PRINCIPLES OF PUBLC LAW

Course objectives

Knowledge and understanding: students will be able to understand the fundamentals of Italian public law, with the Republican Constitution as an essential point of reference. Applying knowledge and understanding: students will be able to read and understand a normative text, a judicial decision or an administrative measure in their fundamental elements, as well as to solve the legal issues underlying these acts in their essential elements. Making judgement: students will develop an autonomous judgment capability on the fundamentals of Italian public law, in a historical, theoretical, critical and comparative perspective. Communication skills: students will develop an attitude to legal reasoning and the ability to argue on the fundamentals of Italian public law. Learning skills: students will be able to continue their studies and, in particular, to face the other courses in the legal disciplinary field benefiting from the knowledge of the fundamentals of Italian public law.

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Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
1. What is public law? - 2. Political power and the State. - 3. Elements of Italian constitutional history. - 4. Legal entities and subjective legal situations. - 5. The people, citizenship and the legal status of foreigners. - 6. The State and other legal orders. - 7. Italy and the European integration process. - 8. Forms of State and forms of government. - 9. Popular participation. - 10. Political representation. - 11. The republican Constitution and its principles. - 12. Constitutional rights and duties in general. - 13. Civil rights. - 14. Political rights. - 15. Social rights. - 16. Economic rights. - 17. State and economy. - 18. The Italian form of government in general. - 19. 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 sources of law in general. - 28. The Constitution and the sources of law of the same level. - 29. The Constitution, its amendments and its reform. - 30. The State Law. - 31. The acts having the same level of the law. - 32. The law reserve and the secondary sources of law. - 33. The sources of law of other legal orders. - 34. The sources of law of territorial authorities. - 35. Administrative acts. - 36. Protection against the public administration.
Prerequisites
no need
Books
one of the following: 1 Barbera Fusaro Caruso, Corso di diritto pubblico, 2024 2. R. Bin, G. Pitruzzella, Istituzioni di diritto pubblico, Giappichelli, Torino, latest edition; Special part (one of three): 1. M. Benvenuti, Diritti sociali, Utet, 2013 2. S. Cassese La costituzione economica Laterza, ult. ed. 3. - O. Chessa, La costituzione della moneta, Jovene, 2016 pp. 1-91.
Teaching mode
compliant with University regulations
Frequency
not compulsory
Exam mode
oral exam participation (continuos assessment) presentation written essay
Lesson mode
oral exam
  • Lesson code1013718
  • Academic year2025/2026
  • CourseManagement and corporate law
  • CurriculumSingle curriculum
  • Year1st year
  • Semester1st semester
  • SSDIUS/09
  • CFU9