Course Details

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

EC0360

Course
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
Code
EC0360
Academic Year
2023/2024
Curriculum Year
2023/2024
Degree Programme
LAW
Curriculum
000 - GENERICO
Course coordinator
Credits
12
Lecture Hours
90
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
IUS/08 - Consititutional Law
Course Type
Single-subject learning activity
Course Delivery
OBB - Obbligatoria
Year
1
Teaching period
Annuale
Campus
NOVARA
Teaching language
Italian
Reference Texts
M. Cavino, L. Conte, Istituzioni di diritto pubblico, Maggioli, 2023
Teaching Methods
Face-to-face lessons
Additional Information
IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT:
Starting from 1st January 2023 the exams, according to art. 35 of the Regolamento di Ateneo the student is allowed to appear at the roll call no more than three times (it is the same for insufficient, absent or withdrawn). Exceeded the threshold there will be no more possibilities to register for the exam. The calculation is made on full and partial appeals of the solar year. It will be applied an automatic lock which cannot be removed.
Assessment Methods
Oral examination
Detailed Syllabus
CONSTITUTIONAL ORGANIZATION
1. The concept of State and the historical evolution of the forms of State.
2. Forms of State regarding the territorial organization.
3. The forms of governement. The Italian form of government.
4. The citizenship and the people. Right to vote and electoral systems.
5. The Parliament. Structure and status of the members of Parliament.
6. The Parliament. Functions. The State budget.
7. The Head of the State.
8. The Government. Process of formation and structure.
9. The Government. Political guidance, relations with Parliement and with the President of the Republic.
10. Jurisdiction and magistrature. Due process.
11. The regional State of the autonomies. Bodies of the regions and the regional form of government.
12. The local autonomies system.
13. EU integration process. EU governing bodies.
14. The ascending phase.
LE FONTI DEL DIRITTO.
15. Il sistema delle fonti del diritto. Ordinamento giuridico e sistema delle fonti.
16. Lacune e analogia. I criteri per la risoluzione delle antinomie
17. Le fonti costituzionali. La legge.
18. Gli atti aventi forza di legge del governo.
19. Il referendum abrogativo.
20. Le leggi regionali.
21. Il contratto collettivo di lavoro.
22. Il potere regolamentare. Il potere di ordinanza.
23. Le fonti del diritto dell’UE.
SOURCES OF LAW
24. Constituitional theory of liberty. Rights and duties.
25. The negative liberties. Art. 13 – 17.
26. The negative liberties. Art. 18 – 21.
27. The positive liberties. Education, health.
CONSTITUTIONAL JUSTICE
28. The concept of constitutional justice (also in the comparative perspective). The Italian Constitutional Court.
29. The incidental control of constitutionality.
30. The “in via principale” judgement.
31. The judgement between branches of State
32. The judgement of admissibility of the referendum. The judgement on the responsibility of the President of the Republic.
READINGS
33. Reading the principles judgements abiut end.of.the life questions.
34. Reading Dobbs vs. Jackson.
INSIGTHS ON REGIONAL LAW
35. The financial and administrative autonomy of the Regions.
36. The differentiated regionalism.
37. The LAC (Local Autonomies Council) CAL; the statutory guarantee bodies.
38. The connection between State and Regions; the conference system.
39. The Regions in the sovranational and international perspective.
SEMINAR
40. Attending a Constitutionl Law seminar.
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