Syllabus
Updated A.Y. 2021-2022
- Overview
The course intends to make students familiar with the basic concepts of law though a comprehensive introduction to the Italian legal system, the European one and the global environment. The structure of the legal systems and legal orders, as well as the fundamentals of public law, will be analyzed. The course will offer a deep knowledge of fundamental rights regulation and protection, administrative law and procedures, legal regulation of economics and public finance.
- Course content and structure
Issues of methods in legal studies
The Legal Systems: Civil and Common Law
Federalism and regionalism
Origins and features of the Nation-State
The Constitutional State: sources of law
Patterns of constitutional review of the legislation
Domestic and International Public Law
Legal orders relationships: a) the European Union legal system; b) the European Convention of Human Rights; c) the Global arena; d) transnational patterns
Forms of government – separation of powers
Parliaments
Governments
Administrations: a) rule of law; b) administrative proceedings ;c) remedies
Fundamental rights and freedoms
The required textbook for this course is:
- The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Constitutional Law, edited by Roger Masterman and Robert Schutze, Cambridge University Press 2019, ISBN-10 : 1107167817; ISBN-13 : 978-1107167810;
For further details please refer to the Syllabus, published on line under "Materiale Didattico"