The course promotes the study of the discipline of the religious phenomenon declined on the role that religious institutions play within the italian order and on the methods of regulation of this process with the legal instruments adopted.

Necessary reference will take the jurisprudential address, with an analysis of the historical-political evolution of the idea of secularism, to grant the relevance and the opportunity that religious institutions can provide in the formation of a multicultural society.

The course aims to provide students with the methodological tools to critically apply the principles underlying the subject, in particular in the various institutes in which the expressions of religious freedom and the principle of secularism find their foundation and realization, against the background of legal relevance. and policy that religious communities assume in the italian reality

The course aims to promote the study of Italian legal order for the part relating to the discipline of the religious phenomenon, trying to discern the legal criteria that are the basis on the basis of the regulatory and policy relevance that religious institutions assume.

This path will be also presented the historical characters that led to the birth and formation of the secular State and the relationship models that the state can adopt in relations with religious institutions.

The proposed study will professionalizing character, with a direct approach to the regulation of references principles and criteria, and legal issues open.

The student of the course acquires the complete knowledge and understanding of the areas of law which govern and regulate the religious phenomenon, with a thorough knowledge of the rules and institutions of national law in particular, and the European Union law in general
At the end of the course students will have acquired the ability to interpret and apply the provisions of Italian law and Community regarding the discipline of the religious phenomenon, to find, even via databases, and to understand the sources of law and those case law, national and european.

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

A few classes will be devoted to the analysis and discussion of legal national and European recent cases.

Teaching

Front lesson

Innovative teaching methods

Two tools will be used during the course:

1. Problem-based learning. The learning strategy will be based on the principle of using a legal problem as a starting point for acquiring the state models of regulation of the religious phenomenon.

2. Debete. Students will be called upon to debate jurisprudential cases and will be divided into two teams, one for and one against the judge's decision, to bring out the positives and critical points of the system. Current cases will also be discussed, linked to the importance that religious culture assumes in the cases examined.

Course books

P. CONFORTI, Diritto e religione Basi e prospettive, Laterza, Bari-Roma, 2023

Assessment

Oral examination

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Course books

P. CONFORTI, Diritto e religione Basi e prospettive, Laterza, Bari-Roma, 2023

Assessment

Oral examination

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.