Law | University of Parma

Professor
Academic discipline: Filosofia del diritto (IUS/20)
Field: Filosofico-giuridico
Type of training activity: Basic

36 hours
of face-to-face activities

6 credits

hub: PARMA

course unit
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Learning objectives

The aim of the course is to provide the students with the conceptual means and the knowledge of theoretical issues concerning legal reasoning and legal interpretation.

Prerequisites

The students must have passed Philosophy of Law.

Course unit content

Legal discourse and practical discourse. Argumentation, justification, foundation. Legal reasoning. Legal dogmatics. Interpretation, meaning, significance. Rules and principles. Theories of interpretation. The “exemplary significance” of legal hermeneutics. Goals of interpretation.

Full programme

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Bibliography

Attending students:
Texts analysed during the lessons.

Non attending students:
R. GUASTINI, L’interpretazione dei documenti normativi, Milano, Giuffré, 2004, pp. 1-297; N. MacCORMICK, Ragionamento giuridico e teoria del diritto, a cura di V. Villa, Torino, Giappichelli, 2001, pp. 1-306; F. VIOLA, G. ZACCARIA, Diritto e interpretazione. Lineamenti di teoria ermeneutica del diritto, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2004, capitoli 2,3,4, pp. 105-408.

Teaching methods

Oral lesson

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral Exam

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