In close continuity with the first part, the second part of the course aims to offer to the students the methodological tools to understand the overall institutional framework of our constitutional system. In particular, the Parliament, the Government, the President of the Republic, the judiciary and the Constitutional Court will be analyzed both in historical profiles and in those relating to their composition and functioning. Specific attention will also be dedicated to the legal order of the Regions and municipalities, in the light of the principle of the unity and indivisibility of the Republic.

1) The Parliament: historical profiles, composition and functions

2) The President of the Republic: methods of election, main attributions

3) The Government: structure, form of formation and crisis

4) The regional system and local autonomies

5) The jurisdictional power in the republican Constitution

6) Constitutional justice in a comparative perspective

7) The Italian Constitutional Court

8) The functions of the Italian Constitutional Court

9) The effects of the pandemic on the constitutional order

The student must demonstrate a good knowledge of the course topics indicated in the program; he shall demonstrate the ability to understand the subject, both with regard to the rules and the main institutions of public law.

The student must demonstrate that he has acquired the aptitude to apply the rules of the constitutional system to the specific case. The student will have to demonstrate the ability to process legal texts and documents in judicial and extrajudicial contexts.

The student will have to demonstrate a specific aptitude to apply the rules of the constitutional system, the ability to find, also through databases, understand and use the public sources of internal and supranational law.

The student must be able to clearly communicate their knowledge and express their considerations and conclusions also in the context of the debate on jurisprudential cases, presented by the teacher.

The student must demonstrate that he has developed the ability to understand the complexity of the juridical-constitutional phenomenon, as well as those skills that can allow him to continue studying in a mostly self-directed or autonomous way and to achieved learning skills suitable for continuation of 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 mainly take place through lectures in which the active and critical participation of students will be stimulated, especially with classroom discussion, following the illustration of the individual institutes.

Innovative teaching methods

The face-to-face teaching mode will be enriched with in-depth, individual and group discussions that students will carry out using the University's Moodle platform.

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

1 ) A. Barbera, C. Fusaro, Corso di diritto pubblico, Bologna, Il Mulino, ult. ed (sono esclusi i capitoli IV, XIII e XVI).

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

Assessment

Oral test, because it's  more adequate to verify the knowledge of the subject.

The expected learning results will be evaluated by means of an oral exam, based on three questions or more. The evaluation criteria and the scale of marks are as follows:

less than 18/30: competence level insufficient. The student doesn’t reach the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.

18-20: competence level sufficient. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.

21-23: competence level satisfactory. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding” and in “applied knowledge and understanding”.

24-26: competence level good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding” and “making judgments”.

27-29: competence level very good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments” and “communication skills”.

30-30 with honours: competence level excellent. The student fully attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments” and “learning skills”.

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

1 ) A. Barbera, C. Fusaro, Corso di diritto pubblico, Bologna, Il Mulino, ult. ed (sono esclusi i capitoli IV, XIII e XVI).

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

Assessment

Oral test, because it's  more adequate to verify the knowledge of the subject.

The expected learning results will be evaluated by means of an oral exam, based on three questions or more. The evaluation criteria and the scale of marks are as follows:

less than 18/30: competence level insufficient. The student doesn’t reach the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.

18-20: competence level sufficient. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.

21-23: competence level satisfactory. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding” and in “applied knowledge and understanding”.

24-26: competence level good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding” and “making judgments”.

27-29: competence level very good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments” and “communication skills”.

30-30 with honours: competence level excellent. The student fully attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments” and “learning skills”.

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.