The Right to Vital Goods, Scientific Assessments and New Technologies
A.Y. 2024/2025
Learning objectives
The course aims at providing the students with knowledge about the right to vital goods (in particular food, water and the environment), exploring the meaning of the term "vital goods" in the light of national and international public law doctrine and jurisprudence, and analyzing the instruments of protection offered to these goods and the rights among which they are included.
The teaching follows an innovative approach, since the topics will be treated by considering not only the legal aspects but also from a scientific point of view, even considering the impact that technological innovation can have on the preservation of and access to vital goods.
This thus allows the student to be offered a comprehensive and multidisciplinary overview of the subject.
At the end of the course, the student who has profitably learned the subject will have acquired a method of reasoning suitable for dealing with legal issues related to vital goods that lie at the intersection of international law and constitutional law but also have repercussions on the health of the consumer and the planet.
The teaching follows an innovative approach, since the topics will be treated by considering not only the legal aspects but also from a scientific point of view, even considering the impact that technological innovation can have on the preservation of and access to vital goods.
This thus allows the student to be offered a comprehensive and multidisciplinary overview of the subject.
At the end of the course, the student who has profitably learned the subject will have acquired a method of reasoning suitable for dealing with legal issues related to vital goods that lie at the intersection of international law and constitutional law but also have repercussions on the health of the consumer and the planet.
Expected learning outcomes
The teaching aims to make students achieve:
- knowledge of the tools for the protection of goods considered vital;
- ability to independently rework the main themes of the course;
- appropriate use of legal terminology;
- ability to learn a methodology of study and research that allows to evaluate the importance, but also the criticality, of the doctrinal, jurisprudential reflections and legislative approaches on the protection of vital goods, also taking into account the aspects and repercussions of the topics covered on the health of man and the planet
- ability to read and understand constitutional jurisprudence and the main documents of national and international bodies on the subject of the right to vital goods
- ability to apply the constitutional principles analyzed in the analysis of concrete cases
- knowledge of the tools for the protection of goods considered vital;
- ability to independently rework the main themes of the course;
- appropriate use of legal terminology;
- ability to learn a methodology of study and research that allows to evaluate the importance, but also the criticality, of the doctrinal, jurisprudential reflections and legislative approaches on the protection of vital goods, also taking into account the aspects and repercussions of the topics covered on the health of man and the planet
- ability to read and understand constitutional jurisprudence and the main documents of national and international bodies on the subject of the right to vital goods
- ability to apply the constitutional principles analyzed in the analysis of concrete cases
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course can be attended as a single course.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
The course will mainly focus on right to water, right to food and right to safe environment. The following topics will be faced through a multidisciplinary approach considering regulatory, nutritional and health aspects and -where possible- with a focus on consumer perception - within the frame of the sustainable development principle and the One-Health paradigm:
· Right to primary goods
· Right to water
· Right to safe environment/climate change justice
· Right to food/access to food/food safety-security
· Food labeling, from Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 to the forms of front-of-pack labeling
· Nutrition and health claims
· Food for special medical purposes (e.g. gluten free products)
· Organic products
· Former food recycling
· Nudging and Food
· Genetically modified organisms
· Novel foods
· Right to primary goods
· Right to water
· Right to safe environment/climate change justice
· Right to food/access to food/food safety-security
· Food labeling, from Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 to the forms of front-of-pack labeling
· Nutrition and health claims
· Food for special medical purposes (e.g. gluten free products)
· Organic products
· Former food recycling
· Nudging and Food
· Genetically modified organisms
· Novel foods
Prerequisites for admission
Constitutional law
Teaching methods
The professors will use frontal lectures as the main teaching method. The course uses e-learning teaching material available on the Ariel platform and mainly consisting of the slides discussed during the frontal lectures. Attendance to lessons is recommended.
Teaching Resources
ESSAYS:
- from p. 103 to p. 170 of L. VIOLINI, B. RANDAZZO (a cura di), Il diritto all'acqua, Giuffrè, 2017.
- G. RAGONE, La disciplina degli OGM tra Unione Europea e Stati nazionali: a chi spetta il diritto all'ultima parola su questioni scientifiche controverse?, in Biolaw Journal, n. 3/2015, p. 115-130.
- G. RAGONE, One Health e Costituzione italiana, tra spinte eco-centriche e nuove prospettive di tutela della salute umana, ambientale e animale, in Corti supreme e salute, n. 3/2022, pp. 1-18.
- D. MARTINI ET AL., Legislazione europea e ruolo di EFSA nella valutazione della sicurezza d'uso dei novel foods: principi e prospettive, in Biolaw Journal, n. 2/2020, pp. 9-23.
- D. MARTINI, G. RAGONE ET AL., The Need for A Multidisciplinary Approach to Face Challenges Related to Food, Health, and Sustainability: The Contribution of CRC I-WE, in Sustainability, n. 13/2021, pp. 1-15.
EU Regulations:
- 1924/2006,
- 1169/2011,
- 2015/2283.
Documents:
- Farm to Fork Strategy (https://ec.europa.eu/food/horizontal-topics/farm-fork-strategy_it) Green Deal (https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/priorities-2019-2024/european-green-deal_en) Manuale Nutri-Score (https://www.santepubliquefrance.fr/en/nutri-score) e NutrInform battery (https://www.mise.gov.it/images/stories/documenti/Manuale_uso_NutrInform_Battery.pdf) Review JRC (https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/e9c86749-9b08-11ea-9d2d-01aa75ed71a1/language-en)
- Position Paper SINU (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0939475321003422)
- Sustainable Healthy Diet (FAO and WHO) (https://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/ca6640en/ )
Slides will be provided by the teachers on the ARIEL platform
- from p. 103 to p. 170 of L. VIOLINI, B. RANDAZZO (a cura di), Il diritto all'acqua, Giuffrè, 2017.
- G. RAGONE, La disciplina degli OGM tra Unione Europea e Stati nazionali: a chi spetta il diritto all'ultima parola su questioni scientifiche controverse?, in Biolaw Journal, n. 3/2015, p. 115-130.
- G. RAGONE, One Health e Costituzione italiana, tra spinte eco-centriche e nuove prospettive di tutela della salute umana, ambientale e animale, in Corti supreme e salute, n. 3/2022, pp. 1-18.
- D. MARTINI ET AL., Legislazione europea e ruolo di EFSA nella valutazione della sicurezza d'uso dei novel foods: principi e prospettive, in Biolaw Journal, n. 2/2020, pp. 9-23.
- D. MARTINI, G. RAGONE ET AL., The Need for A Multidisciplinary Approach to Face Challenges Related to Food, Health, and Sustainability: The Contribution of CRC I-WE, in Sustainability, n. 13/2021, pp. 1-15.
EU Regulations:
- 1924/2006,
- 1169/2011,
- 2015/2283.
Documents:
- Farm to Fork Strategy (https://ec.europa.eu/food/horizontal-topics/farm-fork-strategy_it) Green Deal (https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/priorities-2019-2024/european-green-deal_en) Manuale Nutri-Score (https://www.santepubliquefrance.fr/en/nutri-score) e NutrInform battery (https://www.mise.gov.it/images/stories/documenti/Manuale_uso_NutrInform_Battery.pdf) Review JRC (https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/e9c86749-9b08-11ea-9d2d-01aa75ed71a1/language-en)
- Position Paper SINU (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0939475321003422)
- Sustainable Healthy Diet (FAO and WHO) (https://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/ca6640en/ )
Slides will be provided by the teachers on the ARIEL platform
Assessment methods and Criteria
The final exam will be oral and the questions will be designed to evaluate the learning of different topics listed in the program. The evaluation is expressed by a rating from 0 to 30. The rating is communicated to each individual student by the teacher at the end of the exam.
Students with specific learning disabilities or other disabilities are requested to contact the Professor via email at least 15 days before the exam session to agree on any individualized measure. In the email addressed to the teacher, the respective University services must be registered in CC: [email protected] (for students with LD) and [email protected] (for students with disabilities).
Students with specific learning disabilities or other disabilities are requested to contact the Professor via email at least 15 days before the exam session to agree on any individualized measure. In the email addressed to the teacher, the respective University services must be registered in CC: [email protected] (for students with LD) and [email protected] (for students with disabilities).
IUS/08 - CONSTITUTIONAL LAW - University credits: 6
Lessons: 42 hours
Professors:
Martini Daniela, Ragone Giada
Shifts:
Professor(s)