OVERVIEW

The matter Public law includes constitutional law and fundamental aspects of administrative law.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course introduces students to the study of public law (which includes the various issues of constitutional law and the basic notions of administrative law) also in order to provide students with correct legal terminology.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

LEARNING OUTCOMES (according to the Dublin descriptors)

1. Knowledge and understanding: The student will be able to describe and explain the fundamental institutions of constitutional and administrative law (content) after attending lessons and studying the materials indicated by the professor (condition).

2. Applying knowledge and understanding: The student will be able to apply the acquired knowledge to solve practical cases related to the interpretation of constiturional and administrative law (content) during exercises and written tests (condition).

3. Making judgements: the student will be able to critically evaluate complex legal situations (content) using the acquired knowledge autonomously, both in academic anf professional contexts (condition).

4. Communication skills: The student will be able to use the technical language of the discipline (content) to communicate clearly and unambiguously with both specialist and non-specialist interlocutors, both orally and in writing (condition).

5. Learning skills: The student will be able to autonomously deepen the main topics of the discipline (content) using normative sources and jurisprudence, especially in working contexts (condition).

PREREQUISITES

No prerequisite is required.

TEACHING METHODS

60 hours of lectures given by the professor and possibly by experts invited to deepen specific topics (teachers of other universities, magistrates, persons who have held institutional charges, etc. ...).

The teaching will be held in presence. If health situation requires distance lessons, totally or partially, notice will be given through Aulaweb page of the teaching: in both cases lessons will be held online, on team "IS Ist. dir. pubbl. SID" code to enter  wx471ob.

In addition to the 60 lectures, for students who have difficulty in learning juridical matters, meetings will be organized to deapen the main topics, with particular attention to the meaning of the terms and features of public law in Italian language.

Students are recommended to register for Aulaweb, where teaching materials, exam results and other information (for instance, the change of the date of an exam) will be uploaded.
 

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The content of Public Law provides for the study of the following topics:

notions of jurifìdical rule and of juridical system;

Constitution and the system of sources of law;

forms of State and forms of government;

relationships between Italian State, European Union and international system;

rights and duties of citizens and of persons;

organization of Italian Republic: constitutional bodies and their functions;

ordinary and special judges;

constitutional guarantees: the Constitutional Court and the constitutional review procedure;

Regions and local autonomies;

principles of administrative law.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

1) Students who will guarantee the minimum attendance of 70% of hours of lectures will prepare the exam a) on the lecture notes; b) on the text S. Baroncelli and others, Lineamenti di diritto pubblico, Giappichelli, most recent available edition or on the text  A. Barbera - C. Fusaro, Course of public law, Il Mulino, most recent available edition.
2) Students who can not guarantee the minimum attendance will prepare the exam: a) on the text S. Baroncelli and others, Lineamenti di diritto pubblico, Giappichelli, most recent available edition or on the text A. Barbera - C. Fusaro, Course of public law, Il Mulino, most recent available edition; b) on the materials uploaded to Aulaweb.
3) Students who do not possess adequate knowledge of Italian language (Erasmus and other foreigners) will prepare the exam on the text S. Baroncelli and others, Lineamenti di diritto pubblico, Giappichelli, mosr recent available edition.
The study of all the indicated programs indicated must be accompanied by a careful reading of Italian Constitution in the text updated with recent constitutional revisions (downloadable from www.quirinale.it).

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

PATRIZIA VIPIANA (President)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Lessons will be held in the first semester and will start in September 2025

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The exam will be held in presence in written form (three open-ended questions, to be carried out in 1 hour, differentiated between attending and non-attending students). Students who pass the written exam may ask to take an integrative oral exam (with which they can improve or worsen the mark already achieved in the written exam): it will take place at the time and place indicated at the time of the written exam. If the student does not wish to take the supplementary oral exam, the exam is concluded with the written exam.

In case of health emergency, the exam will be held online on platform Teams, in verbal form.

Students who do not possess adequate knowledge of Italian language (Erasmus and other foreigners) will be able to take the exam in oral form and possibly in English.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Each learning outcome will be assessed through open-ended questions requiring the student to:

1) describe and explain fundamental institutions (knowledge and understanding);

2) apply knowledge to practical cases (apply knowledge and understanding); 

3) critically evaluate legal situations (making judgements);

4) use technical language clearly (communication skills);

5) autonomously deepen topics of the discipline (learning skills).

The assessment criteria include completeness, accuracy, clarity of exposition, critical ability and connection to the general principles of law.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Students who have regularly deposited certification of DSA, disability or other special educational needs are invited to contact both the referent of the Department prof. Aristide Canepa (aristide.canepa@unige.it) and the professor, at the beginning of the course, in order to agree teaching and exam modalities that, in compliance with the objectives of the teaching, take into account individual learning methods and provide suitable compensatory tools.