive legal norms and prescriptive social norms.
III. Sources of law in the Italian legal system
III.1. Introduction.
III.2. Constitutional sources
III.3.A. Supranational sources: the two types
III.3.B. International sources
III.3.C. EU law (Article 288 TFEU)
III.4. Primary national sources
III.4.1 Primary state sources
III.4.1.A. Introduction to this type of source
III.4.1.B. Laws
III.4.1.C. Decrees-law
III.4.1.D. Legislative decrees
III.5.A. Introduction to this type of source
III.5.2 Regional laws
III.6. A sui generis source of primary law
III.6.1. The status of minor local government bodies (municipalities, provinces and metropolitan cities)
III.6.2. The distribution of competence between state laws (and acts with the force of law) and regional laws
III.7. Secondary national sources
III.7.1. A lexical premise
III.7.2. Common features of secondary sources of law
IV. Discrepancies between sources
IV.1. The concept of discrepancy between legal norms.
IV.2. The solution to discrepancies: general theoretical criteria
V The public administrations
V.1. The public administrations as organisations
V.2. A first characteristic of the public administrations
V.3. A second characteristic of the public administrations
V.4 The “raison d'être” of the public administrations: administrative functions
V.5. The organisational structure of the public administrations
V.6. Some types of public administration
V.7. The public administrations as legal operators
V.8 The activity of the public administrations, and in particular administrative activity
V.9 So-called “legal” administrative activity carried out using public law and private law mechanisms
V.10 Administrative activity carried out using public law mechanisms, in particular by way of administrative decisions: A) Introduction; B) The power; C) Administrative decisions; D) Administrative procedure; E1) The principle of legality; E2) From the principle of legality to the principle of compliance with the law.
V.11. Administrative activity carried out using public law mechanisms, in particular agreements.
V.12 Administrative activity carried out using private law mechanisms.
V.13. Disputes between private persons and the public administration.
PART II
I. Freedom of speech: general overview
I.1. Freedom of speech as a prerequisite for democracy
I.2 The individualist and functionalist conception of freedom of speech
II Freedom of speech under Article 21 of the Constitution
II.1. Article 21, in particular paragraph 1
II.2. The subjective aspect to freedom of speech.
II.3. The objective aspect to freedom of speech
II.4. The instrumental aspect to freedom of speech
II.5. Second focus issue: freedom to inform, to be informed and to search for information.
III Limits to freedom of speech provided for under Article 21 of the Constitution
III.1 General framework
III.2. Express limit: common decency
III.3 Implicit limits of an individual nature: honour
III.3.A. Protection of honour and the right to report
III.3.B Focus issue: the problem of interviews
III.3.C. Protection of honour and the right to criticise.
III.3.D. The right to satire
III.3.E. Focus issue: the problem of fake news
III.4. Implicit limits under public order: public policy
III.5. Continued: Italian par condicio equality rules
III.6. The inapplicability of limits to members of Parliament.
IV Freedom of speech and other freedoms
IV.1.A. Freedom of speech and freedom of correspondence: the two rights
IV.1.B. Freedom of speech and freedom of correspondence: the two rights
IV.2. Freedom of speech and artistic freedom
V Regulation of the press and the journalism profession
V.1. Introduction
V.2. The press: concept
V.3. Regulation of the press inferred under Article 21 of the Constitution, in particular from paragraphs 2-5.
V.4. The press as journalist activity.
V.5. A problem: online “press”
VI Regulation of radio and television
VI.1 First phase
VI.2. Second phase
VI.3 Third phase
VI.4. Fourth phase
VI. 5 Fifth phase
VI.6. Sixth phase
VII Regulation of performances and cinematography
VII.1. The concept of performance.
VII.2. Relevant constitutional provisions.
VII.3. Financing.
VII.4. Focus issue: cinema.
VIII Regulation of electronic communications
VIII.1. Introduction
VIII.2. The concept of “service”
VIII.3.A. The concept of public service in a political and economic sense or, in other words, services of general interest in a meta-legal sense
VIII.3.B Electronic communications as a public service in a political and economic sense or, in other words, as a service of general interest in a meta-legal sense
VIII.4.A. Regulation of public services in a political and economic sense or, in other words, as services of general interest in a meta-legal sense.
VIII.4.B. Regulation of electronic communications services.
VIII.5.A. Public service in a technical sense or, in other words, a service of general interest in a technical sense.
VIII.5.B. Electronic communications services as a general public service in a technical sense.
X Regulation of the internet.
IX The law on copyright
Bibliography
Didactic methods
Lectures
Face-to-face lessons are recorded and are available on the teaching platform moodle.
Learning assessment procedures
ATTENDING STUDENTS
The discussion will consider the notions, questions and problems raised:
1) during lectures;
2) in chapter IX (“La tutela della privacy: dal diritto alla riservatezza alla protezione dei dati personali” [“Protection for privacy: from the right to confidentiality to data protection”]) and chapter X (“Il diritto all'oblio” [“The right to be forgotten]) of the textbook “Il diritto dell'informazione e della comunicazione nell'era digitale” [“Information and communications law in the digital era”] - G. Giappichelli Editore - ISBN 9788892136588 - 2021;
3) in chapter XVIII (“il diritto di autore” [“Copyright”]) of the textbook “Diritto dell'informazione e della comunicazione” [“Information and communications law”], R. Zaccaria, A. Valestro, E. Albanesi - published by Wolters Kluver and Cedam - 2021.
NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS
The discussion will consider the notions, questions and problems raised:
1) in the entire textbook “Il diritto dell'informazione e della comunicazione nell'era digitale” [“Information and communications law in the digital era”] - G. Giappichelli Editore - ISBN 9788892136588 - 2021;
2) in chapter XVIII (“il diritto di autore” [“Copyright”]) of the textbook “Diritto dell'informazione e della comunicazione” [“Information and communications law”], R. Zaccaria, A. Valestro, E. Albanesi - published by Wolters Kluver and Cedam ISBN 9788813376925 - 2021.
“INCOMING” ERASMUS STUDENTS (i.e. who have matriculated on a degree programme at an EU university not based in Italy)
“Incoming” ERASMUS students are invited to contact the teacher responsible at the start of the course in order to be set a specific topic to be analysed in greater depth in a course essay. That essay will then be the object of an oral discussion during the examination sessions scheduled within the academic calendar.
Evaluation criteria
The examination will involve an oral discussion, which will be assessed according to the following criteria:
- clarity, logical order, usage of appropriate and correct terminology when discussing issues;
- demonstrating an awareness and understanding of the subject;
- demonstrating an ability to organise systematically;
- demonstrating an ability to identify shared features and differences between legal institutes;
- demonstrating an ability to solve various elementary practical problems.
Criteria for the composition of the final grade
Balanced weighting of evaluation criteria
Exam language
ITALIANO
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Attendance and location
Attendance is not mandatory.
More detailed information on attendance requirements, please refer to the “Regolamento del corso di studio”, available under the “Regolamenti” section in “Il Corso”. While the Student Handbook does not require mandatory attendance, it is recommended to confirm specific attendance policies with your professors for each course, lab, or practical training.
Part time enrolment is an option. For more information, visit the Possibilità di iscrizione Part time.
Classrooms and exam locations are:
Classes and exams are held at the following locations:
- Polo Zanotto (close to the Foreign Languages and Literatures building)>
- Polo Santa Marta
Assegnazione tutore
Attività accreditate D/F
Calendario didattico dettagliato
Cambio lingua curriculare
Competenze informatiche
Competenze linguistiche (prima e seconda lingua)
Competenze linguistiche in triennale (terza lingua CFU F)
Compilazione del piano didattico
Corso di Lingua catalana a.a. 2024-25
Corso di Lingua portoghese
Erasmus+ e altre esperienze all'estero
Linguistic training CLA
Presentazione dei corsi di studio e Open day
Graduation
Saperi minimi
Stage e tirocini
Nel piano didattico della laurea triennale in Lingue e letterature per l’editoria e i media digitali (L11 ED-DH) è previsto un tirocinio/stage obbligatorio (CFU 6).
Le attività di stage sono finalizzate a far acquisire allo studente una conoscenza diretta in settori di particolare interesse per l’inserimento nel mondo del lavoro e per l’acquisizione di abilità professionali specifiche.
Le attività di stage sono svolte sotto la diretta responsabilità di un singolo docente presso studi professionali, enti della pubblica amministrazione, aziende accreditate dall’Ateneo veronese.
I crediti maturati in seguito ad attività di stage saranno attribuiti secondo quanto disposto nel dettaglio dal “Regolamento d’Ateneo per il riconoscimento dei crediti maturati negli stage universitari” vigente.
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