Canon Law

· Getting a basic knowledge of the fundamental characteristics of religious laws and of the main institutes of the Canon Law, as well as of the relationships between religious systems and secular systems.
· Studying the nature of canon law in relations to others religious laws.
· Analysing and studying the Istitutional structure of the Catholic Church
· Adapting the know how in relation to the contexts studied, the legal institutions dealt with and the way in which they are related to the other existing systems, in particular those of the secular ones.

- Knowledge and comprehension. The student has to demonstrate that he has acquired a basic knowledge of the fundamental characteristics of religious laws and of the main institutes of the Canon Law, as well as of the relationships between religious systems and secular systems. A level of general culture and legal culture is required to understand the notions of Canon Law and to grasp, in particular, specificities and differences in religious systems compared to secular systems.
- Application abilities. The student has to demonstrate to be able to apply the concepts learned to the cases posed by the evolution of society in a multicultural and multireligious sense, also in an interdisciplinary key.
- Autonomy of judgment. The student has to acquire a conscious autonomy of judgment in the analysis of the concepts dealt with and in the identification of the solutions preferably applicable to individual cases.
- Communication skills. The student has to demonstrate that he is able to express the concepts acquired with argumentative coherence, systematic rigor and language properties.
- Ability to learn. The student has to demonstrate that he has acquired the ability to adapt his knowledge in relation to the contexts studied, the legal institutions dealt with and the way in which they are related to the other existing systems, in particular those of the secular ones.