Construction Law

A.Y. 2024/2025
6
Max ECTS
48
Overall hours
SSD
IUS/10
Language
Italian
Learning objectives
The course aims to:
· Provide students with an in-depth knowledge of the sources, legal principles, and key rules that characterize construction law.
· Stimulate the ability to analyze and evaluate relevant public policies in the construction sector and their impact on the territory.
· Teach students to distinguish between the various levels of urban planning provided by state law and describe their interaction with regional models.
· Examine the mechanisms that regulate building activity, as well as the legal treatment of violations in construction law.
· Deepen the legal role of urban regeneration and the regulations that govern it.
· Analyze the different stages of public works realization, from location and programming to land expropriation, design, contracting, and execution.
Expected learning outcomes
1. Knowledge and ability to understand
· It is expected that students demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental principles and key rules of construction law, with particular focus on urban planning, building activity, and public contracts.
2. Applied knowledge and understanding skills
· It is expected that students demonstrate the ability to apply acquired knowledge to analyze concrete problems in the construction field, using a professional and multidisciplinary approach.
3. Autonomy of judgement
· It is expected that students demonstrate the ability to formulate autonomous and critically reasoned evaluations on public policies related to construction.
4. Communication skills
· It is expected that students acquire the ability to communicate the key concepts of construction law clearly, as well as identify problems and propose solutions to both specialist and non-specialist interlocutors.
5. Learning skills
· It is expected that students have developed the ability to independently deepen developments in construction law, both in terms of regulatory changes and jurisprudence.
Single course

This course can be attended as a single course.

Course syllabus and organization

Single session

Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
· The concept of construction law
· Relevant public policies
· Urban planning: sources and principles
· General urban planning: directive planning, operational planning, implementation planning
· Special urban planning
· Expropriation for public utility
· The planning model in Lombardy
· Free building activities and control of building activities: building permits and CILA
· Building code violations
· Urban regeneration
· Public contracting: fundamental notions
· Stages of implementing public works
Prerequisites for admission
No preliminary knowledge is required.
Teaching methods
Attendance is highly recommended.

Lectures and possible presentations and discussions of case studies in class on particularly relevant topics.
Teaching Resources
The teaching materials consist of:
· A. Simonati (ed.), Diritto urbanistico e delle opere pubbliche, Giappichelli, 2024
· Additional materials prepared by the instructor and uploaded to the Ariel platform
Assessment methods and Criteria
Oral examination.

During the course, on dates to be announced during lectures, there will be two written exercises on the topics covered in lectures.

Individual and group project presentations may also be organized during the course.
IUS/10 - ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - University credits: 6
Lessons: 48 hours
Professor: Belviso Luca
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