ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

Course objectives

The course aims to provide students with the necessary tools to achieve a degree of basic preparation on the most important principles and institutions of administrative law. More specifically, the course will provide knowledge about sources, subjective legal situations, administrative activity; the issues related to the organization of the public administration; the most relevant profiles of public procurement. These are contents that can provide students with useful knowledge to develop specific skills concerning national and european public administrations and the skills necessary to understand complex realities in order to apply this knowledge in the workplace. This course fits perfectly within the specific objectives of the course of Political Science and International Relations as it allows a thorough understanding and an adequate understanding of the main tools of the national and european administrative activity and organization. With the course the student will acquire the study and research methodology of administrative law and will be able to orientate himself between the principles, the general part and the special part, characterized by different national and European regulatory sources and not by a single code. This will allow student to develop the skills to communicate what he has learned in frontal lessons even in a working context or just to continue for further studies. Finally, the verification of the achievement of the knowledge and skills described will be carried out not only through the traditional final examination but also in the progressive monitoring of learning outcomes through an intermediate test.

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MARIA VITTORIA FERRONI Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
The course is divided in two modules of three credits. In the first module will be analyzed: the basic notions of administrative law; european and national principles and sources; subjective legal positions; administrative activity. The lessons of this module will be provided in the first month of the course. In the second module will be analyzed: administrative procedure; administrative acts; the organization of the public administration. The lessons of this module will be provided in the second month of the course.
Prerequisites
For the best study of administrative law it is recommended to have basic knowledge of public and private law
Books
Uno tra i seguenti manuali One of the following manuals Manuale di diritto amministrativo, il Mulino, 2024 (M. Clarich), Cap. II, III, IV, V, VIII, X Diritto amministrativo (a cura di A. Romano), Giappichelli 2023 (A. Cioffi, F. Costantino, F. De Leonardis, M.G. Della Scala, P. Lazzara, M.L. Maddalena, A. Romano, M.C. Romano, E. Scotti), Cap. II, III, IV, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV Manuale di diritto amministrativo, Giappichelli, 2023 (G. Della Cananea, M. Dugato, B. Marchetti, A. Police, M. Ramajoli). Cap. II, III, IV, V (fino a 242), VI, VII. I libri di testo consigliati sono tuttavia suscettibili di conferma e variazione ad un mese dall’inizio del corso. The recommended textbooks are however subject to confirmation and change on month before the start of the course.
Frequency
Attending the course is not compulsory to take the exam
Exam mode
The check will take place orally through four questions on the topics addressed in the program, in order to verify the acquisition by the students of notions and basic institutions of administrative law. In particular, knowledge of the subject, reasoning ability, the logic of argumentation and the learning of the teaching methodology will be evaluated. For attending students, it will be possible to hold an intermediate test whose program will be communicated during the lesson. This check will take place in oral form by two questions on the dates and according to the enrollment procedures that will be communicated during the lesson. In order to support the intermediate test, it is important to attend the majority of lessons, because during these sessions are exposed concepts without which the partial may be difficult
Lesson mode
The course will mainly take place through frontal lessons. In order to achieve the training objectives specified above and also to develop critical learning skills, moments dedicated to exercise will be provided.
  • Lesson code98096
  • Academic year2025/2026
  • CoursePolitical science and international relations
  • CurriculumSingle curriculum
  • Year3rd year
  • Semester2nd semester
  • SSDIUS/10
  • CFU6