Unit CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
- Course
- Legal services
- Study-unit Code
- A000712
- Curriculum
- Operatore giudiziario e della p.a.
- Teacher
- Luisa Cassetti
- Teachers
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- Luisa Cassetti
- Anna Bruno (Codocenza)
- Hours
- 12 ore - Luisa Cassetti
- 36 ore (Codocenza) - Anna Bruno
- CFU
- 9
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2017
- Offered
- 2017/18
- Learning activities
- Base
- Area
- Costituzionalistico
- Academic discipline
- IUS/08
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- ITALIAN
- Contents
- The course of Constitutional law (9 CFU) will describe the evolution of the democratic Institutions with special attention to the organization of powers and the development of the sources of law.
- Reference texts
- R.BIN-G.PITRUZZELLA, Diritto costituzionale, G.Giappichelli, updated version.The updated text of the Constitution and some fundamental laws concerning public law are available on the UNISTUDIUM platform.Some recorded lessons together with several pantries are available on the mentioned online platform (academic year 2016-2017) as a guide for a better understanding of concepts and basic notions. These pantries are just a support tool and do not substitute the analysis and the study of the mentioned book.
- Educational objectives
- The course aims to enforce the achievement of the basic notions of public law and issues of modern constitutionalism, with special attention to the study of the sources of law and guarantee of rights.
- Prerequisites
- The study of Constitutional law needs a good level of general knowledge, that includes the historical background of Italian democratic institutions
- Teaching methods
- Blended Course (Lessons face-to-face, seminars and eLearning tools)
- Other information
- The consulting hours of Prof. Luisa Cassetti, dr. Anna Bruno (co-teacher, anna.bruno@unipg.it) and dr. Sabrina Vannuccini (Course Tutor, vannuccini_s@virgilio.it) will be available online (www.giurisprudenza.unipg.it).With regard to the degree thesis, students can ask for information to the Professor during her consulting hours or can ask her for an appointment by email (luisa.cassetti@unipg.it).
- Learning verification modality
- Oral exam.The aim of the oral exam is verify the level of learning and the ability of the student to reasoning.
- Extended program
- 1. The CLASSROOM LESSONS (36 hours) will cover the following issues:The Republican constitutional order. The relationship between different legal ordersState and sovereignty. Methods to exercise sovereignty. Political representation and popular participation. The Italian Republic between State, regions and local authorities. Regionalism and federalism.The Italian form of governmentThe organization of powers. The Parliament: organization and functions. The Government. Constitutional principles of public administration.The President of Republic: role and functions. The Judiciary power: organization and guarantees. The reform of the judiciary. Authority and freedom. The guarantees of fundamental rights.The judicial protection of rights. The Italian jurisdictions.The constitutional justice. Organization and functions of the constitutional Court. The judicial decision of the Italian Constitutional Court.Sources of law. The Constitution and the other sources of constitutional level. Law (statutory) reserve. Primary sources. Secondary sources and “delegification”. Community sources. Sources of regional order. Customary law. Atypical sources and reinforced laws. The system of legal sources: criterion to solve antinomies. 2. The e-learning lessons (12 h.), available at UNISTUDIUM, will cover the following issues: Parliamentarianism and Representation (updated pantries concerning the mechanisms for selecting the representation for the national Parliament).Constitutional justice and the role of judges. The effectiveness of judicial decisions of the Constitutional Court. Analysis of the case law concerning Fundamental Rights Guarantees (Recorded lessons)