Unit COMPARATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
- Course
- Government and administration
- Study-unit Code
- 05A60009
- Curriculum
- Governo della democrazia e sostenibilita'
- Teacher
- Andrea Pierini
- Teachers
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- Andrea Pierini
- Hours
- 52 ore - Andrea Pierini
- CFU
- 8
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2026
- Offered
- 2026/27
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Formazione giuridica
- Sector
- GIUR-11/B
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- English
- Contents
- The comparative analysis in constitutional law. Types of Constitution, Forms of States and Forms of Government;
Federal systems; Models of constitutional adjudication; Fundamental rights - Reference texts
- GENERAL PART Selected chapters from - M. Rosenfeld, A. Sajó (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Constitutional Law, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2012 - R. Masterman and R. Schütze, The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Constitutional Law (CUP, 2019). SPECIAL PART M. Volpi, Libertà e autorità, Giappichelli, Torino, ult. ed. alternatively A. Buratti, Western constitutionalism, Springer Ed, last ed. only the first 6 chapters
- Educational objectives
- To provide for the students an adequate knowledge of paradigmatic issues of Comparative constitutional law
- Prerequisites
- Students must have:
- An adequate level of English language proficiency;
- The knowledge of basic principles and concepts of public law: - Teaching methods
- Oral lessons
- Other information
- Prof. Pierini is available to attending students, before and after lessons, for requests for clarification and information. He receives students in room no. 8 of the Institute for legal studies of Political Science Department usually every Wednesday from 11:00 to 13:00. It is, in any case, possible to arrange an appointment by contacting Prof. Pierini by email: andrea.pierini@unipg.i
- Learning verification modality
- Oral examination beginning from the presentation of a research paper about the topics of the course
- Extended program
- The basic principles of Comparative public law with particular attention to the theory of Constitutionalism and of the State, the forms of government, types of judicial review of legislation and federalism and regional organization; Classification of fundamental rights
- Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
- Ob. 4 Quality education;
Ob. 16 Peace Justice and strong institutions