TEACHING METHODS

The module consists of lessons and eventual seminars

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The module will focus on the following contents, applying the comparative method:

- Electoral Systems, Political Parties, Institutional Framework and Forms of government

- Comparative Study of Electoral Systems and their consequences (Voting Methods and Types; e-Vote System; District Magnitude; Threshold; Majority Bonus; First Past The Post; Two-Round system; Proportional Representation; Mixed Systems…)

- Electoral Justice and Constitutional Adjudication

- State and sovereignty. Forms of State

- Federalism and regionalism

- Trends in decentralization and multilevel governance

- Constitutional aspect of secession: a comparative approach

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Reading materials and learning resources will be provided at the beginning of the module and made available on AulaWeb.

Students who do not attend two thirds of the lectures must study one of the following books:

C. Fusaro, D. Oliver (eds.), How Constitutions Change: A Comparative Analysis, Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2011.

M. Rosenfeld, A. Sajó (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Constitutional Law, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012