Comparative Public Law

The teaching aims to provide students basic notions of comparative constitutional law, through a diachronic and synchronic analysis of State systems and fundamental rights protection mechanisms.
Based on the theoretical framework thus outlined, countries characterized by different development/acceptance of democratic constitutionalism principles will be analysed.
The course therefore aims to endow students with a basic knowledge of different political and institutional systems in which/with reference to they will be called to operate, concerning:
- the peculiarities of the State systems and the different understanding of the notion of "fundamental rights";
- the challenges that modern State face in a globalized context (pandemic, war, migrations, environment, etc.);
- the solutions developed at national and supranational level to ensure the stability of the democratic system and the protection of fundamental rights and of vulnerable groups.

- Understanding of the different State systems and different fundamental rights protection mechanisms.
- Ability to apply the theoretical skills acquired to cases not explored with the lecturer and to current issues.
- Ability to use specialized language and specific vocabulary (in Italian and in the official languages of the systems analysed) to describe constitutionally relevant phenomena.