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BEATRICE SERRA

Give to the student juridical essential competences to both individual and collective religious freedom protection and about the activities of the religious confessions within the Italian law.

Knowledge of the legal discipline of the religious phenomenon.
Ability to identify, interpret and apply the related legal sources (legislative, jurisprudential, doctrinal).
Aptitude to grasp and critically evaluate the multiple and current social and juridical declinations of the religious dimension.

In order to be able to take the examination of Ecclesiastical Law it is necessary to have passed the examination of Institutions of Private Law and the examination of Institutions of Public Law.
It is essential to know the concepts of law, legal system, constitution and sources of law.

he course of ecclesiastical law aims to introduce students to the knowledge of the essential elements of the discipline of the religious factor in Italy. Main topics of the course are:
1) Religion and the organization of the civil power, 1st part of the course, about 6 hours.
2) The ordering of the State and the religious factor. The religious subjects and the public authorities, 1st part of the course, about 7 hours.
3) The Italian Constitution and the religious factor; 2nd part of the course, about 7 hours.
4) The State and minority religions; 2nd part of the course, about 7 hours.
5) The individual and collective religious freedom; 2nd part of the course, about 17 hours.
6) The Holy See and the Vatican State; 2nd part of the course, about 7 hours.
7) Religious organizations; 3rd part of the course, about 7 hours.
8) The means for religious activities or worship; 3rd part of the course, about 7 hours.
9) Legal effects of religious marriage. 3rd part of the course, about 7 hours.

General part : F. FINOCCHIARO, Diritto ecclesiastico edizione compatta, Zanichelli, Bologna, 2017, con esclusione della Sez. III del capitolo IX e degli interi capitoli X, XI.
In addition to the manual indicated above, for the study of the general part, for a summary view you can consult : B. Serra, Compendio di diritto ecclesiastico, DIKE giuridica editrice, Roma, ultima edizione
Special part : B. SERRA, Valetudo et religio. Radici e declinazioni di un rapporto indissolubile (coordinate preliminari), in Valetudo et religio: intersezioni fra diritto alla salute e fenomeno religioso, a cura di B. Serra, Giappichelli, Torino, 2020, pp. 4-56.

Lectures, seminars, exercises and case analysis aimed at allowing students a critical understanding of the fundamental lines of the subject and the main problems of the discipline of the religious phenomenon.

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Oral examination at the end of the course, aimed at verifying the critical knowledge of the main lines of the subject and the ability to understand the main problems of the discipline of the religious phenomenon.
The evaluation is expressed in /30.
The exam consists of a single test and is held orally.
To achieve the sufficiency (18/30) the student must demonstrate knowledge of the legal discipline of the religious phenomenon.
In order to achieve a higher evaluation, the student must also demonstrate that he has acquired the method of legal argumentation, expressing himself with an adequate and correct property of language and knowing how to identify and interpret the legal sources
The test is considered passed with full marks (30/30 cum laude) if the candidate demonstrates particular ability to deepen, independent judgment and the ability to critically grasp and evaluate the multiple and current social and juridical declinations of the religious dimension.

The right to religious freedom
The religious symbols
The principle of secularism
Artificial intelligence and freedom religion