Diritto costituzionale - ENG
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
Prof. Massimo Cavino
Course Code: E0254
Subject code: IUS 08
12 ECTS –
Location: Novara
Educational aims
This course examines the functions of constitutional italian institutions and the relationship between political power and the rights and freedoms of each person.
Content of the course
The course promotes better understanding of Italian public institutions and of the Constitutional framework in which they function.
In particular, It examines the structure of our government and focuses on the distribution of power among the public institutions, and the division of power between the central state and the regions.
The course will carefully consider the fundamental rights protected by the Italian constitution and the jurisdictional guarantees for rights.
Moreover, special attention will be given to the problem of European integration and to the analysis of the validity and effects of EU law in the Italian legal system.
Prerequisites
None.
Course Texts
M. Cavino - L. Conte, Il diritto pubblico e la sua economia, Maggioli, 2014 (II edizione riveduta e aggiornata) e M. Cavino, Lezioni di giustizia costituzionale francese, Editoriale scientifica, 2014.
Teaching methods
Frontal lectures
Examination
The exam is oral.