CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

The Course aims to provide to students a systematic knowledge of the Italian Constitutional Law and a general introduction to the institutions of public law, to be applied also in further courses of their career.

Knowledge and understanding of the Italian constitutional order, placed within the framework of the institutional arrangements of the European Union. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding. The student, acquiring knowledge and understanding the operating dynamics of the main institutions of constitutional law (the State, the State and the international community, the Italian Republic and the European Union, forms of state and forms of government, sources of law , constitutional guarantees, constitutional justice, constitutional organization, judicial power, constitutional principles on administration, territorial autonomies, freedoms and rights) will be able to build more complex concepts in order to achieve a vision of ensemble of the constitutional order in the EU and international context. Autonomy of judgment: the student will be stimulated to achieve his own autonomy of evaluation and judgment on legal problems and the methodological tools useful for the collection, interpretation and application of regulatory sources, in order to apply them independently and original to the analysis of the problems that will be faced in the workplace. Communication skills. The student will be brought to develop and use with mastery the legal lexicon of constitutional area, with terminological precision and an appropriate rhetorical and argumentative ability. Learning ability. The student will develop the ability to identify and interpret regulatory changes and new doctrinal and jurisprudential orientations, also updating independently.

The course consists in the presentation of the main Institutes of Constitutional Law. In brief the themes are the following: Organization of Powers – State – Forms of State – Forms of Government – Italian Constitutional Organization – Regions and Local Government – Public Administration – Public Acts and Rights’ defense - Sources of law – Constitution – The sources of Italian Law – European Sources of Law – Local Sources of Law – Administrative Acts – Rights and Liberties – Judicial Administration – Constitutional Justice - State and the markets Each week, part of the teaching in presence will be dedicated to the deepening of normative or jurisprudential case studies, in order to provide applied and knowledge to the students.

R. Bifulco, Lezioni di iritto cosituzionale, Torino, Giappichelli, 2020

Traditional teaching will be integrated, in part of face-to-face teaching hours, by the development of case studies, through the direct involvement of students on cases and regulatory and jurisprudential materials. oral exam

The exam consists of an oral interview in which the student must demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the institutions and principles of constitutional law. The student must be able to analyze independently the sources and the relevant legal guidelines of constitutional law and use correctly the technical-legal lexicon of the subject, thus demonstrating that he has achieved the method of study and the ability to learn necessary to continue the study of the subject independently. The following assessment criteria will be taken into account for the award of the vote in the Thirties: - knowledge and understanding of institutions and the principles of the subject and their ability to apply them to specific cases (65 %); technical lexicon propertieslegal, ability to consult and evaluate

interview

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