Learning objectives
Provide students with the theoretical and practical tools for understanding and using the sources of law
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
Introduction to Legal Interpretation. Theories and techniques of interpretation
Full programme
Interpretation and legal interpretation; interpretation in criminal law; constitutional interpretation; techniques of interpretation; schools and different approaches to legal interpretation; judicial interpretation and jurisprudential law; cognitivism and interpretative scepticism; rules and principles; balancing and weighing of principles
Bibliography
Tincani e Rossi (eds.), Il mosaico del diritto. Teorie e strumenti dell'interpretazione giuridica (Giappichelli, 2024)
ALTERNATIVELY:
Villa, Una teoria pragmaticamente orientata dell'interpretazione giuridica (Giappichelli, 2012)
Teaching methods
classroom lesson
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam
Other information
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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development
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