PHILOSOPHY OF LAW
cod. 00385

Academic year 2024/25
4° year of course - First semester
Professor
Persio TINCANI
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
in ITALIAN

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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Contacts

Toll-free number

800 904 084

Student registry office

E. segreteria.giurisprudenza@unipr.it

Quality assurance office

Education manager:
Mrs Anna Maria Roseto
T. +39 0521 904130
Office E. giurisp.didattica@unipr
Manager E. annamaria.roseto@unipr

President of the degree course

Prof. Luca Ghidoni
E. luca.ghidoni@unipr.it 

Faculty advisor

Prof. Marco Gardini
E. marco.gardini@unipr.it

Career guidance delegate

Prof. Francesco Mazzacuva
E. francesco.mazzacuva@unipr.it

Erasmus delegates

Prof.ssa Malaika Bianchi
E. malaika.bianchi@unipr.it
 

Quality assurance manager

Prof. Andrea Errera
E. andrea.errera@unipr.it 

Tutor students

link: Tutor for students