Complementary Course: "the Forms of Government: Archetypes"

Aim of the course is to consolidate students' knowledge around a central theme in the study of constitutional law, such as the form of government. The students, in particular, after analyzing the different classifications made in the subject, will deepen the different organizational models of the division of powers typical of the liberal state form and its democratic-social evolution. They will study in particular the forms of the pure constitutional monarchy, the parliamentary government, the presidential and semi-presidential government and the directorial system.
At the end of the course students will improve their knowledge of the concepts learned in the basic constitutional law courses and will gain a basic knowledge of other western constitutional systems.

- students shall know the main classifications made about the concept of form of state and form of government;
- students shall know significant aspects related to constitutional models belonging to the Western legal tradition;
- students shall know characteristic elements of the Italian form of government;
- students shall know extra-legal variables, which influence the reality of individual models;
- students shall know the historical evolution of the different models of government;
- students will be able to identify historical and evolutionary profiles of constitutional law and will be able to create connections between the different models (also existing in the past);
- students shall acquire good argumentative skills on the topics studied in the module;
- students shall be able to express notions correctly, using the appropriate terminology;
- students shall be able to make accurate judgments on the topics studied;
- students shall acquire good individual study skills necessary for the continuation of public law studies.