Learning objectives

The course aims at giving students the basic tools to comprehend the constitutional legal methodology in relation to the sources of law (basic level), the form of Italian government, the structure of the Constitution and of the provisions thereof. The course's goal is to offer to students the knowledge required to be aware of their rights/duties as citizens and to understand the dynamics of the public decision-making processes. At the end of the course, students shall be able to interpret the provisions of the Italian Constitution, to deal with juridical questions by adopting a Constitution-oriented approach and to solve basic applicative issues related to the sources of law. Students shall also be able to autonomously form their opinions on public facts connected to the constitutional law

Prerequisites and basic notions

are not foreseen

Program

The course is divided into two parts
Part I
The subject of the first part is the study of the sources of law. It examines: the sources of law in general; the individual sources of Italian law (constitutional, primary, secondary and regional sources); international and foreign sources that produce effects in the Italian legal system; European sources.
Part II
In the second part of the Course the following will be studied:
Structure of the Italian form of government.
Constitutional regulation of fundamental rights.
Protection of fundamental rights.
System of constitutional justice

About the Method
The Course is constructed with the aim of making students understand the reasons behind the various legal institutions of constitutional law.

Bibliography

Didactic methods

lectures
Video recordings of course lectures will be made available exclusively to the following categories:
- female students and students with disabilities, disabilities or DSAs, upon prior notification to the lecturer by the Inclusion and Accessibility OU;
- female students and students participating in the PA 110 cum laude training project;
- female students and students presenting covid positivity certification (per. the period of positivity).

Learning assessment procedures

oral examination (25 min)
an intermediate test is scheduled

Evaluation criteria

The student must demonstrate
- Knowledge and understanding
- Applied knowledge and understanding
- Autonomy of judgement
- Communication skills
- Ability to learn

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

the final grade depends on the grade of the individual tests
the arithmetic mean is not used

Exam language

italiano

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