Aggiornato A.A. 2020-2021
1. 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 legal systems, as well as the fundamentals of public law, will be analyzed. The course will offer a wide picture on fundamental rights regulation and protection, administrative law and procedures, legal regulation of economics and public finance.
2. Course content and structure
Issues of method in legal studies
Legal Systems: Civil Law 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
Details: see the Syllabus
LEARNING OUTCOMES: The course intends to make students familiar with the fundamentals of public law through 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, administrative law and procedures, regulation and public finance. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: Students - also through a personal in-depth study of cases and reading of materials - will be able to read and interpret doctrinal texts, legislation and case studies, thus becoming familiar with the main tools for understanding public law. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: Students will be provided with a basic level of critical thinking on public law, also in a practical perspective. MAKING JUDGEMENTS: Students will be asked to read public law in context, also by comparing different jurisdictions. COMMUNICATION SKILLS: Students will discuss in the class cases, materials and statutes, becoming familiar with legal vocabulary and tools, necessary in order to develop communicative skills on legal phenomena. LEARNING SKILLS: The course provides students with basic methodology and the foundational notions of public law and legal sciences, necessary for subsequent studies in Masters degree as well as for first pratical implementation.
Prof.ssa Lucia Leonelli
