The course will provide students with a guided tour over the philosophy and techniques of legal interpretation.
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.
No jurist is a jurist if she does not know how to interpret. The course purports to provide basic tools to that effect.
No prerequisites are required. The course will provide all the notions needed for a full understanding of its contents
Students will be involved in answering to questions and solving exercises
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
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) P. Chiassoni, Esercizi di analisi dell'argomentazione giuridica, Torino, Giappichelli, 2024, in the parts that shall be announced on Auilaweb.
Ricevimento: By appointment (write to: pierluigi.chiassoni@unige.it)
PIERLUIGI CHIASSONI (President)
LUCA MALAGOLI
GIOVANNI BATTISTA RATTI (President Substitute)
DIEGO SEBASTIAN ALMONACID ALMARZA (Substitute)
MARIO ARMANDO SANDOVAL ISLAS (Substitute)
RAQUEL SARRIA ACOSTA (Substitute)
MARCO SEGATTI (Substitute)
II semester from February 13 th to May 10th 2024
TECHNIQUES OF THE INTERPRETATION AND THE REASONING
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.
