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Type D and Type F activities
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Laurea magistrale a ciclo unico in Giurisprudenza - Enrollment from 2025/2026| years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4° 5° | Università e DSA – Metodi e strategie per affrontare lo studio ed il percorso universitario (Edizione 2023) | D |
Fabio Ferrari
(Coordinator)
|
Legal reasoning (2023/2024)
Teaching code
4S02105
Academic staff
Coordinator
Credits
6
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
IUS/20 - PHILOSOPHY OF LAW
Period
2° periodo lezioni (2B) dal Apr 3, 2024 al May 23, 2024.
Courses Single
Authorized
Learning objectives
The course aims at allowing students to develop a critical awareness of the complexity of juridical experience with particular regard to its logical and methodological aspects. At the end of the course, students shall have the ability to formulate, in an autonomous and critical way, judgements and elaborated arguments on the main legal questions dealt with in class. Students shall also acquire the argumentative skills required for a correct application of positive law.
Prerequisites and basic notions
The student must have already passed the Philosophy of Law exam and must have a good knowledge of positive law.
The student must have a good knowledge of legal terminology, ability to use specialized vocabulary, ability to read and understand legal texts.
Program
The Course, which will address the problem of the justification of law from a theoretical and practical point of view, aims to introduce students to the philosophical, epistemological and ethical implications of juridical experience.
The main objective will be to verify with the students how in the sphere of legal science and practice we have to deal with models of 'reason' and 'truth' that do not coincide at all with those of the natural sciences, but at the same time must not lead to relativistic outcomes.
Bibliography
Didactic methods
The course will be introduced by a 4-hour module (entrusted to Dr Favaro) of an expository nature on the various areas of legal logic (experiential, formal, computational, legal informatics), with a particular focus on the verification of the nature, today, of law as a science.
The second module of 20 hours (entrusted to Dr Favaro) will be devoted to a critical examination of the logical presuppositions of the justification and mandatory nature of rules.
The third module of 6 hours (entrusted to Dr Favaro) will be devoted to the practical verification of the concepts set out in the previous modules through the drafting of a "pro veritate" opinion and the analysis of two judgments of the United Sections of the Court of Cassation.
The fourth module of 6 hours (entrusted to Prof. Velo Dalbrenta) will offer in-depth practical seminars thanks to the support of authoritative Experts who will intervene as external lecturers.
Learning assessment procedures
The final examination will be oral.
The candidate must demonstrate that he/she has carefully studied the notes from the lectures and the texts: both the one described in the Bibliography and the Contributions indicated in the lectures by the lecturers.
During the examination - lasting approximately 15 minutes - the student must demonstrate
- understanding and knowledge;
- ability to make judgements;
- communicative qualities;
- study method and critical sense.
Evaluation criteria
In assessing the student, account will be taken of his or her knowledge of the texts and content presented in the lectures together with his or her ability to reflect on the law from the theoretical and practical perspectives presented in the Course.
Exam language
Italiano
