Course Details

INTERCULTURAL LAW

GS0867

Course
INTERCULTURAL LAW
Code
GS0867
Academic Year
2024/2025
Curriculum Year
2022/2023
Degree Programme
POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES
Curriculum
A021 - Innovativo-interdisciplinare
Course coordinator
Lecturers
Credits
10
Lecture Hours
60
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
IUS/11 - Canon and Ecclesiastic Law
Course Type
Single-subject learning activity
Course Delivery
OBB - Obbligatoria
Year
3
Teaching period
Primo Semestre
Campus
ALESSANDRIA
Teaching language
Italian
Course Contents
Examine from the narrative profiles of case law the main problematic issues from a social-political perspective of plural societies
Reference Texts
For those not attending: Ilenia Ruggiu, Il giudice antropologo. Costituzione e tecniche di composizione dei conflitti multiculturali, Franco Angeli, Milano, 2019

For those attending the material for the exam will be indicated during the course
Learning Outcomes
Reflect on the values
(i) human dignity and human rights; (ii) cultural diversity; (ii) democracy; (iv) justice; (v) equity; (vi) equality
and the primacy of law.
Acquire knowledge and understanding of:
(i) self-criticism
(ii) criticism of
language and communication
(iv) criticism of the
world: politics, law, human rights, culture
and cultures, religions, history, media, economics,
environment, sustainable development
Prerequisites
none
Teaching Methods
1) Lectures supplemented by classroom discussion on material previously uploaded onto the DIR platform

2) Guest lecturers

3) Use of multimedia material
Additional Information
Si tiene conto delle esigenze degli studenti con bisogni educativi speciali (BES) o con disturbi specifici dell'apprendimento (DSA).
Assessment Methods
In the classroom through the degree of participation in the discussion of individual cases

at the examination through the assessment of acquired knowledge across Reaction paper
Detailed Syllabus
The course will follow a path/travel through stories marked by case law or historical/political events.
Each case will correspond to a key word around which the lesson will be built

1) Credibility. How to tell and how to listen to a story in order to obtain refugee status

2) Mediation. What techniques to adopt in a public space to ensure cultural and religious pluralism

3) Disguise. Whether or not it is right to hide or pretend to be something else. Is it integration or discrimination?

4) Teaching. What and how to teach in times of cultural pluralism

5) Land. Land as a factor of contention and conflict

6) Remoteness. Children, detachment and migration flows

7) Identity. The right to be oneself when one is a minority

Seminar part

Anti-discrimination law
Expected Learning Outcomes
1) Knowledge of the main issues of plural societies

2) Knowledge of the fundamentals of conflict mediation techniques in multicultural societies

3) Pedagogically have at least
perceived, even if not fully
assimilated, the transversal competences
necessary in plural societies
Last update:09-09-2026 00:14:31