68360 - Administrative Law

Academic Year 2025/2026

Learning outcomes

The course aims to provide students a comprehensive knowledge of Italian administrative system, in light of its principles and sources’ developments. The course deals with the ways in which public administrations operate, through an analysis of the major organizational forms and activities at play. The purpose is also to illustrate the legal framework in which Cultural Heritage Law is related to.

Course contents

For students of the single-cycle master's degree course in law

 

1. Genesis and development of administrative law

2. The sources of administrative law

3. Administrative Power

4. The subjective legal situations of private individuals in their relations with public administrations

6. Administrative organisation

7. Measures to prevent corruption in public administration

8. The administrative procedure

9. The Administrative Measure

10. Public services

 

For students of the master's degree course in "Beni archeologici, artistici e del paesaggio: storia, tutela e valorizzazione"and of the master's degree course in "Scienze del libro e del documento"

1. Genesis and development of administrative law

2. The sources of administrative law

3. Administrative Power

4. The subjective legal situations of private individuals in their relations with public administrations

5. Administrative organisation

6. The administrative procedure

7. The Administrative Measure

 

For students who are in a different position than that indicated in the previous paragraph and who in any case must acquire a number of credits less than 9, the exam program will be defined in class or at student office hours.

Readings/Bibliography

G. della CANANEA - M. DUGATO - B. MARCHETTI - A. POLICE - M. RAMAJOLI, Manuale di diritto amministrativo, Giappichelli, Torino, 2023

Students already enrolled in previous academic years may use the manuals recommended in the academic years in which they attended and indicated in the relative Web Guides.

Teaching methods

Classes will be held in person.

Particular attention will be devoted to discussion and direct dialogue with the students, both during the lectures and during the weekly reception times indicated at the bottom of the page.

In addition to this basic preparation, the Course also aims to achieve a significant involvement of the students, through lectures and meetings on the most innovative and controversial topics of the subject, where they can reconstruct, depending on the topic, the different doctrinal orientations, the jurisprudential evolution and the concrete dynamics.

In order to ensure maximum information and coordination during the course of the lectures, students are invited to always check the lecturer's website for any notices as well as news relating to the course.

Assessment methods

The examination at the end of the course will be oral and the evaluation will be expressed in thirtieths. The interview will focus on topics related to those indicated in the "Contents" section, in order to verify the student's acquisition of the notions taught in the course.

 

ATTENDING STUDENTS

Students attending classes will be able to take the exam based on a differentiated syllabus that will be communicated in class at the beginning of the course.

ERASMUS STUDENTS

In order to take the exam, Erasmus students will only have to study the topics indicated in points 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9 of the program indicated above in the "Contents" section relating to students of the single-cycle master's degree course in law

The student's level of preparation will be assessed as follows:

18-19 Very limited preparation. Basic response to questions. Exposition not very technical.

20-23 Fair preparation. Acceptable response to the questions. Exposition with elements of technicality.

24-27 Good preparation. Relevant answers. Technical and appropriate exposition.

28-29 Very good preparation. Complete answers with exact terminology. Display of good ability.

30 Excellent preparation. Answers supported by comprehensive knowledge and with very adequate terminology. Systematic exposition.

30 L Uncommon and excellent preparation. Very satisfactory answers denoting study, thorough knowledge and acquired logical ability. Reconstructive and brilliant exposition.

In accordance with the provisions of the University and Department regulations, registration for the final examination may take place via the University's IT portal in accordance with the terms and procedures set out therein.

Teaching tools

Students with learning disorders and/or temporary or permanent disabilities: please contact the office responsible (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students) as soon as possible so that they can propose acceptable adjustments. The request for adaptation must be submitted in advance (15 days before the exam date) to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of the adjustments, taking into account the teaching objectives.

Office hours

See the website of Massimo Calcagnile