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.

Type D and Type F activities

This information is intended exclusively for students already enrolled in this course.
If you are a new student interested in enrolling, you can find information about the course of study on the course page:

Laurea magistrale in Governance dell'emergenza - Enrollment from 2025/2026

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 Compilazione del piano didattico - Giurisprudenza le informazioni e la modulistica per l'inserimento di attività non selezionabili in autonomia dallo studente in sede di compilazione del piano degli studi.

Academic year:
1st lecture period (1A) From 9/15/22 To 10/27/22
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° Conflict. Recognize, prevent, manage D Annalisa Ciampi (Coordinator)
1° 2° Landscape and law in the Veneto region. A course of lectures D Matteo Nicolini (Coordinator)
1° periodo lezioni - GEM From 10/3/22 To 12/23/22
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° An introduction to Project Management D Matteo Nicolini (Coordinator)
1° 2° Infrastrutture, logistica e industria: strategie ed azioni nella nuova globalizzazione D Matteo Nicolini (Coordinator)
1° 2° Civil protections: the role of local councils D Matteo Nicolini (Coordinator)
1° periodo lezioni (1B) From 11/4/22 To 12/16/22
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° Conflict. Recognize, prevent, manage D Annalisa Ciampi (Coordinator)
2° periodo lezioni - GEM (febbraio/aprile) From 2/13/23 To 4/4/23
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° An introduction to Emergency Management D Matteo Nicolini (Coordinator)
1° 2° Third Sector seminary D Alessandra Cordiano (Coordinator)
1° 2° Omega. Horizons, models and parenting D Alessandra Cordiano (Coordinator)
1° 2° Project work - Emergency management in Italy F Matteo Nicolini (Coordinator)
2° periodo lezioni - GEM (aprile/maggio) From 4/12/23 To 5/13/23
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° An introduction to Emergency Management D Matteo Nicolini (Coordinator)
1° 2° Third Sector seminary D Alessandra Cordiano (Coordinator)
1° 2° Omega. Horizons, models and parenting D Alessandra Cordiano (Coordinator)
1° 2° Project work - Emergency management in Italy F Matteo Nicolini (Coordinator)
1° 2° Workshop on Emergencies: Cases and Policies D Not yet assigned

Teaching code

4S009843

Coordinator

Matteo Nicolini

Credits

9

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

IUS/21 - COMPARATIVE PUBLIC LAW

Period

2° periodo lezioni - GEM (aprile/maggio), 2° periodo lezioni - GEM (febbraio/aprile)

Learning objectives

Knowledge and capacity to understand At the end of the course, students should: - have a solid knowledge of both method and fundamentals of comparative legal methodology; - have a good knowledge of the distinction between legal traditions and legal systems; - Understand the lexicon of comparative legal methodology. - have a basic knowledge of the non-legal variables affecting legal change (economics, geography, climate change); - assess how emergencies, risk management/containment, and climate change affect the realm of the law. Knowledge and capacity to apply understanding At the end of the course, students should be able to: - reflect on legal systems/traditions; - use the lexicon of comparative legal methodology - interpret non-legal variables, even ecological ones, affecting legal change; - apply the comparative legal method. Independent judgment At the end of the course, students will acquire be able to: - critically analyze non-Western legal traditions; - critically assess the several issues arising in a globalised world, where economic, legal, climate-change and political factors interact; - to examine public containment. Communication skills At the end of the course, students should be able to: - deliver presentations on legal change and legal system by using specific terms relating to comparative-law topics; - discuss non-Western conceptions of the law; Capacity to learn At the end of the course, 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 sources useful when it comes to developing an interdisciplinary comparative legal study.

Prerequisites and basic notions

Basic knowledge of the English language.

Program

The course will be divided into three parts:
1. Comparative method and constitutional legal traditions. Legal traditions: Common Law; Civil; Law; Mixed Jurisdictions; African Law; Islamic Law; Hindu Law; Hebrew Law; Far Eastern legal systems. Pacific and Russia.
2. Contexts of Legal change: An introduction to legal geography.
3. The governance of legal change. Colonisation; Numerical comparative law; Terrorisms; Climate change and comparative law.

Bibliography

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Didactic methods

Those attending the course will actively participate in it. During the lectures, the class will also discuss tpocis that have contributed to developing the role of legal traditions around the world .

Lectures will be held in presence.
The video recordings and any supplementary and supporting teaching materials will be made available to students who adhere to the PA 110 e lode protocol, and also, as envisaged by the University guidelines, to students who are in particular situations of fragility, with disabilities or suffering from learning disorders (following notification of and in coordination with the Inclusion Unit) and to students who find themselves in situations of limited travel, on the basis of the provisions of the national ordinances against COVID.

Learning assessment procedures

Students that have regularly attended classes will take an oral exam.
During the course, they will be asked to deliver at least one presentation involving questions, case, and judgements dealt with during the course. The presentation will be assessed in order to determine the final mark.
Non-attending students
Non-attending students are required to take an oral exam. The exam will consist of an oral discussion, aims at verifying the knowledge of the fundamentals of comparative constitutional justice.
Erasmus students
Erasmus students that have regularly attended classes are granted the possibility to write an essay on a topic agreed by the instructor.

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

Evaluation criteria

The oral exam, will consist of an oral discussion, aims at verifying the knowledge of the fundamentals of comparative constitutional justice (as explained in class) in the light of the relevant scholarship and national and European case-law.
The final mark will be expressed in thirtieths.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

N/A

Exam language

Italiano, Inglese