LEARNING OUTCOMES

Learning outcomes are the following: (a) understanding the basic concepts concerning the Italian public law; (b) dealing with such concepts with regard to social services; (c) using legal Italian properly.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The teaching provides the basis for the study of the other matters included in educational offer of the three-year degree course in Social Service; it is also correlated with the other teachings of the course, with particular regard to those taught in the first year, contributing to the interdisciplinary education of students.

At the end of the study of the matter Public law, students will be able to:

understand and comment on Italian Constitution,
to recognize the sources of Italian law, also in relation to the sources of international law and European Union law,
understand the relations between the constitutional organs of the State,
understand the relationships between jurisdictions,
to know the territorial articulations of Italian State,
read and distinguish between the different types of judgments of the Constitutional Court,
identify the modalities of protection of the fundamental rights of the person,
understand the basic methods of functioning of Italian public administration.

TEACHING METHODS

60 hours for SID students and 72 for SPA students of lectures given by the lecturer of the subject and by experts invited to deepen specific topics (magistrates, teachers of other universities, members of the institutions, etc. ...).

For FOREIGN students (non-native Italian speakers who have not completed education cycles in Italy), in addition to the institutional course, meetings will be organized to discuss the topics already discussed in the main course, with particular attention to the meaning of the terms and features of public law in Italian language.

Students are recommended to register for aulaweb, where all information, teaching materials and exam results will be uploaded.

A list of possible exam questions will be made available on Aulaweb at the end of the lessons.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The content of Public law provdes for the study of the following topics:

notions of law and of State;

Constitution and the system of sources of law;

forms of State and government;

relations between the State, European Union and the international system;

rights and duties of citizens;

organization of the Republic: constitutional bodies and their functions; ordinary and special judges; constitutional guarantees: the Constitutional Court and the constitutional review procedure; Regions and local autonomies;

principles of administrative law.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

1) Students who will guarantee the minimum attendance of 70% of hours of lectures, will prepare the exam a) on the lecture notes; b) on the text R. Bin - D. Donati - G. Pitruzzella, Lineamenti di diritto pubblico per i servizi sociali, Giappichelli, Torino, ult. ed.

2) Students who can not guarantee the minimum attendance will prepare the exam: a) on the text R. Bin - D. Donati - G. Pitruzzella, Lineamenti di diritto pubblico per i servizi sociali, Giappichelli, Torino, ult. ed.; b) on the materials uploaded to Aulaweb at the beginning of the lessons.

The study of all the programs indicated must be accompanied by a careful reading of the Constitution (downloadable from www.quirinale.it).