Studying at the University of Verona

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.

Academic calendar

Course calendar

The Academic Calendar sets out the degree programme lecture and exam timetables, as well as the relevant university closure dates..

Definition of lesson periods
Period From To
1° semestre (A) Sep 26, 2019 Nov 9, 2019
1° semestre (B) Nov 11, 2019 Dec 23, 2019
2° semestre (A) Feb 6, 2020 Mar 14, 2020
2° semestre (B) - marzo/aprile 2020 Mar 16, 2020 Apr 4, 2020
2° semestre (B) - aprile/maggio 2020 Apr 15, 2020 May 9, 2020
Exam sessions
Session From To
Sessione invernale - 2 appelli Jan 8, 2020 Feb 5, 2020
Sessione estiva - 2 appelli May 22, 2020 Jul 14, 2020
Sessione autunnale - 2 appelli Aug 26, 2020 Sep 23, 2020
Degree sessions
Session From To
Sessione autunnale - 28 ottobre 2019 Oct 28, 2019 Oct 28, 2019
Sessione straordinaria - 9 aprile 2020 Apr 9, 2020 Apr 9, 2020
Sessione estiva - 1 luglio 2020 Jul 1, 2020 Jul 1, 2020
Holidays
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 della Repubblica Jun 2, 2020 Jun 2, 2020

Exam calendar

Exam dates and rounds are managed by the relevant Law Teaching and Student Services Unit.
To view all the exam sessions available, please use the Exam dashboard on ESSE3.
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Exam calendar

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Academic staff

B C D F G L M N P R T

Butturini Daniele

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Cianciotta Stefano Maria

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Cordiano Alessandra

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Dalla Massara Tommaso

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Faccioli Mirko

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Flor Roberto

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Fratea Caterina

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Gaudenzi Barbara

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Giusti Marco

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Gottardi Donata

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Guaraldo Olivia

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Ligugnana Giovanna

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Lucietto Gianluigi

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Masotti Lucia

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Migliorati Lorenzo

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Nicolini Matteo

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Pasini Margherita

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Pierangeli Borletti Isabella

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Polin Veronica

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Pontrandolfo Stefania

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Ragno Francesca

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Tincani Chiara

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Tronca Luigi

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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 enrollment year.

1° Year

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module to be chosen between the following
1 module to be chosen between the following
1 module to be chosen between the following
1 module to be chosen between the following

2° Year  activated in the A.Y. 2020/2021

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module to be chosen between the following
1 module to be chosen between the following
6
B
IUS/01
1 module to be chosen between the following
1 module to be chosen between the following
Final exam
18
E
-
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module to be chosen between the following
1 module to be chosen between the following
1 module to be chosen between the following
1 module to be chosen between the following
activated in the A.Y. 2020/2021
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module to be chosen between the following
1 module to be chosen between the following
6
B
IUS/01
1 module to be chosen between the following
1 module to be chosen between the following
Final exam
18
E
-
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°
Further language skills
6
F
-
Between the years: 1°- 2°
Stage/Project work
6
F
-
Between the years: 1°- 2°

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.




S Placements in companies, public or private institutions and professional associations

Teaching code

4S003636

Coordinator

Matteo Nicolini

Credits

6

Language

English en

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

IUS/21 - COMPARATIVE PUBLIC LAW

Period

2° semestre (A), 2° semestre (B) - aprile/maggio 2020, 2° semestre (B) - marzo/aprile 2020

Learning outcomes

Knowledge and capacity to understand At the end of the course, the student should: - have a basic knowledge of the fundamentals of comparative legal methodology; - have a basic knowledge of both topics and methods of. comparative law; - have a basic knowledge of the distinction between legal traditions and legal systems; - have a basic knowledge of the non legal variables affecting legal change. Knowledge and capacity to apply understanding At the end of the course, the student should be able to: - propose legal reflections in terms of systems/traditions; - interpret non-legal variables affecting legal change; - apply the comparative legal method. Independent judgment At the end of the course, the students will have acquired: - the capacity to critically analyze non-Western legal traditions; - the capacity to critically assess the several issues arising in a globalised world, where economic, legal, as well as political factors interact. Communication skills At the end of the course, the students should be able to: - consciously use specific terms relating to comparative law themes; - speak precisely about the non-Western conceptions of the law; - Capacity to learn At the end of the course, the students should be able to: - identify and analyze the way in which the theme of constitutional narrative is dealt with in the principal phenomena linked to globalization; - find the necessary sources to develop an interdisciplinary comparative legal study.

Program

The course will be divided into three parts:
1. Comparative method and constitutional legal studies. The concept of legal tradition. Assessing of the Eurocentric classifications: the legal systems of the world. Legal systems, legal families, ethnocentrism and Euro-Atlantic constitutionalism: mutual interferences and legal borrowings. The functions and forms of the constitutional designs in non-Western legal systems: protecting, overriding and legitimising the legal tradition.
2. Legal change and legal systems: colonisation, numerical comparative law, terrorisms.
2. African Law. Mixed jurisdictions. Islamic Law. Hindu Law. Hebrew Law. Far Eastern legal systems. The Russian area.

Bibliography

Students that will attend the lectures must study:
1) Lecture notes;
2) Mathias Siems, “Numerical Comparative Law: Do We Need Statistical Evidence in Law in Order to Reduce Complexity?,” Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law, 13.2 (2005): 521–540;
3) Mathias Siems, “Malicious Legal Transplants,” Legal Studies, 2018, 1–17;
4) Ian Bruff, "The Rise of Authoritarian Neoliberalism", «Rethinking Marxism. A Journal of Economics, Culture & Society», 2013, vol. 26, n. 1, pp. 113-129.
5) Helena Alviar García, "Neoliberalism as a form of authoritarian constitutionalism", in H. Alviar García, Günter Frankenberg (eds.), Authoritarian Constitutionalism. Comparative Analysis and Critique, Elgar, Cheltenham – Northampton (MS), 2019, pp. 37-56;
6) H. P. Glenn, Legal Traditions of the World, 5th edn, Oxford, O.U.P., 2014 (a specific tradition must be chosen).

Students that will not attend the lectures must study either
1) Mathias Siems, Comparative Law, 2nd edn Cambridge: C.U.P., 2018, capp. 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.2) George Mousourakis, Comparative Law and Legal Traditions. Historical and Contemporary Perspectives (Springer, Vienna, 2019)
or
2) George Mousourakis, Comparative Law and Legal Traditions. Historical and Contemporary Perspectives (Springer, Vienna, 2019)

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
Mathias Siems Comparative Law (Edizione 2) Cambridge University Press 2018
George Mousourakis George Mousourakis, Comparative Law and Legal Traditions. Historical and Contemporary Perspectives Springer 2019

Examination Methods

For students not attending the course, there will be an oral examination; for students attending the course, there will be a written test.

ERASMUS students are invited to contact professor Nicolini (matteo.nicolini@univr.it) at the beginning of the course in order to set teaching methods and assessment tests.

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE

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 attivato nei Corsi di studi afferenti al Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche;
• 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 Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche: il riconoscimento dei crediti acquisiti sarà subordinato alla preventiva presentazione di coerenti programmi formativi valutati e approvati dal Collegio didattico.
• Attività formative organizzate dai singoli docenti del Collegio didattico o del Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche: previa approvazione del Collegio;
• 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 didattico indicando un docente di riferimento del Collegio didattico ovvero del Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche.
• Attività formative che implicano la partecipazione a convegni o seminari organizzati prive del “logo” del Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche o dell’Ateneo: devono essere approvate dal Collegio didattico indicando un docente di riferimento del Collegio didattico ovvero del Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche.

Le attività che consentono l’acquisizione dei crediti riservati alle ulteriori attività formative (TAF F) sono le seguenti:
• Ulteriori competenze linguistiche (6 cfu)
• Stage o Project Work (6 cfu)

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

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There you will find information, resources and services useful during your time at the University (Student’s exam record, your study plan on ESSE3, Distance Learning courses, university email account, office forms, administrative procedures, etc.). You can log into MyUnivr with your GIA login details: only in this way will you be able to receive notification of all the notices from your teachers and your secretariat via email and soon also via the Univr app.

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Internships

Internships are aimed at enabling students to gain direct knowledge of the world of work and to acquire specific professional skills.

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.

Any CFU credits gained by doing internships will be recognised and recorded by the University in accordance with the relevant University regulations in force (Regolamento d’Ateneo per il riconoscimento dei crediti maturati negli stage universitari).

For further information on internships, please go to: https://www.univr.it/it/i-nostri-servizi/stage-e-tirocini.


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Graduation

List of theses and work experience proposals

theses proposals Research area
Analisi e riorganizzazione delle strutture comunitarie Various topics
La social network analysis applicata allo studio dei contesti colpiti da eventi catastrofici Various topics
L'intervento sociale in situazioni d'emergenza Various topics
Politiche d'intervento in condizioni d'emergenza Various topics
Terzo settore e gestione delle situazioni d'emergenza Various topics

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