37715 - Public Administration Law (1) (2nd cycle)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, students know the fundamental institutions of administrative law: through the study, in particular, of the system of the public administration, the administrative profiles and the activities of the public bodies, students not only achieve the knowledge of useful topics in order to stand admission tests for the public administration, but also the ability to use juridical research tools in their practical and professional applications.

Course contents

a) Introductory knowledge

- Characteristic features of the executive power in Italy

- The executive power between politics and administration

- Constitutional principles on public administration

- The development of the public administration in Italy

b) Subjective legal situations

- Legal capacity

- Legal status

c) The organization of the public administration

- Political bodies and administrative system

- Public bodies

- Bodies, offices, relations among bodies

- Functions, competences, assignment criteria

- General managers, executives, officials

Central administration

- Ministries and the local organization of the State

- Agencies

- Independent authorities

Local administration

The Region

- Bodies and structure

- Normative and administrative competences

The Province and the Municipality

- Bodies and structure

- Regulatory interventions and administrative competences

d) The activities of the public administration

- The principles of the administrative action

- Active, control and consultative administration

- Nature and limits of the discretionary power

- From regulations to administrative acts: the administrative procedure

- The conclusion of the procedure: authoritative acts / agreements; silence

- The delivery of public services

e) Transparency, Participation, Subsidiarity

Institutions of transparency

- Access to administrative acts

- The function of communication of the public administration

- The control of the activity and the assessment of results

Participation

- Role and forms of participation

- Participation to administrative procedures

- Participation, intermediate bodies and stakeholders

The principle of horizontal subsidiarity

- The end of the “all-public” theory

- Analysis of the principle of horizontal subsidiarity

- Horizontal subsidiarity and regional implementation

Readings/Bibliography

Parts a); b); c); d)

- D. Sorace,Diritto delle amministrazioni pubbliche, (VI edition), Il Mulino, 2012 – limited to chapters I, II, III, VIII, IX, X, XI and XII

Or, as an alternative:

- G. Corso,Manuale di diritto amministrativo, (V edition) G. Giappichelli, 2010 – limited to part I, sections I, II, III and IV (up to p. 148); part II, sections I and II

Parts d)

- D. Donati,Il principio di trasparenza nella Costituzione, in F. Merloni (editor)La trasparenza amministrativa, Giuffrè, 2008, p. 83

- D. Donati,Il controllo dei cittadini sull'amministrazione pubblica,tra effettività giuridica e valore etico, in L. Vandelli (editor)Etica pubblica e buona amministrazione. Quale ruolo per i controlli?, Franco Angeli Editore, Milano, 2009, p. 151

- D. Donati,Origini, connessioni e interpretazione del principio di sussidiarietà orizzontale nell'ordinamento italiano, in D. Donati e A. Paci (editors),Sussidiarietà e concorrenza. Una nuova prospettiva per la gestione dei beni comuni, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2010, p. 25

- D. Donati,La sussidiarietà orizzontale nell'evoluzione normativa dello Stato e delle regioni, in G. Arena e G. Cotturri (editors)Il valore aggiunto. Come la sussidiarietà può salvare l'Italia, Roma, Carrocci, 2010, p. 183

- D. Donati,Ruolo, limiti e responsabilità dei soggetti della partecipazione nel modello della democrazia partecipativa, in A. Valastro (editor)La democrazia partecipativa: itinerari per la costruzione di un metodo di governo. Principi, regole, limiti, Napoli, Jovene, 2010 p. 141.

Teaching methods

The course will be based on taught classes. A seminar will be dedicated to the methods and tools of the legal research and the attendance will be compulsory for the students that are willing to defend their thesis on this subject. In addition, other seminars will take place, in order to deepen the students' knowledge on particularly relevant elements or issues of topical interest, to which scholars, representatives of institutions, professionals and experts on the topic will be invited.

Assessment methods

New assessment method (starting from January 2014)

COMPULSORY WRITTEN EXAM

It takes place the day of examination.

The written exam is divided in two different parts: the first one is a multiple choice test (20 questions) and the second one is a open question test (3 questions).

The multiple choice test is preliminary and preparatory to the open question test, and students must give 15 correct answer out of 20.

The final grade is determined by the result of the open question test.

Therefore:

- if students do not answer at least 15 questions in the first part, they won't be able to undergo the second part and their exam finishes

- if students give 15 (or more) correct answer in the first part, they will continue the exam by undergoing the second part. The examining board will assess this second part.

NON-COMPULSORY ORAL EXAM

It takes place on the second day of examination, if students passes the compulsory written exam, they will be able to undergo a noncompulsory oral exam to improve their final grade.

During the second day of examination, butonly on that day, students will be able to view their written exam.

In any case, the deadline for the registration of the grade obtained in the written exam will be within 6 months, from the date of the written test.

NOTE: Students who will undergo the exam before January 2014, the assessment method will be the following one:

- compulsory written exam with open questions, based on the course contents listed above;

- if the students pass the written exam, they will be able to undergo a noncompulsory oral exam to improve their final grade, but only on the official registration session immediately after the written test.

Teaching tools

Further course materials will be available on the distribution list

Links to further information

http://www.unibo.it/SitoWebDocente/default.htm?UPN=daniele.donati%40unibo.it

Office hours

See the website of Daniele Donati