Digital Transition, Proceedings and Drafting of Public Administration Documents

The aims of the course are, on the one hand, to deepen the institutional framework of administrative procedures and administrative acts and, on the other hand, to study the modalities of drafting such acts, especially considering the impacts of the ongoing process of digitalisation for the public administration.
The course will therefore use two sets of learning and teaching methods. On the one hand, a complete cycle of lessons examines the essential aspects of the administrative activity, its historical origins, its concrete meaning though a combination of cases and examples and its digitalisation. On the other hand, a cycle of in class workshops will deepen, under a practical point of view, the topics previously examined.
The lectures require the student to develop the ability to listen, understand and critically analyse the subjects of the course. The workshops, on the other hand, require a personal effort in order to concretize the theoretical notions into practical simulation of the public administrations' activity.

At the end of the course, the students must demonstrate that they have acquired a thorough knowledge of the characteristics of the administrative acts and proceedings, also understanding the legal problems related to them, as well as the goals and reasons of the various legal tools at disposal of the public administrations. Furthermore, it is necessary to demonstrate the ability to apply the notions learned to concrete cases, drafting the different kinds of acts the public administrations can adopt to pursue the public interest (refusals of consent, sanctions, authorizations, etc.), also considering the ongoing process of digitalisation of the public bodies. Furthermore, the student should be able to formulate personal opinions with reference to the topics covered by the course, supporting them through logical and legal arguments. Finally, the student must demonstrate his ability to express the notions acquired with property of language, argumentative coherence and systematic rigor.