Unit LAW AND RELIGION
- Course
- Law
- Study-unit Code
- GP003512
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Silvia Angeletti
- Teachers
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- Silvia Angeletti
- Hours
- 54 ore - Silvia Angeletti
- CFU
- 9
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2016
- Offered
- 2020/21
- Learning activities
- Base
- Area
- Costituzionalistico
- Academic discipline
- IUS/11
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- English will be the language of teaching and examination.
- Contents
- This course will focus on the relationship between secular law and religion and it will explore the principle patterns of regulating this relationship in a comparative perspective. Issues considered in class will include the concepts of secularism and religion, how the law protects and limits freedom of religion, judicial responses to conflicts between freedom of religion and other fundamental rights. Classes will cover a broad range of topical issues.
- Reference texts
- Learning resources and additional lecture materials (including slides) will be advised on Unistudium. Students are expected to check Unistudium regurarly, to keep up to date with materials and learning resources throughout the course.
Students not attending formal classes are invited to contact the teacher for learning resources. - Educational objectives
- Learning Outcomes:
Acquire an appreciation of the relationships between law and religion in international, European and national legal systems.
Examine the main issues arising in context of contemporary relationships between religion, law, society and the state.
Undertake research of a specific issue examining the relationships between law and religion - Prerequisites
- To students currently attending the LM01 curriculum the usual prerequisites apply. To students from other curricula no prerequisites are applied.
- Teaching methods
- 9 x 6 hours weekly classes. Term one. Students will be required to have read materials where requested, to be prepared to actively engage in class discussion and to participate in students’ presentations.
- Other information
- For any further information on the course activities and assessment, please contact: silvia.angeletti@unipg.it
Office hours shall be regularly updated at: www.giurisprudenza.unipg.it/personale/silvia.angeletti - Learning verification modality
- Assessment:
1) Final paper + 2) Oral exam
1) Final paper: the term paper will be in the form of an essay. It is designed to assess students’ ability to critically explore and evaluate a topic chosen among the wide range of issues relating to law and religion (not limited to the topics discussed in class).
In order to find a suitable topic, students are invited to discuss their general ideas with the teacher (via email, Teams platform or during office hours). Then, a brief written outline of the paper topic must be submitted electronically or in hard copy. It will be checked, evaluated and accepted by the teacher, in order to assure students that they have chosen a manageable topic on law and religion.
The essay will be between 4000 and 5000 words (excluding appendices and bibliography). A signed declaration that the assignment consists of independent student’s own work must be included (please note that the law on plagiarism shall be applied).
The paper must be typed in 12 font and submitted electronically, though it shall also be submitted in hard copy, in both cases with date and signature.
The term paper will be due at least seven days before the scheduled date for oral examination.
Oral exam: the oral exam is designed to assess the students’ knowledge and understanding of the issues discussed in class and it will be based on a selection of learning resources and additional material advised on Unistudium. Active participation in class and presentations will be considered for the purpose of the final oral exam.
Students not attending classes are invited to contact the teacher for information on the selected material available for the oral exam as well as for the written assignment.
For academic support for students with disabilities, please visit the online page: http://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa - Extended program
- Specific topics are subject to change:
Key concepts (religion, secularization)
Freedom of religion / freedom of belief
Comparative analysis of religion regulations in Europe
New religious movements and minority religions
Religion in public spaces (dress code, symbols)
Religion in the public/private divide (non-discrimination, religion in the workplace)
Religion, family and the State
Best interests of the child and family convictions
Balancing FoRB and other rights: judicial responses to conflicts
Blasphemy and free speech
Religion and social integration
Religion as a peacebuilding actor