PUBLIC LAW INSTITUTIONS

Angela IACOVINO PUBLIC LAW INSTITUTIONS

SC12100003
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCES
EQF6
POLITICAL AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SCIENCE
2025/2026



OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2025
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
960LESSONS


Objectives
GENERAL OBJECTIVE: THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH A BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE ITALIAN CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM AND THE FUNCTIONING OF ITS MAIN INSTITUTIONS, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO ITS SOURCES, STATE ORGANISATION, PROTECTION OF RIGHTS AND CONSTITUTIONAL JUSTICE.
KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND: THE STUDENT WILL REACH A GOOD LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE INSTITUTIONS AND DYNAMICS OF PUBLIC LAW ALSO IN THE LIGHT OF THE POLITICAL-INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATIONS UNDER WAY, BOTH NATIONALLY, SUPRANATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.
ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: THE STUDENT WILL DEVELOP SKILLS AIMED AT ELABORATING CRITICAL OBSERVATIONS AROUND THE LEGAL METHOD AND WILL INCREASE USEFUL CAPACITIES TO MOVE FROM THE ABSTRACTION OF THEORETICAL CONCEPTS TO THE CONCRETENESS OF INSTITUTIONS, BOTH THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE AND THE JURISPRUDENTIAL FORM.
AUTONOMY OF JUDGEMENT: THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO: ARGUE, ACCORDING TO LEGAL LOGIC, POSITIONS, EVEN PERSONAL ONES, REGARDING LEGAL INSTITUTIONS AND DYNAMICS, ESPECIALLY IF CURRENT; OBSERVE AND COMMENT ON EVENTS AND BEHAVIOUR OF INSTITUTIONS AND PUBLIC SUBJECTS; READ AND SUMMARISE THE MAIN PRONOUNCEMENTS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS: THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO: COMMUNICATE IN A CORRECT TECHNICAL-LEGAL LANGUAGE THE FUNDAMENTAL FEATURES OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS; REPRESENT AND COMMUNICATE, BY MEANS OF TEXTS OR VIRTUAL TOOLS, RESULTS OF OWN RESEARCH OR ELABORATIONS.
LEARNING ABILITIES: THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO: USE TRADITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHICAL TOOLS AND COMPUTER RESOURCES FOR ANALYSIS AND ARCHIVING; CARRY OUT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET COMPLEX TEXTS, OF A PUBLICISTIC OR LITERARY NATURE; PROCEED TO THE CONTINUOUS UPDATING OF HIS/HER OWN KNOWLEDGE, USING TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE.
Prerequisites
THE STUDY OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT ASKS FOR THE APPOINTMENT TO DEEPEN THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE ITALIAN HISTORY (FROM THE 1845) AND OF THE FACTS OF THE INSIDE AND EUROPEAN POLITICS.
Contents
THE TOPICS COVERED DURING THE LESSONS ARE: THE LEGAL PHENOMENON (2 HOURS); THE STATE AND ITS CONSTITUTE ELEMENTS (2 HOURS); FORMS OF STATE (4 HOURS); FORMS OF GOVERNMENT (4 HOURS); THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STATE LAW AND OTHER LAW (2 HOURS); THE INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (2 HOURS); THE SYSTEM OF SOURCES IN THE ITALIAN SYSTEM AND ITS RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE SOURCES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (10 HOURS); THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE ITALIAN CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM (4 HOURS); FREEDOMS AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS (4 HOURS); THE ELECTORAL BODY AND THE INSTITUTES OF DIRECT DEMOCRACY (4 HOURS); THE ITALIAN CONSTITUTIONAL ORGANIZATION (PARLIAMENT, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, GOVERNMENT) (10 HOURS); REGIONALISM AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT SYSTEM (4 HOURS); CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES RELATING TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONS (2 HOURS); CONSTITUTIONAL JUSTICE (6 HOURS).
Teaching Methods
THE COURSE WILL ALLOW THE STUDENTS TO DEVELOP A PROCESS OF ARTICULATED LEARNING IN MORE PHASES, ALL EQUALLY NECESSARY (FRONTAL LESSONS, DISPENSATIONS, TEXTS OF LAW, SENTENCES) THROUGH WHICH TO REACH A SUITABLE UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMPLEXITY OF THE JURIDICAL ARRANGEMENT.
Verification of learning
A TEST IS ANTICIPATED INTERVENED. THE FINAL TEST OF IT WILL ORALLY DEVELOP. THE FINAL JUDGMENT WILL BE BASED BOTH ON THE RESULT OF THE TEST INTERVENED, AND ON THE VERIFICATION OF THE LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING, OF KNOWLEDGE AND OF REASONING OF THE SUBJECT.
Texts
R. BIN, G. PITRUZZELLA, DIRITTO PUBBLICO. TORINO, GIAPPICHELLI, ULT. ED.;
A. BARBERA, C. FUSARO, CORSO DI DIRITTO PUBBLICO, BOLOGNA, IL MULINO, ULT. ED.
More Information
FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE EXAM IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED ALONGSIDE THE STUDY OF THE ITALIAN TEXT OF THE CONSTITUTION TO THE MANUAL OF PUBLIC LAW.
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Lessons Timetable

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