46818 - Fundamental Rights

Learning outcomes

To offer students the in-depth knowledge of the instruments of recognition and protection of fundamental and social rights according to a multilevel approach that takes into consideration the regulation and the case-law in national, EU and international level.

Course contents

The course of Fundamental Rights is aimed at reconstructing, in the first place, in a historical perspective, the theories and models of recognition and protection of fundamental and social rights. Ample space is then dedicated to the analysis of instruments for the protection of human rights in international law and the European Union. The course then addresses the evolution of the protection of fundamental rights in the Italian constitutional experience, with specific reference to the individual subjective legal situations and to the collective liberties recognized and guaranteed in the constitutional text and in the jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court and the Court of Cassation. Finally, the course focuses on the analysis of social rights and constitutional duties. The analysis is carried out through constant reference to the most significant constitutional jurisprudence, to the case-law of the European Union and to international jurisprudence.

Readings/Bibliography

The exam is based on the following texts: 

I) General Part

S. Curreri, Lezioni sui diritti fondamentali, Franco Angeli, 2018, pp. 580.

 

II) Special Part

Students may choose one of the following textbooks:

T.E. Frosini, Diritto pubblico comparato. Le democrazie stabilizzate, Bologna, il Mulino, 2019, Chapters I, II, XI;

R. Bin, Critica della teoria dei diritti, Franco Angeli, 2018, pp. 154;

T.E. Frosini, Liberté Egalité Internet, Editoriale Scientifica, ultima ed.;

A. Barbera, La Costituzione della Repubblica italiana, Milano Giuffrè, 2016;

A. Morrone, Il bilanciamento nello stato costituzionale. Teoria e prassi delle tecniche di giudizio nei conflitti tra diritti e interessi costituzionali, Torino, Giappichelli, 2014

 

Teaching methods

Class Timetable

Classes will take place during the first semester, according to the schedule that will be published subsequently.

Assessment methods

Final Exam

The students learning will be verified through a final exam, testing the formative outcomes of the course.

Teaching tools

During the course the Professor will set a seminars schedule to elaborate on the main course topics. Moreover, a learning support will be set at the very beginning of the course.

Office hours

See the website of Edoardo Carlo Raffiotta