CODE 65010 ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/2021 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 5 GIURISPRUDENZA 7996 (LMG/01) - IMPERIA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR IUS/20 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION IMPERIA SEMESTER 2° Semester TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW The course will provide students with a guided tour over the philosophy and techniques of legal interpretation. AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES Matters, concepts and problems of legal interpretation. Normative and cognitive theories of interpretation. Constitutional interpretation. Concepts and problems of legal argumentation. Normative and cognitive theories of legal argumentation. Elements of logic for jurists. Applications of informatics to law. AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES No jurist is a jurist if she does not know how to interpret. The course purports to provide basic tools to that effect. SYLLABUS/CONTENT 1. Interpretation 2. Interpretation and Truth 3. The Problem of the Nature of Judicial Interpretation 4. The Structure of Legal Interpreting 5. The Tools of Legal Interpreting 6. Gaps 7. Antinomies RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY A. Attending Students 1) P. Chiassoni, Tecnica dell’interpretazione giuridica, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2007, in the parts that shall be announced on Auilaweb. B. Non attending Students 1) P. Chiassoni, Tecnica dell’interpretazione giuridica, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2007, totally (310 pp.). 2) F. Schauer, Il ragionamento giuridico. Una nuova introduzione, Milano, Carocci, 2016, limitedly to chaps. 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, e 10. Per complessive 500 pp. or, alternatively, 3) P. Chiassoni, Esercizi di analisi dell'argomentazione giuridica, Torino, Giappichelli, 2021, in the parts that shall be announced on Auilaweb. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD PIERLUIGI CHIASSONI Ricevimento: By appointment (write to: pierluigi.chiassoni@unige.it) Exam Board PIERLUIGI CHIASSONI (President) GIOVANNI BATTISTA RATTI PEDRO JAVIER CABALLERO ELBERSCI (Substitute) PAOLO COMANDUCCI (Substitute) DIEGO DEI VECCHI (Substitute) LESSONS LESSONS START I semester from September 14th to December 4th 2020II semester from February 15th to May 7th 2021 Class schedule TECHNIQUES OF THE INTERPRETATION AND THE REASONING EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Attending students: a written exam (seven open-questions in one-hour and half) plus an optional oral part. Non-attending students: a written exam (five open-question in 35 minutes) plus an optional oral part. Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 18/01/2021 09:30 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 12/02/2021 09:30 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 12/05/2021 10:00 IMPERIA Scritto + Orale 26/05/2021 10:00 IMPERIA Scritto + Orale 23/06/2021 10:00 IMPERIA Scritto + Orale 09/07/2021 10:00 IMPERIA Scritto + Orale 10/09/2021 09:30 GENOVA Scritto + Orale