CODE 65010 ACADEMIC YEAR 2025/2026 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 5 GIURISPRUDENZA 7996 (LMG/01) - IMPERIA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR IUS/20 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION IMPERIA SEMESTER 2° Semester TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB 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 PIERLUIGI CHIASSONI Ricevimento: By appointment (write to: pierluigi.chiassoni@unige.it) LESSONS LESSONS START II semester from March 3 to April 29, 2026(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. ASSESSMENT METHODS Exams will be assessed in terms of students' acquired know-thats and know-hows
