Course program
The course covers the analysis of the public law main issues.
General concepts; juridical system; constitutional law; Constitution and concept of
sources of law; methods for the resolution of antinomies, Constitutions
classifications; constitutional history; principles and limits of Constitution revision;
forms of State; systems of government.
Republic organization; Parliament: electoral system and electorate; bicameralism and
Parliament in joint session; internal organization of Parliament; the legislative
process and constitutional review process; referendum to repeal a law.
President of the Republic and Government: election and atttibutes of the President of the Republic; making,composition and crisis of Government; acts with the force of law; regulations.
Autonomies of the Republic; Regions and organisation; Regions and regional
sources; local autonomies; financial autonomy of the Regions and local authorities;
social autonomies.
Public administration: constitutional principles and organization; administrative procedure; agreements and simplification; administrative acts; public administration of economy; independent administrative authorities.
EU: European Constitution; EU institution; EU sources.
The freedoms: history and structure of the fundamental rights; guarantees; individual and collective freedoms; social rights; personal freedom; freedom of residence;
freedom of movement and residence; freedom of expression; freedom of religion;
freedom of meeting; freedom of association; parties and trade unions; social rights
(right to work and economic freedom).
Constitutional jurisdiction and common jurisdiction; control of constitutionality;
Constitutional Court and its composition; functions of the Constitutional Court; the types of decisions of the Constitutional Court; common jurisdiction; special jurisdiction.
Prerequisites
It is a first -year exam and requires no prerequisites or propaedeutics to take it
Books
Per la preparazione dell’esame lo studente è tenuto allo studio di:
A. PISANESCHI, Diritto Costituzionale, Giappichelli, Torino, ult. edizione.
E’ necessaria la consultazione della Costituzione e delle leggi fondamentali di diritto pubblico.
A tal fine si consiglia il volume edito da Giuffrè “Leggi Fondamentali del Diritto Pubblico e Costituzionale” ultima edizione
Frequency
Course attendance is optional. Students who intend to take the extemption are required to attend lessons.
Exam mode
The assessment consists of an oral test lasting about half an hour during which students will be asked questions relating to the different parts of the program.
Only for attending students it is possible (but not compulsory) to take an intermediate test (exemption) which will take place during the lessons on the dates that will be announced by the teacher during the lessons. The test, lasting about two hours, consists of four or five open-ended questions on specific parts of the program indicated in advance by the teacher.
Lesson mode
The Public Institutions course provides students with the necessary tools for the study, knowledge, understanding and development of the main topics of Italian public law.
