Unit LAW AND RELIGION
- Course
- Law
- Study-unit Code
- GP003512
- Location
- PERUGIA
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Silvia Angeletti
- Teachers
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- Silvia Angeletti
- Hours
- 54 ore - Silvia Angeletti
- CFU
- 9
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2017
- Offered
- 2021/22
- 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. Classes will cover a broad range of topical issues, which 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, religion, security and peacebuilding.
- Reference texts
- Learning resources, documents and additional lecture materials (including slides) will be advised on Unistudium. Students are expected to check Unistudium to keep up to date with materials and learning resources throughout the course.
Students not attending formal classes are invited to study:
N. Doe, Law and Religion in Europe. A Comparative Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2011 (only chapters: 1,2,10) - Educational objectives
- 1) Acquire an appreciation of the relationships between law and religion in international, European and national legal systems.
2) Examine the main issues arising in context of contemporary relationships between religion, law, society and the state.
3) Undertake research of a specific issue examining the relationships between law and religion - Prerequisites
- Suitable knowledge of English. Access is open to students from plural curricula, to whom no prerequisites are applied. Additional material shall be suggested by the teacher, to make up for lack of knowledge of basic legal definitions.
- Teaching methods
- Term one. Lectures and slide presentations will be held, at times with Italian or foreign speakers. 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
- A) Students attending classes:
Assessment: Term paper + Oral presentation of the term paper
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 discussed in class and relating to law and religion.
In order to find a suitable topic and an adequate method of research, 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 shall be submitted electronically or in hard copy. It will be checked, evaluated and accepted by the teacher.
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.
2) 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 the presentation of the term paper. Active participation in class and presentations will be considered for the purpose of the final assessment.
B) Students not attending classes
The oral exam will be based on the study of: N. Doe, Law and Religion in Europe. A Comparative Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2011 (only chapters: 1,2,10). Students not attending classes are also invited to check the material advised on Unistudium. - 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
- 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, security and peacebuilding