Unit PUBLIC LAW AND FOUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS

Course
Social work
Study-unit Code
GP003606
Curriculum
In all curricula
Teacher
Alessandra Valastro
Teachers
  • Alessandra Valastro
Hours
  • 42 ore - Alessandra Valastro
CFU
6
Course Regulation
Coorte 2022
Offered
2022/23
Learning activities
Base
Area
Discipline giuridiche
Academic discipline
IUS/09
Type of study-unit
Obbligatorio (Required)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
Italian
Contents
Legal phenomenon and legal systems
The state and its constituent elements
Constitutionalism and the characteristics of the Italian Constitution
State forms and forms of government
Apparatus and community status. Representative democracy, direct democracy, participatory democracy
The Parliament / Government dialectic
The president of the Republic
The jurisdictional function
The territorial autonomies
The Constitutional Court and the constitutional justice system
The constitutional revision: procedural limits and supreme principles.
The system of freedoms: fundamental rights, social rights, guarantees
Principle of equality and protection of minorities. The category of weakness
Citizenship
Civil rights and freedom
Political rights
Social rights
Social policies, federalism and subsidiarity: problems and tools for an inclusive democracy
Reference texts
P. CARETTI – U. DE SIERVO, Diritto costituzionale e pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, ult. ed.
Educational objectives
The course aims to provide a general knowledge of the principles and functioning of the Italian legal system, with particular reference to the system of fundamental freedoms and rights, in the light of the most recent socio-institutional developments.
Prerequisites
No prerequisites
Teaching methods
The course takes place with frontal teaching parts and parts in in-depth seminars, with case analysis and external guests
Other information
alessandra.valastro@unipg.it
Learning verification modality
The exam takes place in oral form, except for special needs to be assessed on a case-by-case basis. There are no partial examinations
Extended program
Legal phenomenon and legal systems
The state and its constituent elements
Constitutionalism and the characteristics of the Italian Constitution
State forms and forms of government
Apparatus and community status. Representative democracy, direct democracy, participatory democracy
The Parliament / Government dialectic
The president of the Republic
The jurisdictional function
The territorial autonomies
The Constitutional Court and the constitutional justice system
The constitutional revision: procedural limits and supreme principles.
The system of freedoms: fundamental rights, social rights, guarantees
Principle of equality and protection of minorities. The category of weakness
Citizenship
Civil rights and freedom
Political rights
Social rights
Social policies, federalism and subsidiarity: problems and tools for an inclusive democracy
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