ID:
EM49
Tipo Insegnamento:
Opzionale
Durata (ore):
48
CFU:
6
SSD:
DIRITTO PUBBLICO COMPARATO
Url:
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS/BASE Anno: 2
Anno:
2023
Dati Generali
Periodo di attività
Primo Semestre (11/09/2023 - 02/12/2023)
Syllabus
Obiettivi Formativi
The course aims at providing the students with the main instruments for the analysis of the global crisis affecting constitutional democracy and fundamental rights protection across the globe through a comparative legal method. The participants in the course will learn how to rethink traditional concepts of constitutionalism – such as democracy, rule of law, sovereignty – under a critical perspective.
They will be introduced to the main debates surrounding the research and the scholarship inquiry into this field.
The course will combine an institutional and conceptual map of this global crisis with an empirical scenario, according to which the crisis of constitutional democracy will be geographically map. The course aims to train the students to better understand the comparative constitutional dimensions of political and societal developments.
In particular, the course aims to allow the students to:
• understand the main legal problems and controversies characterizing democratic constitutionalism today;
• distill similarities and differences amongst constitutional crisis taking place in different scenarios
• improve their ability to engage in a critical analysis of basic concepts of public law
• be able to assess the pros and cons of the implementation and enforcement of the law in context, depending on the features of a specific legal system and in compliance with the supranational and the international constraints;
Instructors, in line with the educational goals connected to the Millennium Development Goals, will mainstream gender equality (also from an intersectional perspective) in the lectures. They will also underscore how the analyzed weaknesses of contemporary constitutional democracies affect minority groups and traditionally discriminated communities.
They will be introduced to the main debates surrounding the research and the scholarship inquiry into this field.
The course will combine an institutional and conceptual map of this global crisis with an empirical scenario, according to which the crisis of constitutional democracy will be geographically map. The course aims to train the students to better understand the comparative constitutional dimensions of political and societal developments.
In particular, the course aims to allow the students to:
• understand the main legal problems and controversies characterizing democratic constitutionalism today;
• distill similarities and differences amongst constitutional crisis taking place in different scenarios
• improve their ability to engage in a critical analysis of basic concepts of public law
• be able to assess the pros and cons of the implementation and enforcement of the law in context, depending on the features of a specific legal system and in compliance with the supranational and the international constraints;
Instructors, in line with the educational goals connected to the Millennium Development Goals, will mainstream gender equality (also from an intersectional perspective) in the lectures. They will also underscore how the analyzed weaknesses of contemporary constitutional democracies affect minority groups and traditionally discriminated communities.
Prerequisiti
Students are expected to be familiar with the basic concepts of Public Law and Comparative Constitutional Law.
Metodi didattici
Instructors will use enquiry-based methodologies to make the most of the active and research-oriented participation of the students as learning devices.
Online sessions will consist of frontal lectures followed by a Q&A with the students. The sessions on campus, instead, will be based on presentations concerning the specific geographical scenario of crisis. Depending on the number of students enrolled, each student or each group of students will prepare a presentation, based on assigned readings, on the developments of a specific geographical dimension in the global map of crisis of constitutional democracy.
Online sessions will consist of frontal lectures followed by a Q&A with the students. The sessions on campus, instead, will be based on presentations concerning the specific geographical scenario of crisis. Depending on the number of students enrolled, each student or each group of students will prepare a presentation, based on assigned readings, on the developments of a specific geographical dimension in the global map of crisis of constitutional democracy.
Verifica Apprendimento
The assessment of the proficiency for this course is articulated as follows:
- 25% of the grade will be based on the final oral exam
- 25% of the grade will be based on a short paper of 2000 words max (references and footnotes excluded) to be written as a case study on one of the geographical scenarios investigated in seminar classes. The specific topic has to be agreed with the instructors during the course and the paper has to be delivered at least 20 days before the selected date for the oral exam (penalties will be applied in case of delay).
- 25% of the grade will be determined by the quality of the presentation and by the active involvement in the group discussion
- 25% of the grade will be determined by an intermediate multiple choice test, assessing the knowledge of the conceptual and institutional map of the crisis of constitutional democracy.
Please note that if, under exceptional circumstances, validated by the Director of the Master Degree Course in International Relations, a student cannot attend the course, the instructors will provide extra-readings for the oral exam to compensate the lack of participation. It is a responsibility of the students to contact the instructor to this end to pass the exam.
- 25% of the grade will be based on the final oral exam
- 25% of the grade will be based on a short paper of 2000 words max (references and footnotes excluded) to be written as a case study on one of the geographical scenarios investigated in seminar classes. The specific topic has to be agreed with the instructors during the course and the paper has to be delivered at least 20 days before the selected date for the oral exam (penalties will be applied in case of delay).
- 25% of the grade will be determined by the quality of the presentation and by the active involvement in the group discussion
- 25% of the grade will be determined by an intermediate multiple choice test, assessing the knowledge of the conceptual and institutional map of the crisis of constitutional democracy.
Please note that if, under exceptional circumstances, validated by the Director of the Master Degree Course in International Relations, a student cannot attend the course, the instructors will provide extra-readings for the oral exam to compensate the lack of participation. It is a responsibility of the students to contact the instructor to this end to pass the exam.
Testi
(selected chapters), Constitutional democracy in Crisis, edited by Mark A. Graber, S. Levinson, M. Tushnet, OUP 2018
Contenuti
The course consists of 48h, during which students are invited to actively participate through presentations, which form an important part of the course. Namely, 16h are reserved for lectures delivered by the instructors and by high-profile guest lecturers. These lectures will map the crisis affecting constitutional institutions and constitutional concepts. Each lecture will focus on one specific constitutional institution or concept in crisis. During the remaining 32h, the class will map the crisis of constitutional democracy and fundamental rights protection geographically. This map will consist in students’ presentations that serve, with the assistance and coordination of the instructors, as case studies on the geographical areas providing insights on the topics investigated during the lectures.
Risultati di Apprendimento Attesi
Knowledge and understanding:
By the end of the course, students achieve an advanced knowledge of legal scholarship in the field of constitutional crisis and constitutional regression. They will be able to deal with the problems connected to such crises from the legal perspective. Students will also achieve an understanding of dynamics connected to these issues deriving from the increasing interpenetration of national (and often subnational), supranational and international aspects.
Applying knowledge and understanding:
Students will be able to apply the knowledge acquired during this course for their future professional activities. Namely, they will be able to: disentangle the legal aspects from the political, societal and economic aspects of international and national crises problems, relying on comparative legal scholarship; write commentaries, briefs or case notes for policy-makers, private institutions and interest groups on the issues tackled during the course; provide legal consultancy to stakeholders operating in the fields of rights’ violation and constitutional regression.
Making judgements:
Students will consolidate their ability to carry out autonomous research and elaborate information from an independent and original perspective.
By the end of the course, students achieve an advanced knowledge of legal scholarship in the field of constitutional crisis and constitutional regression. They will be able to deal with the problems connected to such crises from the legal perspective. Students will also achieve an understanding of dynamics connected to these issues deriving from the increasing interpenetration of national (and often subnational), supranational and international aspects.
Applying knowledge and understanding:
Students will be able to apply the knowledge acquired during this course for their future professional activities. Namely, they will be able to: disentangle the legal aspects from the political, societal and economic aspects of international and national crises problems, relying on comparative legal scholarship; write commentaries, briefs or case notes for policy-makers, private institutions and interest groups on the issues tackled during the course; provide legal consultancy to stakeholders operating in the fields of rights’ violation and constitutional regression.
Making judgements:
Students will consolidate their ability to carry out autonomous research and elaborate information from an independent and original perspective.
Criteri Necessari per l'Assegnazione del Lavoro Finale
None.
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