law

Knowledge and understanding: The objective of the course is to provide students with an adequate understanding of parliamentary law and, more broadly, of the role of Parliament within the Italian system of government and the current constitutional organization of the Republic. In the first, institutional part of the course, the structure and functions of the Italian Parliament will be analyzed: sources of parliamentary law, parliamentary regulations and their evolution; characteristics of the Italian bicameral system; parliamentary electoral legislation and its developments; status of members of Parliament; the principle prohibiting imperative mandates; parliamentary functions, including legislative, oversight, and policy guidance roles; the confidence relationship, and the role of the parliamentary majority and opposition. In the second part of the course, also with comparative references, some issues concerning the role of Parliament within the Italian system of government will be explored, including its dynamics and potential connections with the evolution of the political-institutional framework, European integration, and the autonomous organization of the Italian Republic. Finally, prospects for reforming parliamentary organization and functions will be assessed. Applying knowledge and understanding: By the end of the course, students are expected to: * know and be able to describe the origins and evolution of the structure and organization of the Italian Parliament; * know and be able to describe the offices and internal bodies of the Chambers; * recall and be able to describe the legislative process; * know, recall, and be able to describe the relationship of Parliament with other constitutional bodies, beginning with the confidence relationship with the Government. Making judgments: By the conclusion of the course, students are expected to have developed a sufficiently independent capacity to critically evaluate the relationships among constitutional political direction bodies and between these bodies and the institutions of constitutional guarantees that characterize the Italian constitutional system. Communication skills: At the end of the course, students should be able to competently discuss and address the main institutions of parliamentary law and the functions of the Chambers within the current constitutional organization of the Republic. Learning skills: By the end of the course, students are expected to be able to continue studying parliamentary and constitutional law, demonstrating the knowledge acquired on all topics covered during the course and the ability to connect them logically and coherently.