First Module
- Legal systems: difference from other normative others; public and private law;
- The state: the origin of the notion e the relationship with law; the rule of law and constitutionalism;
- Government and democracy;
- Supranational institutions as public powers;
- The international order;
- The sources of the law: notion and use; techniques of identification and application of the law; legal interpretation and legal reasoning;
- State and society relationships: public power legitimation and the authority of law;
- Contemporary constitutions: common notions and features;
- The Italian constitution: history and fundamental contents; the fundamental constitutional structure of the European Union;
Second Module
- Public power organization: public authorities and their organs. Principle and criteria of organization and functioning of public offices;
- Representative bodies and administrative apparatuses: legislature (Italian Parliament, EU Parliament, regional councils); the governmental role; public administration;
- Political parties, social organisations, non-governmental authorities, direct democracy;
- Judicial function: judiciary in Italy and Europe;
- Guarantee constitutional bodies: the President of the Republic; the Constitutional Court;
- Local government;
- The processes to determine Public policies: decision-making procedures; Parliamentary procedures; administrative procedure; judicial proceedings; automated decision-making;
Third Module
- The protection of rights: fundamental rights, human rights, principles, families of rights, protection techniques;
- Political economy and the market: models of economic policies; fiscal and monetary policy, the entrepreneurial state, public services, market regulation; ecological transition;
- Social rights: the welfare state; social assistance;
- Constitutional guarantee and review: the Italian Constitutional Court and Court of Justice of the EU;
- Administrative justice: administrative and ordinary courts