Sociology

GIANLUCA MARIA CARMELO ESPOSITO

1. Knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should know the fundamental legal topics and categories in the fields of constitutional law and public law, among them in particular: the organization of the public powers, the system of government in the interaction between Government, Parliament and President of the Republic, also in the perspective of the integration between the legal system of the state and the legal order of the European Union. Students should also know the system of state and European legal sources, and the laws and acts making procedures, the principles underlying the public administration, the administrative procedure and the content of public administration proceedings. Moreover, a good level of knowledge on the issues and problems concerning the most relevant social phenomena, in their specific juridical - institutional reflection.
2. Applying knowledge and understanding: after having passed the exam students should be able to adequately orientate arguments and activities with regard to the functioning of the organs of the State and of the public administration, also through the interpretation of legislative, administrative and jurisdictional acts, with a particular propensity for some specific areas of the phenomenon as a projection and interface of the social phenomena, including those concerning the protection of social rights.
3. Critical faculties should be developed through the discussion and presentation of topics related to the course, both during the lectures, and through working groups, as well as through the interaction and discussion with the professor himself and with the course colleagues
4. Communications skills. The ability to communicate what was learned should be developed through group work on specific topics of in-depth study of the course, written reports on case law concerning notions explored, to be presented to the class and submitted for discussion with the professor and with the course mates.
5. Learning skills. The ability to continue studying the topics concerning the fundamental public law notions should be developed through a good understanding of normative texts and administrative documents, as well as of jurisprudential acts, in particular of the Italian Constitutional Court and of the Court of Justice of the EU