00534 - Principles of Public Law (O-Z)

Learning outcomes

The course aims at providing knowledge about:

1. the capacity to analyze and understand the organization of the State from the sources of law to Constitutional jurisdiction;

2. the capacity to deal with the principles of the constitutional system;

3. the capacity to understand the meaning of the institutional changes and their consequences.

Course contents

The course will focus on the following topics:  

The Italian legal systems and the constitutional rights; The State; The international and European systems; The political power; The Parliament; The President of the Republic; The Government; The sources of law; Rights and freedoms; The regional and local political bodies; The Public Administration; The judicial system; The Constitutional court.

Readings/Bibliography

A. Barbera, C. Fusaro, Corso di diritto costituzionale, Bologna, Il Mulino, last edition

Teaching methods

The method will be ex cathedra.

Assessment methods

The assessment method will be indicated afterwards

Teaching tools

Useful websites:

• 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