Public Law

The course deals with the systematic study, with an adequate methodological, juridical approach, of the main concepts of contemporary constitutionalism and the fundamental institutions of - not only - Italian public law, with particular regard to: the legal phenomenon; the State and its constituent elements; the forms of State; the forms of government; the relationship between the state system and the other legal systems; the institutional system of the European Union and its impact on national law; the system of sources of law in the Italian legal system and its relations with the sources of the European Union; the general principles of the Italian constitutional order; the electoral body and the institutions of direct democracy; the Italian constitutional organization (Parliament, President of the Republic, Government); regionalism and the local government system; the constitutional principles relating to public administrations; freedoms and fundamental rights; the organization of the judiciary and constitutional justice. The course is divided in three parts. The first part of the course deals with the legal phenomenon; the State and its constituent elements; the forms of State; the forms of government; the system of sources of law in the Italian legal system and its relations with the sources of the European Union. The second part of the course deals with the relationship between the state system and the other legal systems; the institutional system of the European Union and its impact on national law; the electoral body and the institutions of direct democracy; the Italian constitutional organization (Parliament, President of the Republic, Government). The third part will deal with the general principles of the Italian constitutional order; the constitutional principles relating to public administrations; freedoms and fundamental rights; the organization of the judiciary and constitutional justice. The teaching method is mainly based on in-class lectures. However, during the course, students will be provided with the opportunity to carry out group works and to conduct researches on subjects connected to those studied in the course. This in order to develop opportunities for collaborative integration between students, and between the latter and the teachers.