30549 - Veterinary Legal Medicine, Veterinary Legislation and Animal Protection

Academic Year 2017/2018

  • Docente: Angelo Peli
  • Credits: 4
  • SSD: VET/08
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Cesena
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Aquaculture and Fish Production Hygiene (cod. 8834)

Learning outcomes

 

Course contents

GENERAL PART

Fundamental legal knowledge

Introduction to the law: the historical evolution of the law in Europe; the concepts of common law and civil law; characteristics of the Italian legal order; notion of legal fact, legal relation, specific law, legal order.

The State and the Constitution

The law-making power: national sources of the law; the legislative procedure; the abrogation of a law; the sources of legal cognition; general notions on the Italian Constitution

The administrative power and the administrative proceedings: the administrative authorities; the organization and the role of the National Health Service

The judicial power

Introduction on the European Community law and on the functioning of the European Union

Historical basis and history of the European integration; the structure of the European Union; the european institutions and their functions; the decision procedures and the adoption of the Community laws; the sources of the European Union law; the sources of European law cognition; the relation between European law and Member States legal order; the structure of a legal act.

SPECIAL PART

Concept of notifiable disease: notifiable infectious diseases in Italy and in the EU; notifiable fish diseases; european horizontal and vertical legislation; measures taken after notification; the difference between national notification and notification within the Community (Regolamento di Polizia Veterinaria-D.P.R. 320/54, artt.1-16; Dir 92/119/EEC; Dir 82/894/EEC).

National and Community Law on animal health requirementsfor aquaculture animals and products, and on the prevention andcontrol of certain diseases in aquatic animals (Dir 2006/88/EC, Dir 2008/53/EC).

General notions on the law concerning sea-fishing (Legge n. 963/1965)

The fishing within inland waters (LR. 22/02/1993 n. 11 Region Emilia Romagna fishing plan).

General notions on the EU law on food safety: the general principles and requirements of food law (Reg 178/2002/EC)

PRACTICAL PART

Small group training on the use of paper and informatic tools for the cognition of the Community law.

Training on the analysis and the interpretation of legal texts.

Readings/Bibliography

Compendio di Diritto dell'Unione Europea; a cura di S. Gerli, XVI edizione, Ed. giuridiche Simone, 2016

Codice breve dell'Unione europea, a cura di C.C. Gialdino, IX edizione, Ed. Giuridiche Simone, 2015

G. Peccolo, “Nozioni Giuridiche fondamentali”, CLEUP, Padova, 1° ed, 2008

AA vari “ La sicurezza alimentare”, Quaderni di sanità Pubblica. Maggioli editore, 2015

AA vari "Etica e Allevamento Animale" (a cura di G. Bertoni), Ed Franco Angeli, 2016

P. Benazzi "Il Regolamento di Polizia Veterinaria" (a cura di c. Benazzi e G. Martini), ed Esculapio, 2016 

Teaching methods

Traditional frontal teaching,

Practical works, use of electronic tool for data base consultation

Assessment methods

Final oral exam with 2 questions: one on the general and the other one on the special part of the course content. To pass the exam, the student have to answer correctly to both questions.

Teaching tools

Data base, PC, draft of lessons.

Juridical data bases,

Institutional websites of international (OIE, WTO), european (EU) national and regional web sites.

The Eu site web: http://europa.eu.int/

www.normattiva.it

Office hours

See the website of Angelo Peli