Unit
- Course
- European legal integration and human rights
- Study-unit Code
- A000290
- Location
- PERUGIA
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Silvia Angeletti
- Teachers
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- Silvia Angeletti
- Hours
- 54 ore - Silvia Angeletti
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2023
- Offered
- 2024/25
- Learning activities
- Affine/integrativa
- Area
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- 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 interaction between law and religion in its multifaceted fashion (from religion law to religious laws). Classes will cover a broad range of topical issues, which include the concepts of secularism, the definition of religions as normative worlds, the main patterns of legal regulation in a comparative perspective, protective measures and limits to freedom of religion or belief and judicial responses to conflicts between freedom of religion and other fundamental rights, following an intercultural approach. The role of institutional religions in the global agenda will also be investigated, particularly on the issues of sustainable developments, social justice and peace.
- Reference texts
- Learning material:
Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan and Carla M. Zoethout (ed), Freedom of Religion and Religious Pluralism, Brill, Nijhoff, 2023.
The book is available online in Open Access, therefore the pdf is free for download (free download at: https://brill.com/edcollbook-oa/title/61481)
As for the examination, the following Chapters of the aforementioned book shall be studied:
Students attending the LM-01, Law degree course are expected to study Chapters 5 (Part II), 9, 10, 12, 13, 14 (Part III). Students attending classes, who will take part in class presentations (further instructions will be given in class), will be expected to study four Chapters (not six) among the ones previously indicated.
Students attending the course ‘European legal integration and human rights’ are expected to choose and study four among the indicated Chapters. Students attending classes, who will take part in class presentations (further instructions will be given in class), will be expected to study two Chapters (not four) among the ones previously indicated.
Students attending Law and Religion from the FISSUF Dept., are allowed to a partially different learning program, taking into account their previous studies and background competences.
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. - Educational objectives
- Within the overall context of the Degree Course’s educational goals:
Adequate knowledge of the relationships between law and religion in international, European and national legal systems, in historical and comparative perspective.
- Broad understanding of the main controversial issues between religion, law and society in contemporary, global perspective, through the application of competences and skills in analysis and assessment.
- Communication skills, critical analysis competences, correct use of logic and language. - Prerequisites
- Suitable knowledge of English. Attendance is open to students from plural curricula, to whom no prerequisites are applied. Additional material shall be suggested by the teacher, upon request, to make up for lack of knowledge of basic legal questions.
- Teaching methods
- Term one. Lectures and slide presentations, at times with Italian or foreign speakers. Group works, seminars, case-law discussions in class. Students are expected to actively engage in class discussion and to participate in students’ individual or group presentations.
Attendance is not compulsory but highly recommended, since the topics discussed in class are not entirely covered by the learning material. - Other information
- For any further information on the course activities, assessment and examination, please contact: silvia.angeletti@unipg.it
Office hours shall be online in Teams or in presence at the Law Department. To be updated: www.giurisprudenza.unipg.it/personale/silvia.angeletti
Where the student is willing to anticipate the exam before the planned year, she will be expected to attend classes during the scheduled Term and sit the exam at the end of it.
Erasmus students are allowed to make their evaluation of the course in English or French. - Learning verification modality
- For both attending and non-attending students, the final evaluation will consist of an oral exam (questions and answers).
The overall aim of the exam is that of assessing acquired knowledge and competences, ability to properly and critically explain topics and apply knowledge to case-law and questions.
The exam will be based on the study of learning material as well as on the study of the topics discussed in class and of the additional material advised on Unistudium. Students not attending classes are also invited to check the material advised on Unistudium.
Students with disabilities may be given specific support upon request. Please, find more information on the webpage: https://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa
- Extended program
- Topics covered in class are subject to change, depending upon the course:
Key concepts (religion, secularization, intercultural law)
Freedom of religion or belief in secular and religious laws
Comparative analysis of religion laws in Europe
Minority religions in global perspective
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 parents’ beliefs
Balancing FoRB and other rights: judicial responses to conflicts
Blasphemy, hate speech and free speech
Religion, social integration and security
Religion and sustainable development - Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
- 4) Quality education; 5) Gender equality; 10) Reduced inequalities; 16) Peace, justice and strong institutions