04519 - Business Law

Learning outcomes

The course aims to provide introductory notions of Law and fundamental notions of Public Law through an analysis of the characteristics, organisation, structure and functions of public powers and the relationships between public authorities and private freedoms.

Topics related to the most recent constitutional practice will be addressed along with the most interesting new developments in the jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court; there will be a strong focus on the role of constitutional bodies and the new issues tied to political decentralisation in a regionalist and federalist direction; all institutions of direct democracy will be examined, with particular attention to the referendum tool; the inviolable rights recognised by the Constitution will be analysed and particular attention will be given to the new categories of fundamental individual rights identified by constitutional jurisprudence.

The main purpose of the second course module is to provide students with a basic knowledge of the subjective and objective dimensions of public administration; it further aims to develop students' ability to analyse the forms and methods of exercising the administrative function and the relationships between public authorities and private freedoms; and, finally, their ability to analyse and acquire basic knowledge about the public demand for goods and services

Course contents

1. General concepts:

1.1. Law and legal norms;

1.2. Elements making up the notion of State: territoriality, sociality and sovereignty;

1.3. State, International Community and Supranational Organisations: the European Union legal system and its relationship with the Italian system;

1.4. The sources of Italian law and the sources of Community law.

2. Constitutional bodies and functions thereof:

2.1. Electorate

2.2. Parliament;

2.3. President of the Republic;

2.4. Government;

2.5. Constitutional Court .

3. Regional political decentralisation. Regions and local administration

4. Public administration in its objective and subjective dimension

5. Intervention of State economy

Readings/Bibliography

1. R. Bin- G. Pitruzzella, Diritto pubblico, G. Giappichelli, Torino, ultima edizione.

Capitoli in programma:

Percorso I: Organizzazione dei poteri pubblici

Cap. I - Lo Stato: Politica e diritto (prof.ssa Bandini Sofia)

Cap. IV- L'organizzazione costituzionale italiana (prof.ssa Bertarini Beatrice)

Cap. V- Regioni e governo locale (prof.ssa Bertarini Beatrice)

Cap. VI- L'amministrazione Pubblica (prof.ssa Bandini Sofia)

Percorso II: Atti pubblici e tutela dei diritti

Cap. I- Fonti del diritto: nozioni generali (prof.ssa Bandini Sofia)

Cap. II- La costituzione (prof.ssa Bandini Sofia)

Cap. III - Le fonti dell'ordinamento italiano: Stato (prof.ssa Bandini Sofia)

Cap. IV- Le fonti europee (prof.ssa Bandini Sofia)

Cap. V- Le fonti delle autonomie (prof.ssa Bandini Sofie)

Cap. IX- La giustizia costituzionale (prof.ssa Bertarini Beatrice)

2. Additional material will be raccomanded

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons.

Assessment methods

Oral exam

Office hours

See the website of Beatrice Bertarini

See the website of Sofia Bandini