The Constitutional Law course  intends to provide students with the methodological and hermeneutic categories essential for the purposes of a systematic study of the forms of State and Government, the fundamental principles of the Republic, the sources of law and the overall Italian institutional organization. A part of the course will be dedicated to investigating the constitutional implications deriving from the pandemic emergency especially on the fundamental right and duties of the citizen.

1) The legal system, the rule; the Constitution.
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 relations with the internal legal system.
5) The European legal order: history of European integration; the EU institutions; the structural principles of the EU; relations with the Italian legal system.
6) The sources of Italian and European Union law.
7) Fundamental rights in the Republican Constitution and in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.
8) Popular sovereignty, the referendum and electoral systems.
9) The Parliament: history, composition and functions.
10) The President of the Republic: election and attributions.
11) The Government: organization and functions.
12) Regional systems: the origins, statutory, legislative, administrative and financial autonomy of the Regions.
13) The organization of local authorities: Municipalities, Provinces and Metropolitan Cities.
14) Constitutional principles inherent to public administrations

15) Constitutional principles relating to the jurisdictional power

16) The Constitutional Court

17) The constitutional implications of the pandemic emergency

Knowledge and Understanding: The student must demonstrate a good knowledge of the course topics as outlined in the syllabus; they must show an ability to understand the subject matter, both in terms of the laws and the main institutions related to Constitutional Law.

Applied Knowledge and Understanding: The student must demonstrate the ability to apply the rules of the constitutional order to concrete cases. They should be able to draft legal texts and documents in both judicial and extrajudicial contexts.

Judgment: The student must show a specific aptitude for applying the rules of the constitutional order, with particular reference to labor rights issues. They must be able to find, understand, and use internal and supranational legal sources, including through databases.

Communication Skills: The student will be able to clearly communicate their knowledge, express their considerations and conclusions, and participate in debates on case law presented by the instructor.

Learning Skills: The student must demonstrate the ability to understand the complexity of the legal-constitutional phenomenon and develop learning skills that allow for mostly autonomous study. They should have acquired learning abilities suitable for the 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 current Italian and European political-constitutional events will be promoted.

Innovative teaching methods

"The in-person teaching mode will be enriched with individual and group in-depth studies that students will carry out using the university's Moodle platform."

Attendance

Frequency to at least three quarters of the lessons. Knowledge and understanding of the Lisbon Treaty, the Fiscal Compact and the ESM Treaty.

Course books

1) A. Barbera - C. Fusaro, Corso di diritto costituzionale, Il Mulino, Bologna, ult. ed. (with the exclusion of chapter XVIII)

2) A. Cantaro, Postpandemia. Pensieri (meta)giuridici, Giappichelli, Torino, 2021.

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 costituzionale, Il Mulino, Bologna, ult. ed. (with the exclusion of chapter XVIII)

2) A. Cantaro, Postpandemia. Pensieri (meta)giuridici, Giappichelli, Torino, 2021

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.