The first part of the Public Law and Local Self-Government course (inseparable from the second part), beginning with a reconstruction of the forms of state and government, will provide the student with the fundamental juspublicist categories for the purposes of a systematic study of the Italian Republican Constitution. The course will devote special attention to the relationship between the constitutional system and the supranational system, the sources of Italian and European law, and the fundamental rights of the individual.

1) The legal system: the legal norm; constitutional law.
2) The elements of the state: people, territory and sovereignty.
3) Forms of state and forms of government.
4) The international legal system and its relationship to the domestic legal system.
5) The European legal system: history of European integration; the organization and institutions of the EU; the structural principles of the EU; relations with the Italian legal system.
6) The Sources of Italian and EU law.
7) Fundamental rights in the Republican Constitution and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.

N.B. The two parts of the course must be taken together and cannot be separated.

Knowledge and Ability to Understand. The student should demonstrate a good knowledge of the course topics indicated in the syllabus; he/she should demonstrate the ability to understand the subject matter, both with regard to the rules and the main institutions of public law.

Applied knowledge and ability to understand. The student should demonstrate the ability to apply the norms of the constitutional system to the concrete case. The student should demonstrate the ability to draft legal texts and documents in judicial and extrajudicial contexts.

Autonomy of judgment. The student should demonstrate a specific aptitude for applying the norms of the constitutional order, the ability to find, including through databases, understand and use the public sources of domestic and supranational law.

Communication skills. The student will be able to communicate his or her knowledge clearly, will be able to express his or her considerations and conclusions also in the context of the discussion of case law cases, presented by the lecturer.

Ability to learn. The student should demonstrate that he or she has developed abilities to understand the complexity of the legal-constitutional phenomenon, as well as those learning skills that may enable him or her to pursue further study in a mostly self-directed or autonomous manner, and that he or she has attained learning skills suitable for further legal studies.

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

In order to facilitate learning, seminar initiatives related to Italian and European political-constitutional current events will be promoted.

Teaching

The course will be conducted mainly through lectures in which the active and critical participation of students will be stimulated, especially through classroom discussion following the illustration of individual institutes.

Attendance

Attendance at least three-fourths of class hours. Study of reference texts. Careful reading of the Republican Constitution and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

Course books

A. Barbera, C. Fusaro, Corso di diritto pubblico, Bologna, Il Mulino, ult. ed (ad esclusione dei capitoli IV, XIII e XVI)

A. Cantaro, L'orologio della guerra. Chi ha spento le luci della pace, NTS-Media, 2023

Assessment

Oral test. This mode of assessment makes it possible to evaluate in the most comprehensive manner, in addition to the student's communicative ability, the acquisition of the analytical and critical skills required of the student in view of the complexity of the issues and arguments covered by the course whose knowledge and understanding he or she must demonstrate.

 Evaluation criteria and scores are determined according to the following scale:

less than 18/30: insufficient level of competence. The candidate does not achieve any of the learning outcomes stipulated under “knowledge and understanding”;
18-20/30: sufficient level of proficiency. The candidate specifically achieves the learning outcomes stipulated under “knowledge and understanding skills”;
21-23/30: fully sufficient level of competence. The candidate achieves, in particular, the learning outcomes stipulated under “knowledge and understanding skills” and “applied knowledge and understanding skills”;
24-26/30: proficiency level: good. The candidate achieves, in particular, the learning outcomes stipulated at the points “knowledge and understanding ability”; “knowledge and understanding ability applied” and “autonomy of judgment.”
27-29/30: very good level of competence. The candidate achieves, in particular, the expected learning outcomes at the points of “knowledge and understanding skills”; “applied knowledge and understanding skills”; “independent judgment” and “communication skills.”
30-30 cum laude: excellent level of competence. The candidate fully achieves the learning outcomes stipulated at the points “knowledge and understanding skills”; “knowledge and understanding skills applied”; “autonomy of judgment”; “communication skills” and “ability to learn”.

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

A. Barbera, C. Fusaro, Corso di diritto pubblico, Bologna, Il Mulino, ult. ed. (ad esclusione dei capitoli IV, XIII e XVI)

A. Cantaro, L'orologio della guerra. Chi ha spento le luci della pace, NTS-Media, 2023

Assessment

Oral test. This mode of assessment makes it possible to evaluate in the most comprehensive manner, in addition to the student's communicative ability, the acquisition of the analytical and critical skills required of the student in view of the complexity of the issues and arguments covered by the course whose knowledge and understanding he or she must demonstrate.

 Evaluation criteria and scores are determined according to the following scale:

less than 18/30: insufficient level of competence. The candidate does not achieve any of the learning outcomes stipulated under “knowledge and understanding”;
18-20/30: sufficient level of proficiency. The candidate specifically achieves the learning outcomes stipulated under “knowledge and understanding skills”;
21-23/30: fully sufficient level of competence. The candidate achieves, in particular, the learning outcomes stipulated under “knowledge and understanding skills” and “applied knowledge and understanding skills”;
24-26/30: proficiency level: good. The candidate achieves, in particular, the learning outcomes stipulated at the points “knowledge and understanding ability”; “knowledge and understanding ability applied” and “autonomy of judgment.”
27-29/30: very good level of competence. The candidate achieves, in particular, the expected learning outcomes at the points of “knowledge and understanding skills”; “applied knowledge and understanding skills”; “independent judgment” and “communication skills.”
30-30 cum laude: excellent level of competence. The candidate fully achieves the learning outcomes stipulated at the points “knowledge and understanding skills”; “knowledge and understanding skills applied”; “autonomy of judgment”; “communication skills” and “ability to learn”.

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.

The student can request to sit the final exam in English with an alternative bibliography.