76347 - Equal Opportunities Law

Learning outcomes

L'obiettivo che si propone l'insegnamento e' un obiettivo complesso e composito per questo sara'  necessario un preliminare approfondimento di alcuni aspetti del Diritto Costituzionale per poi concentrarsi specificamente sul tema delle pari opportunita'  declinato secondo i diversi aspetti di cui all'articolo 3 della Carta Costituzionale.

Aim of this course is a complex one, requiring a preliminary study of some Constitutional Law topics in order to focus about the issue of equal opportunities, which will be detailed following art 3 of the Constitution.

Course contents

Aim of this course is a complex one, requiring a preliminary study of some Constitutional Law topics in order to focus about the issue of equal opportunities.

Program:

Principles of Constitutional Law:

- sources of law

- freedom rights: the principle of equality

- guaratees of rights: civil, penal and constitutional justice

The path of equal opportunities:

- equal without sex discrimination

- women and the Constituent Assembly

- Italian regulations about equal opportunities

- work, family, political delegation

- Europe and gender mainstreaming

- ordinary law and constitutional law towards equal opportunities

- stalking and women killing: an involution of society.

- international approaches to equal opportunities

- sexual identity and same-sex marriage

- Equal without religious discrimination

- the italian judicial system and secularism

- articles 7, 8, 19 and 20 of the republican Constitution

- the issue of crucifix

- end-of-life dispositions

- equal without racial, language, political opinions and personal/social condition discrimination

Readings/Bibliography

Due to the number of topics treated and to the absence of a comprehensive handbook, the following texts are suggested:

Dispensa a cura della professoressa F. Rescigno: "Diritto delle pari opportunita' anno 2016-2017.
This booklet will be available for purchase at the Copisteria Broccaindosso-Punto servizi, Via Broccaindosso, 1- Bologna;

F. Rescigno (a cura di), Percorsi di eguaglianza, Giappichelli editore, in corso di pubblicazione

F. Rescigno, "Ite missa est". Laicita' paradigma di eguaglianza, Napoli, 2015.

Consultation and knowledge of the italian Constitution is INDISPENSABLE

Useful for consulting italian gender laws: Fondazione N. Iotti (a cura di), "Le leggi delle donne che hanno cambiato l'Italia", Ediesse, 2013, Roma;

Teaching methods

First, the instruments of costitutional Law and the principle of equality will be examined; thereafter, the italian and european regulations about equal opportunities will be analysed.The topic will be examined both from a national and comparative perspectives.

Seminars on specific topics will also be held.

Assessment methods

The examination will be oral.

Participation to seminars, as well as papers on specific topics of the course will be taken into account in the final evaluation of students.

Teaching tools

Office Power Point

DVDs projection

Office hours

See the website of Francesca Rescigno