Unit PUBLIC LAW AND FOUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS

Course
Social work
Study-unit Code
GP003606
Curriculum
In all curricula
Teacher
Alessandra Valastro
Teachers
  • Alessandra Valastro
Hours
  • 60 ore - Alessandra Valastro
CFU
8
Course Regulation
Coorte 2026
Offered
2026/27
Learning activities
Base
Area
Formazione giuridica di base
Sector
GIUR-05/A
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
R. Bin, D. Donati, G. Pitruzzella, Lineamenti di diritto pubblico per il servizio sociale e sanitario, Torino, Giappichelli, 2024
Educational objectives
The course aims to provide a general knowledge of the constitutional 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
The teacher promotes direct contact with students in order to obtain more detailed and personalized information.
Learning verification modality
A partial exam is scheduled towards the middle of the course; a failed exam does not preclude admission to the official exam. The final exam is oral, unless there are specific needs that will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
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
Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
4, 10, 16