Constitutional and Media Law

The main objective of the course is to provide students with the fundamental basis of constitutional law and information law. For this reason, the course is divided into four modules. In the first module, the attention is focused on the basic definitions of legal phenomenon, legal order, public law, Constitution; as well as on the fundamental principles of the Italian Constitution. The second module aims to provide students with the necessary knowledge of the constitutional organs, their functions and the procedures for the formation of legislative acts. The third module has as its specific object the judiciary power, the constitutional justice, the constitutional freedoms and the division of competences between the State, the Regions and local authorities. The fourth module has a monographic character and, this year, is dedicated to issues related to data protection and to the phenomenon of cyberbullying. The examination of the rules will take place starting from the text to help students to develop an independent reading ability. It will be accompanied by their technological, historical and social contextualization in order to strengthen the students' ability to make interdisciplinary connections between the subjects of the degree course.

At the end of the course the students should have acquired: knowledge and understanding of the fundamental legal concepts, the functioning of the constitutional bodies, the fundamental rights provided for in the Constitution and the division of competences between the State and territorial autonomies; autonomous ability to read the constitutional and legal rules; ability to understand the historical and social motivations that led to the current constitutional arrangements; ability to identify the most obvious critical issues related to technological progress and the social and political changes taking place. The final exam aims to ascertain the results achieved in terms of learning, acquisition of legal language as well as in terms of critical reasoning on the topics addressed.