Learning objectives
The course is about the paradigm of equality and about the different meanings it takes on in multicultural societies.
During the academic year 2021-2022, the course will focus about the concept of parity democracy, about the gender equality (and the gender gap) and about the interdisciplinary analysis of the status of women in today's society.
This with the aim to provide students with the knowledge of the fundamental elements and the main problems related to gender diversity.
At the end of the course, the students will achieve:
- the knowledge of the categories of the equality principle, as implemented over time by the Legislator;
- the knowledge of the normative and jurisprudential context about the principle of gender equality in different areas;
- the ability to understand and comment laws and judgments concerning the topics of the course and the ability of critical analysis of the political and legal debate on gender equity;
- the ability to apply the knowledge acquired to concrete cases and to support one's thesis with appropriate language and arguments.
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
The aim of the Course is to reflect and to discuss about the paradigm of equality and its possible meanings that it has in contemporary democratic societies, starting from the historical and legal analysis of Article 3 of the Italian Constitution.
We intend to analyze the principle of non-discrimination specified in Article 3 of the Constitution, also at the lighit of the supranational and international legal and jurisprudential framework ; to examine its implementation by the Legislator and by national and European Judges, and the concept of parity democracy.
During the academic year 2021-2022, the course will focus on the gender equality principle, with the aim to understand how the gender enter into the legal and political debate and how it conditions the action of the
legislator over the time. In this type of analysis, we will try to follow a multidisciplinary (historical, legal and sociological) approach.
After having analyzed the genesis of the principle of gender equality , we will analyze the current trends of feminisms, the status of women in different fields as (family, work, politics); the status of the woman in the relationship with her body and in the management of motherhood (natural maternity, medically assisted or surrogate, voluntary interruption of pregnancy); the gender violence and, more generally, the status of the woman in the contemporary society.
For the a.a. 2022-2023, seminars will also be held on the subject of women's self-determination in the management of their own bodies, with specific focus on current topics, such as abortion , prostitution and surrogacy.
Full programme
The aim of the Course is to reflect and to discuss about the paradigm of equality and its possible meanings that it has in contemporary democratic societies, starting from the historical and legal analysis of Article 3 of the Italian Constitution.
We intend to analyze the principle of non-discrimination specified in Article 3 of the Constitution, also at the lighit of the supranational and international legal and jurisprudential framework ; to examine its implementation by the Legislator and by national and European Judges, and the concept of parity democracy.
During the academic year 2021-2022, the course will focus on the gender equality principle, with the aim to understand how the gender enter into the legal and political debate and how it conditions the action of the
legislator over the time. In this type of analysis, we will try to follow a multidisciplinary (historical, legal and sociological) approach.
After having analyzed the genesis of the principle of gender equality , we will analyze the current trends of feminisms, the status of women in different fields as (family, work, politics); the status of the woman in the relationship with her body and in the management of motherhood (natural maternity, medically assisted or surrogate, voluntary interruption of pregnancy); the gender violence and, more generally, the status of the woman in the contemporary society.
For the a.a. 2022-2023, seminars will also be held on the subject of women's self-determination in the management of their own bodies, with specific focus on current topics, such as abortion , prostitution and surrogacy.
Bibliography
A) For non-attending students:
M. D’Amico, Una parità ambigua. Costituzione e diritti delle donne, Raffaello Cortina Editore, 2020
B) For attending students:
M. D’Amico, Una parità ambigua. Costituzione e diritti delle donne, Raffaello Cortina Editore, 2020 ( esclusi capitoli 11,12;
- Other didactic material (essays, laws, judgments) about specific topics, that will be explained during the lessons or seminars, which will be uploaded to the Elly platform.
Teaching methods
The course will be divided into frontal lessons and seminars that will be carried out in presence.
Assessment methods and criteria
A) For non-attending students: the final oral examination will concern the entire program that is indicated. The communicative skills will assessed through the evaluatation of the student's ability to provide the exhaustive legal arguments, to use the appropriate legal language and to explain the meaning of the fundamental notions of the course.
B) For attending students: The final oral examination will concern the mentioned the book (except chapters 11,12) and the topic about which the student wrote. The communicative skills will assessed through the evaluatation of the student's ability to provide the exhaustive legal arguments, to use the appropriate legal language and to explain the meaning of the fundamental notions of the course.
The examination will be carried out in the presence of the students. In the event of a continuing health emergency, and depending on how the emergency evolves, the exam may be carried out either in mixed mode (i.e. in presence, but with the possibility of taking the exam also at a distance for students who request it to the Professor), or only online. Information on the chosen mode will be published on the SES3 system in time before the exam takes place.
Other information
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