2. Professors
  3. LAMBERTI ARMANDO
  4. Teaching

INSTITUTIONS OF PUBLIC LAW

ARMANDO LAMBERTI INSTITUTIONS OF PUBLIC LAW

0160100075
DEPARTMENT OF LAW
EQF7
LAW
2024/2025

YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2012
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
872LESSONS
ARMANDO LAMBERTI T Curriculum
ExamDate
ISTITUZIONI DI DIRITTO PUBBLICO17/06/2025 - 09:30
ISTITUZIONI DI DIRITTO PUBBLICO03/07/2025 - 09:30
ISTITUZIONI DI DIRITTO PUBBLICO17/07/2025 - 09:30
ISTITUZIONI DI DIRITTO PUBBLICO12/09/2025 - 09:30
Objectives
GENERAL OBJECTIVE: THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE THE STUDENT WITH THE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF PUBLIC LAW FROM AN INSTITUTIONAL, REGULATORY AND JURISPRUDENTIAL PERSPECTIVE AND TENDS TO CONTRIBUTE TO A FORMATION THAT ALLOWS THEM TO STUDY OTHER COURSES.
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: THE STUDENT WILL ACQUIRE BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF PUBLIC LAW AND THE SYSTEM OF REGULATORY SOURCES AND CONSTITUTIONAL BODIES, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE SYSTEMATIC STRUCTURE OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE MAIN CONSTITUTIONAL SOURCES. THE STUDENT WILL ALSO ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE ON TOPICS SUBJECT TO SPECIFIC IN-DEPTH STUDY (CONSTITUTIONAL PROFILES OF THE HEALTH EMERGENCY, CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT, CONSTITUTIONAL STATUS OF FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND "DIGITAL CONSTITUTIONALISM", INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS).
ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: THANKS TO THE KNOWLEDGE PROVIDED, THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO DEVELOP THEIR CRITICAL AND ARGUMENTATIVE SKILLS, NECESSARY TO ACQUIRE THE SPECIFIC PROFESSIONALISM OF A SCHOLAR AND/OR PRACTITIONER OF LAW. IN PARTICULAR, THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO READ, UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET THE CONSTITUTION AND THE IMPLEMENTING RULES, ALSO IN LIGHT OF POLITICAL-LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY, AS WELL AS TO EXAMINE THE JURISPRUDENCE OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT.
MAKING JUDGEMENTS: THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET A LEGAL NORM AND TO MASTER A METHOD OF READING AND ANALYZING ORDINARY LEGISLATION AND CONSTITUTIONAL JURISPRUDENCE. FURTHERMORE, THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO MASTER THE THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL TOOLS TO LEARN TO CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE FOUNDATION AND STRUCTURE OF THE REPUBLIC AND THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG THE CONSTITUTIONAL BODIES, AMONG THE STATE, REGIONS AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES, BETWEEN INSTITUTIONS AND ADMINISTERED CITIZENS.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS: THE STUDENT WILL ACQUIRE AN EXPOSITORY ABILITY OF THE SUBJECT CHARACTERIZED BY CLARITY, OWNERSHIP OF LEGAL LANGUAGE AND PUNCTUALITY IN REGULATORY AND JURISPRUDENTIAL REFERENCES.
LEARNING ABILITY: THE STUDENT WILL ACQUIRE A METHOD OF STUDYING THE SUBJECT THAT ALLOWS THEM TO IDENTIFY, EXAMINE AND INTERPRET BASIC KNOWLEDGE, LEGISLATION AND CONSTITUTIONAL JURISPRUDENCE AND THEN BE ABLE TO APPLY THEM TO OTHER COURSES.
Prerequisites
KNOWLEDGE OF THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE; BASIC HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE AND IN PARTICULAR OF THE HISTORY OF REPUBLICAN ITALY.
Contents
THE PROGRAM IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS.
GENERAL PART: 1. OBJECT AND FUNCTION OF PUBLIC LAW. 2. THE CONCEPT OF LEGAL SYSTEM AND THE PLURALITY OF LEGAL SYSTEMS. 3. THE SOURCES OF LAW AND THE PRINCIPLES THAT REGULATE THEIR RELATIONSHIPS. 4. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE: CONCEPT, TYPOLOGY, MODIFICATIONS. THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES AND VALUES, 5. THE ITALIAN STATE AND ITS CONSTITUTIONAL ORGANIZATION 6. THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE PERSON. 7. TERRITORIAL AUTONOMIES. THE REFORM OF TITLE V AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS. THE PRINCIPLE OF SUBSIDIARITY. 8. INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES.

SPECIFIC TOPICS FOR FURTHER STUDY:
1) PANDEMIC AND CONSTITUTION: EMERGENCY AND SYSTEM OF SOURCES OF LAW; EMERGENCY AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, PROTECTION OF VULNERABLE SUBJECTS;
2) FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION OF THOUGHT AND DEMOCRACY; IT FREEDOM AND RIGHT OF ACCESS TO THE INTERNET; DIGITAL PLATFORMS AND PRIVATE POWERS; DIGITAL CONSTITUTIONALISM;
3) ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND THE CONSTITUTION: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW N. 1 OF 2022; INTEREST OF FUTURE GENERATIONS; ECOLOGICAL TRANSITION AND FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE; ETHICAL PROFILES;
4) DYNAMICS OF THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT, CRISIS OF THE POLITICAL SYSTEM, INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS.
Teaching Methods
THE COURSE IS DIVIDED INTO 72 HOURS OF FRONTAL AND DIALOGUE LESSONS, WHICH WILL ALSO TAKE PLACE WITH THE AID OF IT TOOLS. FURTHERMORE, EXERCISES AND TUTORING ACTIVITIES ARE PLANNED. AS PART OF THE COURSE, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES, SEMINARS AND OTHER IN-DEPTH MOMENTS ON SPECIFIC TOPICS WILL BE ORGANISED, ALSO WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF EXTERNAL SPEAKERS. ATTENDANCE AT THE COURSE IS RECOMMENDED. STUDENTS WHO CANNOT ATTEND THE COURSE WILL, HOWEVER, BE ABLE TO FOLLOW THE TUTORING ACTIVITIES. LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION IS ITALIAN.
Verification of learning
THERE WILL BE A FINAL ORAL EXAM WHICH WILL BE ASSESSED TAKING INTO ACCOUNT KNOWLEDGE OF THE ENTIRE SUBJECT AND OF THE CONSTITUTION, AS WELL AS PRESENTATION ABILITY (CLARITY, OWNERSHIP OF LEGAL LANGUAGE AND PUNCTUALITY IN REGULATORY AND JURISPRUDENTIAL REFERENCES). THE VERIFICATION ACTIVITY WILL CONCERN IN PARTICULAR:
1) AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT: THE COURSE TENDS, FIRST OF ALL, TO PROVIDE THE THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL TOOLS TO LEARN TO CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE FOUNDATION AND STRUCTURE OF THE STATE AND THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE CONSTITUTIONAL BODIES; BETWEEN CENTRAL STATE AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES; BETWEEN INSTITUTIONS AND ADMINISTERED CITIZENS. SECONDLY, IT IS AIMED AT ADOPTING A METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING THE LEGISLATION IMPLEMENTING THE CONSTITUTION AND COMMUNITY RULES, AS WELL AS THE TOOLS FOR UNDERSTANDING THE AUTONOMOUS TERRITORIAL BODIES. 2) COMMUNICATION SKILLS ACQUISITION OF AN EXPOSITORY ABILITY ON THE SUBJECT CHARACTERIZED BY CLARITY, OWNERSHIP OF LEGAL LANGUAGE AND PUNCTUALITY IN REGULATORY AND JURISPRUDENTIAL REFERENCES.
3) LEARNING ABILITY, ACQUISITION OF A METHOD OF STUDYING THE SUBJECT THAT ALLOWS YOU TO IDENTIFY, EXAMINE AND INTERPRET BASIC KNOWLEDGE, LEGISLATION AND CONSTITUTIONAL JURISPRUDENCE AND THEN BE ABLE TO APPLY THEM TO OTHER COURSES.
EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR THE ORAL EXAM WILL BE:
- ABILITY TO COLLECT AND CRITICALLY INTERPRET COMPLEX DATA AND INFORMATION IN THE SPECIFIC FIELD OF THE ITALIAN CONSTITUTIONAL REALITY, WITH THE RESPECTIVE EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCES;
- ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE INFORMATION, IDEAS, PROBLEMS, INTERPRETATIONS AND SOLUTIONS IN THE SPECIFIC DISCIPLINARY FIELD TO AN AUDIENCE OF NON-SPECIALISTS WITH GOOD LANGUAGE SKILLS AND GOOD ARTICULATION OF THOUGHT;
- ACQUISITION OF THE REFERENCES, TOOLS AND LEARNING ABILITY NECESSARY TO FURTHER ENRICH SKILLS IN THE PROTECTION OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND RULES AND TO APPLY THESE SKILLS ALSO TO OTHER COURSES OF THE STUDY COURSE.
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO PRESENT SHORT PAPERS ON SPECIFIC IN-DEPTH TOPICS, PREVIOUSLY AGREED WITH THE TEACHER, THE RESULTS OF WHICH WILL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IN THE FINAL GRADE.
Texts
FOR THE "GENERAL PART", ONE BOOK, AMONG THE FOLLOWING:
A. BARBERA, C. FUSARO, CORSO DI DIRITTO PUBBLICO, IL MULINO, BOLOGNA, 2022.
R. BIN, G. PITRUZZELLA, DIRITTO PUBBLICO, GIAPPICHELLI, TORINO, 2023.
P. CARETTI, U. DE SIERVO, DIRITTO COSTITUZIONALE E PUBBLICO, GIAPPICHELLI, TORINO, 2023.
E. DE MARCO, P. BILANCIA (A CURA DI), L’ORDINAMENTO DELLA REPUBBLICA. ISTITUZIONI E SOCIETÀ, CEDAM, PADOVA, 2021.
F. MODUGNO (A CURA DI), DIRITTO PUBBLICO, GIAPPICHELLI, TORINO, 2021.
C. ROSSANO, MANUALE DI DIRITTO PUBBLICO, JOVENE, NAPOLI, 2020.

FOR THE SPECIFIC TOPICS:
1)A. LAMBERTI, EMERGENZA SANITARIA, COSTITUZIONE, SOGGETTI DEBOLI: VECCHI E NUOVI DIRITTI ALLA PROVA DELLA PANDEMIA, IN FEDERALISMI.IT, 6/2022, PP. 159-239;
2)A. LAMBERTI, LIBERTÀ DI INFORMAZIONE E DEMOCRAZIA AI TEMPI DELLA SOCIETÀ DIGITALE: PROBLEMI E PROSPETTIVE, IN CONSULTA ONLINE, 2/2022, PP. 749-782;
3)A. LAMBERTI, LIBERTÀ DI INFORMAZIONE, POTERI PRIVATI E TUTELA DEI DATI PERSONALI NELL’ERA DIGITALE, IN DIRITTIFONDAMENTALI.IT, 3/2023, PP. 22-49;
4)A. LAMBERTI, AMBIENTE, SOSTENIBILITÀ E PRINCIPI COSTITUZIONALI: QUESTIONI APERTE E PROSPETTIVE ALLA LUCE DELLA LEGGE COST. 1/2022, IN NOMOS, 3/2022, PP. 1-24;
5)A. LAMBERTI, TUTELA DELL’AMBIENTE E COSTITUZIONE. IL MAGISTERO DI PAPA FRANCESCO E L’IMPEGNO ETICO DEL GIURISTA, PARTE I E PARTE II, IN DIRITTIFONDAMENTALI.IT, 2/2023 (RISPETTIVAMENTE PP. 137-165 E PP. 209-232);
6)A. LAMBERTI, FORMA DI GOVERNO E CRISI DEL SISTEMA POLITICO TRA RIFORME A COSTITUZIONE INVARIATA E RAZIONALIZZAZIONE DEL PARLAMENTARISMO, IN FEDERALISMI.IT, PAPER, 7 GIUGNO 2023, PP. 1-8.

IT IS RECOMMENDED THE CONSULTATION OF:
M. BASSANI, G. BOTTINO, M. DELLA TORRE, V. ITALIA, G. RUGGERI, A. ZUCCHETTI, LEGGI FONDAMENTALI DEL DIRITTO PUBBLICO E COSTITUZIONALE, GIUFFRÈ, MILANO, 2023.

THE PROFESSOR WILL DISTRIBUTE DIDACTIC MATERIAL TO THE STUDENTS WHO FOLLOW THE COURSE.


More Information
STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO KNOW THE ITALIAN CONSTITUTION AND THE UPDATED LEGISLATIVE TEXTS BASED ON THE INDICATIONS THAT WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE PROFESSOR DURING THE LESSONS.


FOR COMMUNICATIONS:
PROF. ARMANDO LAMBERTI
ARLAMBERTI@UNISA.IT, ARMANDO.LAMBERTI@LIBERO.IT
089.962370 – 3387699243
Lessons Timetable

  BETA VERSION Data source ESSE3 [Ultima Sincronizzazione: 2025-06-03]