Comparative Public Law
A.Y. 2022/2023
Learning objectives
The course - while simultaneously taking into consideration the interaction between constitutional law and transnational law - introduces the students to the comparative method with the aim to develop an understanding of the forms of state, forms of government and processes of decentralization in the main extra-European countries. In order to achieve these learning objectives: a) we will provide tools for learning the comparative method; b) we will identify the peculiarities of the interaction between constitutional and transnational law and consequentially: c) we will analyze in a comparative perspective the political and constitutional systems of the main extra-European countries and their recent constitutional reforms, also taking into consideration the states of emergency introduced in some of them in response to the coronavirus crisis.
Expected learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students are expected to: have understood the fundamentals of the comparative method; have learned about the differences and similarities between the constitutional systems of the main extra-European states and the interaction between their constitutional orders and transnational law; have acquired through the analysis, discussion and presentation of case studies a good capacity for critical analysis and communication issues of public comparative law; are able to apply the comparative method to new case studies that concern the extra-European state institutions, also with the aim of verifying the impact of their political institutional changes on international relations.
Lesson period: First trimester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
First trimester
In case of a sanitary emergency, the course will be taught according to the decrees adopted by the academic authorities.
Course syllabus
Attending students:
First module:
Comparative Public Law in the age of globalization and its crisis. What is a Constitution? Constitutional amendments and Constitutional courts.
Second module
Classification of forms of State and forms of Government. Relations between center and periphery: federal States, regional States, and devolution processes. Constitutionalism and secession.
Not attending students:
First module:
Comparative Public Law in the age of globalization. What is a Constitution? Constitutional amendments and Constitutional courts.
Second module
Classification of forms of State and forms of Government. Relations between center and periphery: federal States, regional States, and devolution processes. Constitutionalism and secession,
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First module:
Comparative Public Law in the age of globalization and its crisis. What is a Constitution? Constitutional amendments and Constitutional courts.
Second module
Classification of forms of State and forms of Government. Relations between center and periphery: federal States, regional States, and devolution processes. Constitutionalism and secession.
Not attending students:
First module:
Comparative Public Law in the age of globalization. What is a Constitution? Constitutional amendments and Constitutional courts.
Second module
Classification of forms of State and forms of Government. Relations between center and periphery: federal States, regional States, and devolution processes. Constitutionalism and secession,
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Prerequisites for admission
Public Law or Constitutional Law
Teaching methods
The course consists of frontal lessons to provide the basic knowledge of comparative method, the fundamental categories of comparative law, and the proper legal terminology as well as in the active involvement of students. For this purpose, at the end of the second module, the "flipped class" method will also be applied since attending students will be asked to analyze case studies concerning relevant constitutional issues from a comparative perspective.
It will be also used the ariel platform: https://cfilippinidpc.ariel.ctu.unimi.it/v5/Home/
It will be also used the ariel platform: https://cfilippinidpc.ariel.ctu.unimi.it/v5/Home/
Teaching Resources
Attending students:
First Module:
- G. Morbidelli, M. Volpi, G. Cerrina Feroni, Diritto costituzionale comparato, G. Giappichelli Editore, Torino, 2020, pp. 1-148; 427-463
Second Module:
- G. Morbidelli, M. Volpi, G. Cerrina Feroni, Diritto costituzionale comparato, G. Giappichelli Editore, Torino, 2020, pp. 151-335 and documents uploaded in Ariel.
Not attending students:
First Module:
- G. Morbidelli, M. Volpi, G. Cerrina Feroni, Diritto costituzionale comparato, G. Giappichelli Editore, Torino, 2020, pp. 1-148; 427-463
Second Module:
- G. Morbidelli, M. Volpi, G. Cerrina Feroni, Diritto costituzionale comparato, G. Giappichelli Editore, Torino, 2020, pp. 151-335 and AA. VV., Le trasformazioni costituzionali del secondo millennio, Maggioli editore, 2016.
First Module:
- G. Morbidelli, M. Volpi, G. Cerrina Feroni, Diritto costituzionale comparato, G. Giappichelli Editore, Torino, 2020, pp. 1-148; 427-463
Second Module:
- G. Morbidelli, M. Volpi, G. Cerrina Feroni, Diritto costituzionale comparato, G. Giappichelli Editore, Torino, 2020, pp. 151-335 and documents uploaded in Ariel.
Not attending students:
First Module:
- G. Morbidelli, M. Volpi, G. Cerrina Feroni, Diritto costituzionale comparato, G. Giappichelli Editore, Torino, 2020, pp. 1-148; 427-463
Second Module:
- G. Morbidelli, M. Volpi, G. Cerrina Feroni, Diritto costituzionale comparato, G. Giappichelli Editore, Torino, 2020, pp. 151-335 and AA. VV., Le trasformazioni costituzionali del secondo millennio, Maggioli editore, 2016.
Assessment methods and Criteria
Attending students.
For students attending the course, there is the possibility of carrying out an optional intermediate written test consisting of three questions concerning the first module. The grade obtained in the intermediate written exam will be averaged with the grade obtained in the final oral exam which will consist of other two questions related to the second module.
For attending students, who didn't take the intermediate written test, or refused the grade of the same, the final examination is oral and consists of six questions (three related to the first module and three to the second module). All attending students may also write short papers concerning current constitutional issues agreed with the Professor. Written reports - which must be sent to the same Professor at least 3 days before the final exam and discussed during the latter - may be awarded from 1 to 2 points.
Not attending students:
For not attending students the final examination is oral and consists of six questions (three related to the first module, three concerning the second module).
The exams are aimed to verify that attending and not attending students can properly apply the knowledge, the methodology, the skills, and the legal terminology acquired during the course.
For students attending the course, there is the possibility of carrying out an optional intermediate written test consisting of three questions concerning the first module. The grade obtained in the intermediate written exam will be averaged with the grade obtained in the final oral exam which will consist of other two questions related to the second module.
For attending students, who didn't take the intermediate written test, or refused the grade of the same, the final examination is oral and consists of six questions (three related to the first module and three to the second module). All attending students may also write short papers concerning current constitutional issues agreed with the Professor. Written reports - which must be sent to the same Professor at least 3 days before the final exam and discussed during the latter - may be awarded from 1 to 2 points.
Not attending students:
For not attending students the final examination is oral and consists of six questions (three related to the first module, three concerning the second module).
The exams are aimed to verify that attending and not attending students can properly apply the knowledge, the methodology, the skills, and the legal terminology acquired during the course.
IUS/21 - COMPARATIVE PUBLIC LAW - University credits: 6
Lessons: 40 hours
Professor:
Filippini Caterina
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Reception:
Room 6