AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

A. Activities carried out by public Administrations through Proceedings at Law. General rules. Stages and legal measure issued at the end of Administrative Proceedings at Law. In particular, the legal measure issued at the end of a procedure set by Public Administrations: legal concept, essential and optional constituents; typology. Effect and validity of the aforesaid final measure.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Individual study, class attendance, and participation in the proposed learning activities will enable students to:

• Describe the main legal provisions governing administrative activity, identifying the relevant institutions and principles;

• Identify and apply the principal legal norms by analyzing concrete issues that may arise before the administrative courts;

• Critically examine, with independent judgment, scholarly articles in the field of administrative law, as well as judicial decisions from lower courts, higher courts, and the Constitutional Court concerning matters relevant to the course;

• Express themselves using appropriate legal terminology: develop the ability to communicate effectively, both in written and oral form, on matters pertaining to procedural and substantive administrative law; adapt their communication to the context (academic scholarship, case law, public administration); and make use of various sources and tools (including the most commonly used legal databases in the practice of administrative law).

TEACHING METHODS

The course will be structured around lectures, complemented by an examination of relevant case law.

Students with valid certifications for Specific Learning Disorders (SLD), disabilities or other educational needs are invited to contact the teacher and the Department's disability liaison officer at the beginning of the course to agree on any teaching methods that, in accordance with the teaching objectives, take into account individual learning styles.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The course will cover the following topics.

Administrative Procedure and Administrative Act
Administrative activity and its general principles; the regulation of administrative procedure; the structure and phases of the procedure; types of administrative procedures.
The administrative act: definition, characteristics, and structural aspects; the form, effectiveness, enforcement, and invalidity of administrative acts; types of administrative acts; second-degree administrative acts; agreements replacing administrative acts; public services.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Recommended textbooks:

A) For the section on administrative activity: P. M. VIPIANA, L'attività amministrativa ed i regimi amministrativi delle attviità private, Cedam Wolters Kluwer, latest edition;

B) For the section on administrative justice: P. M. VIPIANA - V. FANTI - M. TRIMARCHI, Manuale di giustizia amministrativa, Cedam Wolters Kluwer, II edizione, 2024.

The textbooks listed above for exam preparation are to be considered as recommended material and can therefore be substituted with other university-level texts, provided they cover the same topics with equivalent depth.

Non-attending students must complete their exam preparation using the following textbooks:

- P. M. Vipiana, Considerazioni in tema di interessi sensibili, in Diritto e processo amministrativo, 2019, 1, pp. 155 ss.;

- P. M. Vipiana, Venire contra factum proprium in tema di giurisdizione: il nodo della soccombenza, Nota a Corte di Cassazione, Sezioni Unite civili, 20 ottobre 2016, n. 21260, in Giurisprudenza italiana, 2017;

- M. Timo, Algoritmo e potere amministrativo, in Il diritto dell'economia, 2020, anno 66, n. 101 (1 2020), pp. 753 ss. 

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

I semester September 2025
 

Class schedule

THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The oral examination aims to assess the ability to explore and discuss topics related to the activities of public administration and the administrative justice system.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The exam will consist of multiple open-ended questions requiring structured, reasoned answers, covering each part of the course content.

Assessment criteria:

1. Appropriateness of the legal terminology used;

2. Consistency of the answers with the course objectives and expected learning outcomes.

Students having a valid certification of disability or Specific Learning Disorders (DSA)  may request the use of compensatory measures during the exams (e.g. additional time and/or concept maps), following the guidelines (p. 5) published here. In any case, for further information, please contact the Department’s disability liaison: Isa.Fanlo@unige.it

FURTHER INFORMATION

Ask the professor for other information not included in the teaching schedule.