PHILOSOPHY OF LAW
cod. 00385

Academic year 2012/13
3° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Filosofia del diritto (IUS/20)
Field
Attività formative affini o integrative
Type of training activity
Related/supplementary
40 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
hub:
course unit
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Learning objectives

The course is intended to outline an introductory approach to the main problems of the philosophy of law andpolicy with particular attention to the issues of modern constitutionalism and also to those that have greather relevance in contemporary theorical debate.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

Among the topics covered are history and law, the roots of constitutionalism in the judicial review of the U. S. Supreme Court (John Marshall), the principles of the Italian Constitution, the position of the fondamental principles and their relationship with the other constitutional provisions, the separation of powers and the role of administrative law in political thought and the legal system of civil law, the rule of law and administrative law and jurisprudence of EU integration, the difficult balance between State and Market and the latest philosophical doctrines: from the critical legal studies to the economic analysis of law

Full programme

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Bibliography

Hasso Hoffmann. Introduzione alla filosofia del diritto e della politica, Laterza 2007; Carla Faralli, la Filosofia del diritto contemporanea, Laterza 2012; Fabio Merusi, La legalità amministrativa, il Mulino 2012

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral examination

Other information

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