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 2015
- Offered
- 2019/20
- 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 the course as well as of the final exam.
- Contents
- The interaction between Law and Religion: fields, models, dynamics, throughout history and geopolitics (Introductory remarks). International and regional legal protection of freedom of religion or belief (FoRB). Law and Religion in Italy. Legal framework and comparative remarks. FoRB and human rights: trends and tensions.
- Reference texts
- • N. Doe, Law and Religion in Europe. A Comparative Introduction, OUP, 2011 (pp. 14 – 39; 237 – 258)
• M. Ventura, Religion and Law in Italy, International Encyclopedia of Laws, Kluwer Law Int., 2013 (pp. 32 – 51; 53 – 59; 63 – 70).
Students attending the course will be given further bibliographic references during classes. Students not attending classes are required to study one of the two books selected (entirely). - Educational objectives
- Basic knowledge on international and European legal standards of protection of freedom of religion or belief. Basic knowledge of the variety of national legal systems regarding religion in European countries, with a particular focus on the Italian system. Understanding the current debates around FoRB and human rights, through discussion of case-law and legal argumentations. Developing the ability to set legal questions about religion in the context of the legal and historical backdrop, evaluating current trends and controversial issues. Developing skills in legal argumentation and in finding practical solutions.
- Prerequisites
- To students currently attending the LM01 curriculum the usual preconditions apply (i.e. to have successfully passed the exams of Private Law and Constitutional Law). No mandatory prerequisites are required to students from other curricula.
- Teaching methods
- Lessons will be held six hours per week and will be organized as lectures and PowerPoint presentations in English, in order to facilitate comprehension and note taking on sources and citations. Discussion in class on all the subjects will be favored. Material shall be given in advance (reference of cases, journal articles, newspaper columns) to allow students to actively take part in collective discussion and solution-finding in controversial cases. More details will be given during the first lesson.
- Other information
- For any further information, please contact: silvia.angeletti@unipg.it
Office hours shall be updated at: giurisprudenza.unipg.it/personale/silvia.angeletti - Learning verification modality
- The aim of the exam is to assess candidates’ degree of knowledge, understanding and skills on the subjects set under the heading “obiettivi formativi”. Students having attended the course on a regular basis will discuss a final term paper during the oral exam. The theme of the paper shall be one of the issues analyzed during lessons. Students not having attended classes are required to fully study and discuss one of the books in the selected bibliography (see under the heading: “testi di riferimento”). Candidates with a particular interest in specific topics can contact professor Angeletti for further bibliographic references.
- Extended program
- • International protection of FoRB in the UN system (legal standards, soft-law, case-law, recent trends).
• Regional protection at the EU level. European Union and religion. FoRB before the Strasbourg Court: analysis of the ECtHR case law.
• Introduction to the Italian history of relations between political power and religious organizations. Constitutional provisions on religion law; bilateral and national sources of law. Controversial issues about Islamic communities in Italy. The legal status of New Religious Movements.
• Freedom of religion or belief and human rights (e.g.: freedom of expression; religious symbols; children’s rights and religion; spiritual assistance; autonomy of religions).