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CODE 66707
ACADEMIC YEAR 2024/2025
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR IUS/09
LANGUAGE Italian
TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
SEMESTER 2° Semester
SECTIONING Questo insegnamento è diviso nelle seguenti frazioni:
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • PREREQUISITES
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    TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

    OVERVIEW

    Public Law: basics of Constitutional Law and general principles of Administrative Law

    AIMS AND CONTENT

    LEARNING OUTCOMES

    The teaching focuses on all the parts of public law, that is constitutional law and the main aspects of administrative law; particular attention will be given to the issues of economic interest

    AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

    Learning of the language and interpretative method of public law, also as tools with which to then deal with the study of its individual sectors. Conscious and critical use of the normative texts and of the constitutional jurisprudence of reference. In particular, individual study, attendance and participation in the proposed training activities will allow the student to achieve the following learning outcomes:
    Knowledge and understanding
    Students must acquire adequate knowledge and effective understanding of the fundamental institutions of constitutional law and administrative law.
    Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
    Students must be able to apply the acquired knowledge and to understand and solve problems related to the interpretation of constitutional and administrative law, with particular reference to the issues of balancing rights and the principle of proportionality.
    Judgment autonomy
    Students must know how to use the knowledge acquired both conceptually and operationally with autonomous assessment skills and ability in the various application contexts.
    Communication skills
    Students must acquire the technical language typical of the discipline to communicate clearly and unambiguously with specialist and non-specialist interlocutors.
    Learning ability
    Students must develop adequate learning skills that allow them to continue to explore the main issues of the discipline autonomously, especially in the working contexts in which they will operate.

     

    PREREQUISITES

    To prepare for the exam, careful and reasoned study of an updated university-level manual and the text of the current Italian Constitution is required.

    TEACHING METHODS

    The teaching will take place through frontal lessons (48 hours in total). Some in-depth lessons on specific and current topics may be scheduled.
    With regard to the teaching methods, however, it is necessary to periodically consult Aulaweb for any further updates.
    Students who have valid certification of physical or learning disabilities  and who wish to discuss possible accommodations or other circumstances regarding lectures, coursework and exams, should speak both with the instructor and with Professor Serena Scotto (scotto@economia.unige.it), the Department's disability liaison
    

    SYLLABUS/CONTENT

    Part I:
    
    Legal rule and legal system - Sources of law - Criteria for the resolution of normative antinomies - Interpretation - Repeal - Reserve of the law, principle of legality - Constitution - Constitutional revision laws - Ordinary laws - Legislative decrees - Decree-laws - Regulations of the executive - Sources of local authorities - State: concept and constituent elements - Forms of state - Forms of government, in part. parliamentary form of government
    
    Part II
    
    Fundamental principles of the Constitution - Civil relations, in part. personal freedom, of domicile, of assembly, of association - Ethical-social relationships: family discipline, right to health, right to education - Economic relationships, in part. right to work, freedom to trade union, right to strike, freedom of private economic initiative, right to property - Political relations, in part. right to vote and constitutional duties, in part tax duty - Representative democracy/direct democracy, in part. abrogative referendum
    
    Part III
    
    Constitutional organization - Parliament: bicameralism, electoral systems of the Chamber and the Senate, internal organization and functioning, legislative function, policy-making function, in part. the budget maneuver, control function - President of the Republic: election, presidential acts, presidential responsibility - Government: structure and training procedure, powers, governmental responsibility, in part the fiduciary relationship with the Chambers - Auxiliary bodies, in part Court of Auditors - Judiciary: constitutional principles, Superior Council of the Judiciary, ordinary judges/special judges, in detail administrative judges - Local authorities: Regions, in part. statutes and bodies, organization of Provinces, Metropolitan Cities and Municipalities, regional legislative autonomy, administrative and financial autonomy of Regions and sub-regional entities - Constitutional Court: structure and competences in general, judgment on the constitutionality of laws, judgment on attribution conflicts between powers of the State and between the State and the Regions - European Union: EU institutions, EU sources, EU policies in part. the protection of competition, the relationship between the EU and the Italian legal system, in part during the years of the economic and financial crisis
    
    Part IV
    
    Elements of administrative law - Constitutional principles on public administration - Administrative organization, in part. the independent administrative authorities - Administrative activity: silence of the public administration, administrative deed, administrative procedure, access to administrative documents, defects in the administrative deed - Self-protection powers of the public administration - Administrative and jurisdictional appeals - Public goods, in part. State concessions - Public contracts

    RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

     

    Barbera-Fusaro, Corso di diritto pubblico, Bologna, Il Mulino, latest edition or S. Baroncelli, A. Morelli, G.  Moschella,  M. Tiberii, P. Vipiana, P.M. Vipiana, Lineamenti di diritto pubblico, Giappichelli, Torino, latest edition.

     

    TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

    Exam Board

    FABIO TIRIO (President)

    PAOLA FRULIO

    PAOLA NAVONE

    LESSONS

    LESSONS START

    february 2025

    Class schedule

    The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

    EXAMS

    EXAM DESCRIPTION

    The exam is in written form. During the course of the teaching, a possible intermediate test (also written) may be scheduled, limited to the parts of the program indicated by the teacher. If the student passes this test positively, the exam (always in written form) will focus on the remaining parts of the program.
    The qualification obtained in the intermediate test will remain valid for one calendar year. However, if the student does not take the intermediate test or does not pass it, the final exam will take place in written form and will cover the entire program.
    
    
    
     

    ASSESSMENT METHODS

    The questions are formulated in such a way as to allow for an articulated answer.
    In this way it is possible to evaluate the candidate's learning linked not only to the memorization of punctual notions but also to the organization of thought and the articulation of speech.
    Object of assessment are the completeness of the topics covered, the overall construction of the answer, the order in the sequence of concepts, any links established between different topics covered in the course, the effective understanding of the substance of what is exposed, the critical capacity of the candidate as well as, where possible according to the topic, the ability to place the answers within the general principles of law.
    
    

    Exam schedule

    Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note
    18/12/2024 10:00 GENOVA Scritto Prof. Tirio con accettazione online
    15/01/2025 10:00 GENOVA Scritto Prof. Tirio con accettazione online
    29/01/2025 10:00 GENOVA Scritto Prof. Tirio con accettazione online
    29/05/2025 10:00 GENOVA Scritto Prof. Tirio con accettazione online
    17/06/2025 10:00 GENOVA Scritto Prof. Tirio con accettazione online
    01/07/2025 10:00 GENOVA Scritto Prof. Tirio con accettazione online
    09/09/2025 10:00 GENOVA Scritto Prof. Tirio con accettazione online

    Agenda 2030 - Sustainable Development Goals

    Agenda 2030 - Sustainable Development Goals
    No poverty
    No poverty
    Decent work and economic growth
    Decent work and economic growth
    Reduce inequality
    Reduce inequality