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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