Learning objectives
The course aims to provide students of engineering skills based on fundamental regulators profiles that characterize their technical training in order to consolidate the acquisition of a more solid professionalism.
Course unit content
The law, the individual and the State.
The legal system and the function of law. Legal rules and other rules. The subjects of the law.
Distinction between interests, rights, powers and obligations. The rule of law and the constitutional state. The principle of separation of powers.
The legal framework of the Republic.
The Italian Constitution. The European Union legal system. Political and institutional pluralism. The sources of law in force in Italy, their effectiveness and how they can be found. Parliament, the regional councils and the legislative function. The power of government and administration. The judiciary and its function.
The Constitutional Court. The judicial power: the ordinary courts and administrative jurisdiction. The administrative coutrs: the regional administrative courts and the Council of State. The Court of Auditors. The European Court and the European Court of Human Rights.
The organization of the political and administrative system.
The public administration. The powers and attributes of offices and organs. The distinction between public and private entities. The ministries. Public bodies. The state-owned companies. Independent authorities. The staff. Employees and the current framework of public management. The public and private property.
The administrative activity.
Activities of public law and private law activities. Principles. Functions and public services. The activities of state-owned enterprises. Public regulation of the markets. Discretionary activities and bound activities. The process, participation and the right of access.
The unilateral administrative measure. The main types of acts. The silence of the administration and its relevance. The certified signaling of start of operations. The conference of services. The agreements between the administrations and between the latter and private entities.
Defects and remedies.
Completion, effectiveness and validity of administrative acts. The validity and contents defects. The traditional categories on the vices of acts: violation of the law, incompetence and abuse of power. The remedies against faulty administrative acts. The administrative appeals and judicial protection
The activity of private law.
The contractual activity of public administrations. Public procurement. The concessions for works, goods and public services. The urban negotiated. The public procedures (open, restricted, negotiated). The competitive dialogue. The project financing.
Liability.
The civil and the liability for lawful acts. The civil liability of public administration. The tort.
The liability of officials and civil servants in the criminal, civil and administrative-accounting system. Other forms of liability: the disciplinary liability and the management.
The main types of company.
Bibliography
B. G. Mattarella, Lezioni di diritto amministrativo, Spaggiari, Parma, 2012
Teaching methods
The course will be supported by the development of specific seminars on issues of particular importance.
Assessment methods and criteria
The learning outcomes will be regularly monitored by exams and interactive workshops.
