ECCLESIASTIC LAW channel 1

Chair (Coordinator) and Rapporteur: BEATRICE SERRA

Objectives

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.

Learning outcomes

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, policies and juridical declinations of the religious dimension.

Prerequisites

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.

Programme

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.

Books

General part:
B. Serra, Compendio di diritto ecclesiastico, DIKE giuridica editrice, Roma, ultima edizione
Parte speciale:
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.
B. SERRA ( a cura di ), L'intelligenza artificiale tra diritto, etica e tecnologia: percorsi di ricerca, Giappichelli editore, Torino, 2026

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.
B. SERRA ( a cura di ), L'intelligenza artificiale tra diritto, etica e tecnologia: percorsi di ricerca, Giappichelli editore, Torino, 2026

Lessons mode

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.

Frequency

In person

Exam mode

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.

Example exam questions

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

Arguments

  • 4) l'art. 19 della Costituzione prima parte circa 10 ore

  • 5) l'art. 20 della Costituzione prima parte circa 5 ore

  • 6) Il principio di laicità seconda parte circa 10 ore

  • il matrimonio seconda parte circa 10 ore

  • 8) Gli enti ecclesiastici seconda parte circa 5 ore

Sustainability goals

  • Goal3
  • Goal4
  • Goal9
  • Academic year2026/2027
  • Degree program to which the course belongslaw
  • Lesson code1022646
  • Year and semester5th year - 2nd semester
  • Activity typeAffini e ambito di sede classe LMG/01
  • Academic areaAttività formative in ambiti disciplinari affini o integrativi a quelli di base e caratterizzanti, anche con riguardo alle culture di contesto e alla formazione interdisciplinare
  • SSDIUS/11
  • Mandatory presenceNo
  • Languageita
  • CFU9 CFU
  • Total duration72 hours
  • Hours distribution72 classroom hours