The course aims to provide students with the essential elements for the comparative analysis of principles, rules, and constitutional institutions that characterize different state systems, highlighting the fundamental characteristics of various models and identifying both similarities and differential elements among them.
Course Prerequisites
No prerequisites
Teaching Methods
The lessons are seminar-style and are aimed at providing theoretical knowledge through the analysis of case law.
Assessment Methods
For attending students: Written assignment on a topic assigned during the lecture.
For non-attending students: Oral examination based on the specified manual.
Texts
For attending students: Lecture notes and readings assigned in class.
For non-attending students: "Atlante di diritto pubblico comparato," edited by G.F. Ferrari, Utes, Torino, latest available edition.
Contents
The course is divided into two modules: one on general aspects and one on specific topics. The first module covers the classification of legal systems, the genealogy and characteristics of contemporary constitutions, and the study of forms of state and forms of government in the modern era. The second module includes in-depth thematic analysis at a seminar level of some relevant and current topics in comparative public law, which vary from year to year.
