Administrative, Political and Economic Sciences

The course analyzes the theoretical as well as legislative features of administrative law and will be divided in four parts: a) the first one is devoted to: the origin of administrative law, the sources and the reasons justifying the speciality of administrative law, the notion of administration, the plural models of administration, the main principles; b) the second one is focused on administrative system, including the organization, the civil servants, the public goods and the finance; c) the third part includes the administrative procedures, the administrative acts, the public contracts and the other activities affected by the public interest; d) the final part is reserved to the responsabilities of civil servants and administration as whole and to the remedies.

To better understand the Administrative Law subject, the preliminary study of Public Law and Private Law is recommended, even if these exams are not mandatory.

1) M. Clarich, "Manuale di diritto amministrativo", Bologna, il Mulino, 2022. The recommended textbooks are, however, subject to confirmation and change one month before the start of the course.

The attendance is voluntary and in-person.

The exams will be arranged through oral test at the end of the course. The oral proof devoted to the students attending the lectures is normally constituted by two questions aimed at verifying the ability to connect subjects with themes, which will be dealt with during the lectures and with case study. The oral proof devoted to the students who decide not to attend the lectures or to the students who do not do exams just after the conclusion of course is normally constituted by three questions. The questions aim to check the basic theoretical as well as practical knowledge of the main features of the administrative law, the organisation and the functioning of national administration. Particularly, it will be appreciated the ability of the students to connect the different subjects of the course.

The course is mainly based on classical academic lectures, even if students are also called up to wield some exercises and comments on news during the course. Moreover, students are asked to analyze some kinds of acts issued by the Italian administration.