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.

PREREQUISITES

No prerequisites are required. The course will provide all the notions needed for a full understanding of its contents

TEACHING METHODS

Students will be involved in answering to questions and solving exercises

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) P. Chiassoni, Breviario minimo di argomentazione costituzionale, in "Lo Stato", 21, 2023 (44 pp.)

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

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)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

II semester from February 12 th to May 9th 2025 (the precise date of the beggining of the course will be announced on Aulaweb).

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