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Consititutional Law
REGGIO DI CALABRIA
Overview
Date/time interval
Syllabus
Course Objectives
Constitutional Law encompasses the grounds of the different branches of positive law and the issue of legit-imacy of society’s legal order. The course aims at assuring a comprehensive knowledge of Italian constitu-tional topics (rights and guarantees, checks and balances of powers, sources of law, multilevel government) in the EU legal frame.
Expected learning outcomes: accurate knowledge of the Italian Constitution, of the main sources of public law and government asset, with special regard to constitutional checks, regional and local governments and fundamental rights.
Course Prerequisites
good historical and geographical knowledge
Teaching Methods
The course is regularly held in form of lectures, seminars, talks and round tables with the participation of foreign experts. Sometimes, a practical “constitutional case-law” seminar is organized for volunteer students.
Assessment Methods
Oral examination.
Possible intermediate test
The evaluation is out of thirty: from 18/30 to 30/30 with honors, according to the following scheme:
30 - 30 cum laude: complete, in-depth and critical knowledge of the course topics, excellent language skills, complete and original interpretative ability, full ability to autonomously apply the knowledge acquired;
26 - 29: complete and in-depth knowledge of the course topics, good command of language, complete and effective ability to interpret and autonomously apply the knowledge acquired;
24 - 25: knowledge of the course topics with a good level of learning, good language skills, correct interpretative ability, ability to correctly apply most of the knowledge acquired;
21 - 23: adequate knowledge of the course topics, but lack of mastery of them, more than sufficient language skills, interpretative ability, limited ability to autonomously apply the knowledge acquired;
18 - 20: basic knowledge of the main topics, basic knowledge of technical language, sufficient interpretative ability, ability to apply the basic knowledge acquired;
Insufficient: insufficient knowledge of the course topics.
Texts
For students attending the course:
a) Institutional
Part:
- Professor’s lessons, seminars and
lectures.
- T. MARTINES, Diritto costituzionale, editio maior
edited by G. Silvestri, 16th ed., Milano Giuffré, 2022 (whole,
but the following pages are optional: PARTE I, Cap. I; Cap. II; Cap. III; Cap. IV; PARTE II, Cap. I, § 11, 22,
23, 24, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44; Cap. II, § 6; Cap. III, §§ 13, 14, 15; Cap.
IV, §§ 4, 5, 6, 8, 10; PARTE III, Cap. I, tutta la Sez. III , la Sez. V e
la sez. VI; Cap. II; Cap. III, §§ 1, 2, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 28, 29, 30, 31,
34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 .
b) Additional
Part:
- A. SPADARO, Non violenza e Costituzione.
Lezioni di "Dottrina dello Stato", Torino Giappichelli,
2024 (only pages 3-157
and 213-237).
For students not attending the
course:
a) Institutional
Part:
- T. MARTINES, Diritto costituzionale, editio maior
edited by G. Silvestri, 16th ed., Milano Giuffré, 2022 (whole,
but the following pages are optional: PARTE I, Cap. I; Cap. II, §§ 1, 19, 20, 21; Cap. IV; PARTE II, Cap. I, §
11, 14, 16, 17, 18; Cap. II, § 6; Cap. IV, §§ 5, 6, 8; PARTE III, Cap. III, §§
13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 28, 29).
b) Additional
Part:
-A.
SPADARO, Non violenza e Costituzione. Lezioni di "Dottrina dello
Stato", Torino Giappichelli, 2024 (the entire book,
except the Appendix).
Additional but entirely optional
readings for the most willing students:
- A. Spadaro, Contributo per una teoria della
Costituzione, vol. I, Fra democrazia relativista e assolutismo etico, Milano
Giuffré, 1994, ristampa 2016
- A. Spadaro, Dai diritti “individuali” ai doveri
“globali”. La giustizia distributiva internazionale nell’età della
globalizzazione, Soveria Mannelli (CZ) Rubbettino, 2005.
- A. Spadaro, Libertà di coscienza e laicità nello Stato
costituzionale (le radici “religiose” dello Stato “laico”), Torino Giappichelli
2008
- Aa.Vv., Lineamenti di Diritto costituzionale della
Regione Calabria, a cura di C. Salazar e A. Spadaro, Torino Giappichelli 2013
- Aa.Vv., Lineamenti di Diritto costituzionale della
Regione Calabria, a cura di C. Salazar e A. Spadaro, Torino Giappichelli 2013
- Aa.Vv., Metamorfosi della cittadinanza e diritti degli
stranieri, a cura di C. Panzera, A. Rauti, C. Salazar e A. Spadaro, Napoli ES
2016
- Aa.Vv., La Carta sociale europea fra universalità dei
diritti effettività delle tutele, a cura di C. Panzera, A. Rauti, C. Salazar e
A. Spadaro, Napoli ES 2016
- Aa.Vv., Crisi dello Stato costituzionale e involuzione
dei processi democratici, a cura di C. Panzera, A. Rauti, C. Salazar e A.
Spadaro, Napoli ES 2020
-A. Ruggeri -A. Spadaro, Lineamenti di giustizia
costituzionale, VII ed., Torino Giappichelli, 2022.
Contents
1. Brief notions of general theory of law. 2. State and Constitution. 3. Institutional frame of government. 4. Sources of law. 5. Public Administration. 6. Fundamental rights 7. Local government
More information
For any detailed information on the subject, the teacher, the course, etc., it is advisable to consult the website: www.unircost.com