00217 - Administrative Law

Learning outcomes

The course aims to provide students with
a comprehensive level of preparation on the most important principles of

administrative law and institutions.
The teaching activities will initially focus on the public
administration goals, activities and operational models, institutions and organisations.

Then it will focus on  the administrative acts and the procedural aspects to analyse the extent and forms of sovereign power and its limits.

Finally the jurisdictional system will be investigated.

Course contents

Sources of administrative law.

The relationship between the public administrations and the citizens.

Administrative procedures and administrative acts: the physiology and the pathology of the public adiministration activities.

Administrative organisation, public entities, national and local authorities: the allocation of powers within the EU system framework.

The notion and organisation of services of general interest.

The public administration liability and its limits.

The public contracts and the public tender procedures.

The administrative judicial system.

Readings/Bibliography

Compulsory readings:

F. MERLONI, Istituzioni di Diritto Amministrativo, Giappichelli, Torino, 2018

or 

M. D’ALBERTI, Lezioni di diritto amministrativo, Giappichelli, Torino, 2019

C.E. GALLO, Manuale di giustizia amministrativa, Giappichelli, Torino, 2018

Non attending students are also required to prepare one of the following texts:

M. D’ALBERTI, Diritto amministrativo comparato, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2019

or

L. TORCHIA, La dinamica del diritto amministrativo, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2017

Students who need to acquire less than 18 CFU will proceed according to the following instructions:

12 CFU: F. MERLONI (chapters 19-30); C.E. GALLO ;

9 CFU: F. MERLONI (chapters 27-30); C.E. GALLO;

6 CFU: C.E. GALLO ;

3 CFU: C.E. GALLO (chapters 22-30).

Teaching methods

Traditional frontal lesson through 
the comparison and direct dialogue with the students both during the lectures and during the student hrr.

Within the Course a module (40 hrs) will be taught by ...
Office hrs will be indicated on the professor personal website.

Assessment methods

The final exam is oral.

The interview will focus on the topics of the Course
The evaluation will take into consideration:
• knowledge of institutional profiles;
• knowledge of case law and legal doctrine;
• connections between different parts of the program;
• debate skill;

• speaking ability;

• speaking accuracy.
Registration into the final exam can be made on-line on the web site of
the University.

The exam cannot be taken before Constitutional Law and Private Law.

Thesis topics will be discussed during the student hrs and upon request.

Teaching tools

Additional teaching
materials will be indicated.

The material will 
be made available to students on the online platforms (AMS Campus).
Students with disability or specific learning disabilities (DSA) are required
to make their condition known to find the best possibile accomodation to their needs.

Office hours

See the website of Maria Giulia Roversi Monaco

See the website of Filippo Dallari