OVERVIEW

The teaching includes the study of Italian Constitutional Law and fundamental principles of Administrative Law.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The learning outcomes are the knowledge of Italian Constitutional Law and fundamental principles of Italian Administrative Law.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The main learning outcomes of the Public Law course is to provide a thorough knowledge of Italian Constitutional Law and fundamental principles of Administrative Law.

The teaching provides the basic skills for the study of the other legal subjects taught in the three-year degree Course in Political Sciences and Administration.

It is also linked to non-legal  teachings of the Course (see especially those taught in the first year such as History of Political Doctrines, Sociology and Contemporary History), contributing to the interdisciplinary education of students.

At the end of the teaching the students will be able:

• to understand and comment on the Italian Constitution; 
• to recognize the Italian sources of law, also seen from the perspective of  their interaction with International and the European Union sources of law; 
• to understand the relations between the constitutional powers of the state; 
• to understand the relationships among jurisdictions; 
• to know the different levels of local and regional government of the Italian Republic; 
• to know the functioning of the Italian Public Administration; 
• to read and to distinguish the different kinds of judgments of the Constitutional Court; 
• to know the Fundamental Rights protection systems. 

TEACHING METHODS

72 hours of lectures given by the Professor of the teaching and by experts invited to deepen specific topics (judges, professors of other universities, members of Institutions and public bodies, etc. ...).

In addition to the main Public Law teaching, FOREIGN students (non-Italian native speakers who have not completed an education cycle in Italy) and ERASMUS will be given the possibility to attend a set of lessons focusing on the use of Italian language in the framework of Public Law. These lessons don't substitute the main course, but are only addressed to give an help to foreign students. 

All students are kindly recommended to register on Aulaweb. All informations, teaching materials and exam results will be uploaded there.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Public law (12 CFU) for Political Sciences and Administration students includes the study of the following topics:

• The concepts of Law and State;
• Constitution and sources of law; 
• Forms of State and Government; 
• Relations among State, European Union and International Legal System; 
• Rights and duties of citizens and people; 
• Italian Republic's Legal System: constitutional bodies and their functions; 
• Ordinary and special judges; 
• Constitutional Court and judicial review; 
• Regions and Local Authorities; 
• Principles, acts and procedure of Public Administration.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

1) Students who will attend 70% of lectures, will prepare the exam: a) on the lecture notes integrated by the book A. Barbera - C. Fusaro, Corso di diritto pubblico, Il Mulino, last ed. (2018)

2) Students who will not attend 70% of  lectures will prepare the exam: a) on the book A. Barbera - C. Fusaro, Corso di diritto pubblico, Il Mulino, last ed. (2018)

3) Students who do not have an adequate knowledge of the Italian language (Erasmus and other foreigners non-Italian native speakers who have not carried out any education cycle in Italy) will prepare the exam on the book T. Groppi - A. Simoncini, Introduzione al diritto pubblico e alle sue fonti, Giappichelli, last. ed.

All programs require a careful reading of the Italian Constitution (it can be downloaded from www.quirinale.it).

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

ARIANNA PITINO (President)

MARIA ANGELA ORLANDI

MATTEO TIMO

PATRIZIA VIPIANA

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Lessons will start in the second semester (see the time schedule on DISPO website).

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Due to COVID-19 Emergency the exam is ORAL through the platform TEAM.

Exams' dates and enrollement procedures remain unchanged. An additional appeal was added on the 25th of May 2020. 

For more details please refer to Aulaweb online course 2019-20. 

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The Examining Board is made up of the Professor of the teaching together with Public Law scholars approved by the Department Council.

The Examining Board will evaluate the consistency and completeness of the answers, the correct use of legal language and the ability to make connections among different topics of Public Law. 

Frequency and the active participation during the lessons will be evaluated.

Exam schedule

FURTHER INFORMATION

Students must enroll before the exam.