Economics and Finance

MARCO BENVENUTI

Knowledge and understanding: the course aims to provide students with the tools that allow them to understand the fundamentals of the Italian public law, taking the Republican Constitution as an essential point of reference; since the teaching is aimed at students of an economics course, the theme of social rights will be object of particular attention during the lessons and for the purpose of the exam.
Applying knowledge and understanding: the course aims to provide students with the tools that allow them to read and understand in its fundamental elements a normative text, a judicial decision or an administrative measure, as well as to solve in its fundamental elements the legal issues underlying these acts.
Making judgements: The course aims to develop in students an autonomous judgment capability on the foundations of the Italian public law, in a historical, theoretical, critical and comparative perspective.
Communication skills: The course aims to develop in students the attitude to legal reasoning and the ability to argue on the foundations of the Italian public law.
Learning skills: The course aims to enable students to continue their studies and, in particular, to face the other courses of the disciplinary legal field thanks to the knowledge of the foundations of the Italian public law.

University-level knowledge of Institutions of public law.

No specific prerequisites required.

The course aims to provide students with the tools that allow them to understand, from a historical, theoretical, critical and comparative perspective, the foundations of Italian public law, taking the current Republican Constitution as a point of reference. As the course is intended for students of a degreee program in Econonics, the topic of social rights will be studied in depth during the lessons and for the purpose of preparing the exam.

Object of the lessons: 1. What is Public Law? - 2. The political Power and the State. - 3. Elements of Italian Constitutional History. - 4. The Legal Entities and the Subjective Legal Situations. - 5. The People, the Nationality and the Legal Status of Foreigners. - 6. The State and Other Legal Orders. - 7. Italy and the European Integration Process. - 8. The Forms of State and the Forms of Government. - 9. The Popular Participation. - 10. The Political Representation. - 11. The Republican Constitution and Its Fundamental Principles. - 12. The Constitutional Rights and Duties in General. - 13. The Civil Rights. - 14. The Political Rights. - 15. The Social Rights. - 16. The Economic Rights. - 17. The State and the Economy. - 18. The Italian Form of Government in General. - 19. The Electoral Systems. - 20. The Parliament. - 21. The Government. - 22. The President of the Republic. - 23. The Public Administration. - 24. The Regions and the Local Authorities. - 25. The Judiciary. - 26. The Constitutional Court. - 27. The Legislative Acts in General. - 28. The Constitution and the Legislative Acts of the Same Level. - 29. The Constitution, Its Amendments and Reform. - 30. The Law. - 31. The Legislative Acts of the Same Level of the Law. - 32. The Law Reserve and the Secondary Legislative Acts. - 33. The Legislative Acts of Other Legal Orders. - 34. The Legislative Acts of the Territorial Authorities. - 35. The Administrative Acts. - 36. The Protection Against the Public Administration.

For the purpose of the exam, students are expected to study a manual (general part), to be chosen among the followings, and the following book (special part).

General part:
1.1. R.Bin, G.Pitruzzella, Diritto pubblico, Giappichelli, latest edition;
or
1.2. C. Rossano, Manuale di diritto pubblico, Jovene, latest edition.

Special part:
2. M. Benvenuti, Diritti sociali, Utet, 2013.

Frontal teaching.

Frequency recommended, but not mandatory.

Oral exam