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Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.
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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| 1° periodo di lezioni - 12 CFU | Sep 23, 2019 | Dec 14, 2019 |
| 1° periodo di lezioni | Sep 30, 2019 | Dec 14, 2019 |
| Periodo riservato ad eventuali recuperi di lezioni - dicembre 2019 | Dec 16, 2019 | Dec 17, 2019 |
| 2° periodo di lezioni - febbraio/aprile 2020 - 12 CFU | Feb 6, 2020 | Apr 6, 2020 |
| 2° periodo di lezioni - febbraio/aprile 2020 | Feb 10, 2020 | Apr 6, 2020 |
| 2° periodo di lezioni - aprile/maggio 2020 | Apr 15, 2020 | May 7, 2020 |
| 2° periodo di lezioni - aprile/maggio 2020 - 12 CFU | Apr 15, 2020 | May 12, 2020 |
| Periodo riservato ad eventuali recuperi di lezioni - maggio 2020 | May 8, 2020 | May 9, 2020 |
| Session | From | To |
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| Sessione straordinaria - studenti f.c. e insegnamenti del 1° periodo | Dec 18, 2019 | Dec 23, 2019 |
| Sessione invernale - 1° appello | Jan 8, 2020 | Jan 17, 2020 |
| Sessione invernale - 2° appello | Jan 28, 2020 | Feb 6, 2020 |
| Sessione straordinaria - studenti f.c. - aprile 2020 | Apr 7, 2020 | Apr 9, 2020 |
| Sessione estiva - 3 appelli | May 12, 2020 | Jul 25, 2020 |
| Sessione autunnale - 1° appello | Aug 26, 2020 | Sep 5, 2020 |
| Sessione autunnale - 2° appello | Sep 21, 2020 | Sep 30, 2020 |
| Session | From | To |
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| Sessione autunnale - ottobre 2019 | Oct 21, 2019 | Oct 22, 2019 |
| Sessione invernale - febbraio 2020 | Feb 7, 2020 | Feb 7, 2020 |
| Sessione invernale - marzo 2020 | Mar 18, 2020 | Mar 20, 2020 |
| Sessione estiva - giugno 2020 | Jun 25, 2020 | Jun 26, 2020 |
| Period | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Festa di Ognissanti | Nov 1, 2019 | Nov 1, 2019 |
| Festa dell'Immacolata | Dec 8, 2019 | Dec 8, 2019 |
| Vacanze di Natale | Dec 24, 2019 | Jan 6, 2020 |
| Vacanze di Pasqua | Apr 10, 2020 | Apr 14, 2020 |
| Festa della Liberazione | Apr 25, 2020 | Apr 25, 2020 |
| Festa del lavoro | May 1, 2020 | May 1, 2020 |
| Festa del Santo Patrono | May 21, 2020 | May 21, 2020 |
| Festa della Repubblica | Jun 2, 2020 | Jun 2, 2020 |
Exam calendar
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Study Plan
The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University. Please select your Study Plan based on your enrolment year.
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History of Medieval and Modern Law
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Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)
TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
Legal Reasoning and Argumentation (2019/2020)
Teaching code
4S003574
Teacher
Coordinatore
Credits
6
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
IUS/20 - PHILOSOPHY OF LAW
Language
English
Period
2° periodo di lezioni - febbraio/aprile 2020 dal Feb 10, 2020 al Apr 6, 2020.
Learning outcomes
The aim of this module consists in introducing key elements of the current debate on legal argumentation. Different forms of argumentation are involved in applying legal standards (rules, principles, policies, etc.) to specific cases. Legal argumentation, thus, cannot be qualified as a straightforward process; in fact, it raises a number of practical issues and theoretical concerns.
The main questions that will be considered in the module are as follows: What do we mean by “legal argumentation”? Is legal argumentation partly or entirely a deductive process? Can legal argumentation be regarded as a descriptive activity of the standards issued by law-makers or rather the processes of arguing in, and reasoning about, law impacts on the contents of a legal system? Does legal argumentation differ in any substantial way from law-making? Is legal argumentation a rule-constrained activity? Can law, politics and morality be kept separate in legal argumentation?
Accordingly, by completing this module, students will have gained in-depth understanding of the nature, features and essential dimensions of legal argumentation.
Program
The module consists in 36 one-hour sessions spread over 9 weeks.
The main topics that will be covered during the sessions are the following ones:
1. Logic and Argumentation in Law – A General Introduction (Week 1)
Part I: The Practice of Arguing in Law
2. Arguing with Rules (Week 2)
3. Arguing with Precedents (Week 3)
4. Law, Argumentation, and Authority (Week 4)
Part II: Legal Argumentation and Theory
5. Neil MacCormick’s Theory of Legal Argumentation and its Implications: Legal Positivism (Weeks 5 and 6)
6. Ronald Dworkin’s Theory of Legal Argumentation and its Implications: Non-Positivism (Week 7, 8, and 9)
Bibliografia
| Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. Feteris | Fundamentals of Legal Argumentation: A Survey of Theories on the Justification of Judicial Decision | Springer | 2017 | ||
| F. Schauer, | Thinking like a Lawyer | Harvard University Press | 2009 |
Examination Methods
This module will be assessed on the basis of a single 2,000 word-long essay, to be completed by the end of the Teaching Term and handed in to the lecturer by Monday 20th April 2020 at 11.00 am (please email the electronic copy of your essay to: berteas@hotmail.com).
During the lectures I will provide the list of the essay titles. However, should a student come up with his/her own title and it falls within the parameters of the module, the lecturer will be happy to expand the list accordingly. Students interested in taking this option should consult the lecturer beforehand and agree an essay title with him if they wish to submit their own title.
Type D and Type F activities
Le attività che consentono l’acquisizione dei crediti riservati alle attività formative a libera scelta dello studente (TAF D) sono le seguenti:
• Un insegnamento previsto nell’elenco delle attività formative (TAF D) allegato al piano didattico del corso di laurea Magistrale in Giurisprudenza;
• Un insegnamento attivato nei Corsi di studi afferenti al Collegio di Giurisprudenza;
• Un laboratorio didattico attivato nei Corsi di studi afferenti al Collegio di Giurisprudenza;
• Un laboratorio didattico attivato nei Corsi di studi afferenti al Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche;
• Un insegnamento previsto dall’Offerta Formativa di Ateneo, non impartito nell’ambito dei corsi di studi afferenti al Collegio di Giurisprudenza: il riconoscimento dei crediti acquisiti sarà subordinato alla preventiva presentazione di coerenti programmi formativi valutati dalla Commissione istruttoria per la didattica e approvati dal Collegio didattico.
• Attività formative organizzate dai singoli docenti del Collegio di Giurisprudenza o del Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche: previa approvazione del Collegio ad esse verrà attribuito, dopo un’apposita verifica, un credito per ogni 6 ore di frequenza obbligatoria;
• Attività formative che implicano la partecipazione a convegni o seminari organizzati sotto il “logo” del Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche o dell’Ateneo: devono essere preventivamente approvate dal Collegio di Giurisprudenza indicando un docente di riferimento del Collegio di Giurisprudenza ovvero del Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche. Un credito per ogni giornata di convegno o di seminario si acquisisce dopo apposita verifica che dimostri l’avvenuta fruizione culturale del tema del convegno o del seminario.
Le attività che consentono l’acquisizione dei crediti riservati alle ulteriori attività formative (TAF F) sono le seguenti:
• Informatica (3 cfu)
• Stage;
• Un laboratorio didattico attivato nei Corsi di studi afferenti al Collegio di Giurisprudenza;
• Un laboratorio didattico attivato nei Corsi di studi afferenti al Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche.
Al link https://www.univr.it/it/i-nostri-servizi/segreterie-studenti/giurisprudenza#categdoc_7103 la modulistica per l'inserimento di attività non selezionabili in autonomia dallo studente in sede di compilazione del piano degli studi.
| years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
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| 4° 5° | THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE OF THE PLANET. ECOLOGY, SUSTAINABILITY, POLICIES | D |
Laura Calafà
(Coordinatore)
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| 4° 5° | Univero’ 2019 | D |
Tommaso Dalla Massara
(Coordinatore)
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Internships are carried out under the responsibility of an individual lecturer, and can be carried out in professional firms, public administration bodies and companies recognised by the University of Verona.
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