Teaching code

4S000520

Teacher

Giampietro Ferri

Coordinator

Giampietro Ferri

Credits

9

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

IUS/08 - CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

Period

1° periodo lezioni (1A), 1° periodo lezioni (1B)

Courses Single

Authorized

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

Learning objectives

The course is intended to provide the student with the knowledge of the system of legal sources and of the norms of the Constitution, with specific attention to the judicial system, the form of the Italian government, fundamental rights and constitutional guarantees.

At the end of the course, the student will be able to elaborate on legal issues concerning the main topics of the subject, in both oral and written forms, developing proper reasoning and argumentation, using an appropriate and specific vocabulary, reaching independent judgement on actual cases, adopting a method based on continuous learning and knowledge updating.

Prerequisites and basic notions

Nobody

Program

The course will cover the following subjects:
1. Law:
- the distinction between subjective and objective law
- the distinction between law and regulation
- legal system concepts
- the differing characteristics of legal norms
2. Sources of law
- Basic notions (sources of production and sources of cognition, statutory and custom sources, typical and atypical sources)
- Typology: constitutional sources, primary state sources (in particular, law decree and legislative decree) and secondary sources, regional sources, international and foreign sources, and European
- criteria for resolving contrasts between sources
3. The State:
- historical formation
- constitutive elements (nation, country, and sovereignty)
- State structures and classifications
- distinctions between state structures and government structures
4. The Italian Constitution:
- introduction: the concept of the Constitution
- origins
- features
- fundamental principles
- rights and duties of citizens
- constitutional bodies:
a) Parliament
b) the Government
c) the President of the Republic
d) the Constitutional Court
- judiciary power
- regions and local autonomy

Bibliography

Didactic methods

The course is divided into
- 48 hours (8 CFU) of lectures
- 12 hours (1 CFU) of remote laboratory, organized according to the Problem Based Solving (PSB) methodology, providing for the discussion of case studies and guided resolution of concrete cases drawn from practice. The teaching materials used during the course (in particular, for the laboratory part) that integrate the reference manual, will be provided to students through the "Moodle" e-learning platform.

Learning assessment procedures

The exam will take place in two phases. In the first phase the student will have to respond in writing to three "open" questions, aimed at verifying that the candidate is able to understand the text of the Constitution and solve "normal" application problems of the sources of law. In the second phase the student will have to answer some oral questions, aimed at ascertaining in particular the candidate's ability to carry out an independent critical reflection on the topics of the program.
For attending students, an intermediate test is scheduled. This test will consist of a series of "open" questions, mainly concerning the topics covered during the course. Students who have passed this test will subsequently have to take an oral exam on the remaining part of the program in one of the sessions scheduled in the academic calendar.
Italian language.
For ERASMUS students, the exam will take place in oral form and in Italian, on a differentiated program to be agreed with the teacher.
Evaluation criteria and composition of the grade
The grade is expressed in thirtieths. The final grade will be established by averaging the grade of the written test and the oral test. The awarding of honors is linked to the following evaluation of the exam: complete autonomy of the student, complete control of the discipline, particularly appreciable critical and argumentative ability of the student. For attending students who participated in the intermediate test, the final grade will be determined by the result of the intermediate test and the result of the final oral test in proportion to the amount of program covered by each test.

Evaluation criteria

The exam is aimed at ascertaining, in addition to acquiring the required knowledge, that students have acquired sufficient analytical skills. In particular, the test is aimed at verifying:
- the depth and breadth of the acquired knowledge
- the property of language
- the ability to connect knowledge in a systematic form
- analytical and argumentative ability

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

30/30

Exam language

Italiano