The course aims at providing linguistic, conceptual, and analytical tools to examine the complexity of the legal domain. In particular, it offers the precious chance to develop a critical approach to different spheres of normativity, focusing on the current challenges of the constitutional rule of law on a domestic and supranational scale.
Course Prerequisites
Good knowledge of the Italian language.
Teaching Methods
Active participation of students during the lectures.
In class discussion on specific issues and rethorical-argumentative exercises.
E-learning platform.
Assessment Methods
For attending students: written test. For non-attending students: oral test.
Contents
In the first part, the course will deal with some key issues of contemporary Legal Philosophy. In particular, close attention will be paid to the concept of norm and legal system in relation to the constitutional rule of law. The relationship between law and morals will be scrutinized too in order to grasp the inner complexity of the legal domain.
In the second part, students will be asked to reflect on some pressing issues of the current debate, questioning the common perception of authority and obedience.
Course Language
Italian
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Textbooks
For attending students: 1.N. Bobbio, Stato, governo, società. Frammenti di un dizionario politico, Torino: Einaudi, 2006. 2. E. de la Boétie, Discorso della servitù volontaria, Milano: Feltrinelli, 2024. 3. Platone, Critone, in Id., Apologia di Socrate - Critone, a cura di D. Susanetti, Milano: Feltrinelli, 2019.
For non-attending students: 1. N. Bobbio, Teoria generale del diritto, Torino: Giappichelli, 1993 (except the VI chapter of the I part and the V chapter fo the II part). 2. N. Bobbio, Il problema della guerra e le vie della pace, Bologna: il Mulino, 2009. 3. L. Ferrajoli, Per una Costituzione della Terra. L’umanità al bivio, Milano: Feltrinelli, 2022.
