96894 - CRISES - CRITICAL RISKS FOR INTEGRATION AND SOLIDARITY IN THE EUROPEAN SPACE

Learning outcomes

This course aims to provide the students with the opportunity to develop a critical knowledge of European integration with particular attention to the most recent crises, related to finance, immigration and the violations of the rule of law. At the end of the course, students will have acquired: a) wide perspective on the intersection of political, legal, historical and economic factors in the management of the crises; b) skills useful for the identification of the legal and political factors influencing European integration; c) fundamental techniques of reading and understanding of European, constitutional and legal sources of law; d) skills of analysis of European and domestic case law; e) critical skills for the comparative analysis of historical, legal and political factors of integration processes.

Course contents

The course is organized in lectures and seminars, as detailed in the following program. Lectures (16 hours) aim to introduce students to the core tenets of the discipline. Seminars (12 hours) aim to provide occasions for in-depth discussions of class materials and exercises. Students attend a total of 28 hours of classes.

CONTENT

1) 2008 Financial Crisis and Economic Crisis post COVID-19 pandemic

2) Refugee Crises 2015 and Ukraine

3) Rule of Law Crisis

In each section the course addresses: a) the impact on EU and domestic institutions, particularly parliaments, governments,and constitutional courts; b) the impact on regions and local bodies, as well as local government - sharing cities; c) the role played by the Court of Justice; d) the interaction between European and domestic levels; e) legal-political conflicts.

 

Part of the program is developed within the framework of the Jean Monnet Chair SO_CITIES "A new paradigm of solidarity and sustainable cities in the European framework".

 

Readings/Bibliography

Albanesi, E., Che cosa il caso Taricco ha insegnato alla Corte costituzionale: un nuovo rinvio pregiudiziale a fronte dei controlimiti, in Giurisprudenza costituzionale, Vol. 65, 2020, pp. 425-444

Algostino A., Costituzionalismo e distopia nella pandemia di Covid-19 tra fonti dell emergenza e (s)bilanciamento dei diritti
in Costituzionalismo.it, 2021, fasc. 1, pt. 1, pp. 1-81

Alvisi, C., Donati, D., Pavani, G., Profeti, S., Tubertini, C., New Policies and Practices for European Sharing Cities, Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, 2019 (http://amsacta.unibo.it/6296/#).

Arena G., I custodi della bellezza. Prendersi cura dei beni comuni. Un patto per l'Italia tra cittadini e istituzioni, Touring Club italiano, 2020.

Buzzacchi C., Le Regioni e le politiche per i diritti economici e sociali al tempo della pandemia, in Rivista AIC, 2021, fasc. 1, pp. 278-293

Ciolli, I., “I diritti sociali e la crisi”, in G. Matucci (ed.), Diritto all'istruzione e inclusione sociale : la scuola aperta a tutti alla prova della crisi economica, Milano, 2019, pp. 123-137

Di Gregorio, A., La crisi dello Stato di diritto come occasione di perfezionamento del perimetro costituzionale europeo?, in Diritto pubblico comparato ed europeo, n. 1/2022, pp. 121-154

Fauri F., “L’Italia, la crisi e il ruolo dell’Unione Europea tra sfide e opportunità”, in D. Strangio (a cura di), Istituzioni, disuguaglianze, economia in Italia. Una visione diacronica, Franco Angeli, 2018, pp. 203-218

Iacometti, M., Il caso Melloni e l'interpretazione dell'art.53 della Carta dei diritti dell'Unione europea tra Corte di Giustizia e Tribunale costituzionale spagnolo, Rivista AIC, 2013

Pegoraro L., Pavani G. (eds.), Municipi d'Occidente. Il governo locale in Europa e nelle Americhe, Donzelli, 2006 (introduzioni alle parti del volume)

Pin, A., Giudicare la pandemia con la proporzionalità. Le misure anti-Covid-19, il vaglio giudiziario e il diritto comparato, DPCE online, 2020

Poggeschi G., Le Comunità autonome spagnole di fronte alla crisi Covid- 19: una fase di “federalismo autonómico” per la Spagna, DPCE online, 2020

Ragone S., “Domestic Response to the Financial Crisis: Reforms of Executive Branches in Economically Weak Countries of the Eurozone”, in Rivista di Diritti comparati, 2019, Special issue 1-2019, pp. 147 - 166

Rivosecchi, G., Divisione dei poteri, relazioni tra stato e regioni e ruolo del parlamento ai tempi del coronavirus, Diritti regionali, 2020

 

Teaching methods

Interactive learning methods will be mainly used in the teaching, combined with more traditional lessons to introduce basic topics.

Recommended texts and judgments will be discussed in class. Different legal texts adopted during the crises both by states and the EU will be used as case studies. For each topic, scholarship and possibly newspapers articles will be discussed.

Students will be involved in class discussions concerning the normative tools of the crises, the role of states and the EU, anti-crisis policies adopted in the last decade, etc. They will be required to actively participate in class.

Assessment methods

For FULL-TIME STUDENTS, the assessment will be based on their participation, their involvement in the discussions of the materials, their presentations in class, as well as potential mid-term exams and reports.

For NON-FULL TIME STUDENTS, the assessment will take place as a final written exam on the materials provided.

Teaching tools

Powerpoint, legal texts, judgments, newspapers'articles, videos, blogs, online journals.

Office hours

See the website of Sabrina Ragone

See the website of Giorgia Pavani

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