- Docente: Daniela Cavallini
- Credits: 10
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Daniela Cavallini (Modulo 1) Giammaria Muratori (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Political, Social and International Sciences (cod. 8853)
Learning outcomes
The course aims at providing knowledge about:
1. the capacity to analyze and understand the organization of the State; the sources of law; the Constitutional jurisdiction;
2. the capacity to understand the main characteristics of the European Union and the most important international organizations;
3. the capacity to deal with the principles of the constitutional system;
4. the capacity to understand the meaning of the institutional changes and their consequences.
Course contents
The course takes place during a semester and it is divided in two parts, which will be taught by prof. Giammaria Muratori (Part I) and prof. Daniela Cavallini (Part II).
The course will focus on the following topics:
The Italian legal systems and the constitutional rights; The State; The sources of law; The international organizations and European Union; The political powers; The Parliament; The President of the Republic; The Government; Rights and freedoms; The regional and local political bodies; The Public Administrations; The Judicial system; The Constitutional court.
Readings/Bibliography
A. Barbera, C. Fusaro, Corso di diritto costituzionale, Bologna, Il Mulino, last edition available.
The Italian Constitution, available at: https://www.senato.it/documenti/repository/istituzione/costituzione.pdf
Teaching methods
The method will be ex cathedra. A few seminars may be organized on specific issues.
Assessment methods
Written and oral exams (further details will be provided during the course).
Teaching tools
Useful websites to collect general information, statutory laws, case-law:
www.parlamento.it
www.cortecostituzionale.it
www.giurcost.it
www.normattiva.it
eur-lex.europa.eu
www.conventions.coe.int
www.echr.coe.int
Office hours
See the website of Daniela Cavallini
See the website of Giammaria Muratori