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ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
DIRITTO AMMINISTRATIVO

A.Y. Credits
2024/2025 9
Lecturer Email Office hours for students
Matteo Gnes After classes or by appointment, also online (to be requested by email)
Teaching in foreign languages
Course with optional materials in a foreign language English
This course is entirely taught in Italian. Study materials can be provided in the foreign language and the final exam can be taken in the foreign language.

Assigned to the Degree Course

Law (LMG/01)
Curriculum: Percorso comune
Date Time Classroom / Location
Date Time Classroom / Location

Learning Objectives

The course is aimed at providing students with the basic theoretical concepts concerning the organization and action of public authorities; an updated picture of their activity and of the related remedies available to citizens; a picture of the relationship between national and European legal orders.

Program

The course will deal with the following arguments
1. Administrative Law: its origins and developments; principles and functions; the administrative relationship;
2. Administrative organization;
3. Public employment;
4. Administrative procedure;
5. Administrative Acts;
6. Public finance; Public goods;
7. Public contracts.
8. Controls;
9. responsibility; basics of administrative justice.
 

Bridging Courses

It is suggested that students take first the exam of Public Law or of Constitutional Law.

Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)

Knowledge and understanding
The law graduate who has passed the examination of Administrative Law has acquired:
- a thorough knowledge and understanding of the fundamental legal sectors;
- a deep knowledge and understanding of Italian administrative Law and of its key institutions, as they come out at the international, European and national levels;
- knowledge of the most relevant administrative procedures;
- ability to understand purposes, contexts and consequences and policies of Administrative Law;
- a basic knowledge of the judicial and administrative instruments used to solve controversies with public administrations;
- for students who take the part on "European administrative law": deep knowledge of European Administrative Law and basic knowledge of European integration tools, acquired through the optional critical study of materials in English.

Applying knowledge and understanding
The law graduate who has passed the examination of Administrative Law has acquired:
- the ability to interpret and apply the rules of European, international and national law in the field of Administrative Law;
- the ability to search and find (also via electronic databases), to understand and use the sources, case law and documents in the field of Administrative Law. The acquisition of the above-mentioned instruments will be verified through the following methods: tutorials on case law and final exam.

Making judgments
The law graduate who has passed the examination of Administrative Law has acquired interpretive skills, critical and analytical skills to be able to interpret the relationship between facts and theory, in order to be able to identify, represent and solve problems related to protection of citizens’ rights related to the activity of the public administrations and of public services utilities, in order to produce legal texts, negotiations, litigation that are clear, relevant and effective.

Communication skills
The law graduate who has passed the examination of Administrative Law has acquired the ability to describe and deepen the legal problems related to the Administrative Law in the relationship between citizens and public administrations as well as among public administrations; ability to illustrate the logical-legal paths that lead to the solution of theoretical and practical problems; ability to influence and illustrate legal points, also in opposition to other interested parties.

Learning skills
The law graduate who has passed the examination of Administrative Law has acquired the skills and the basic tools in order to be able to constantly keep himself or herself up-to-date in field of Public and especially Administrative Law; the ability to understand the complexity of legal phenomena in the field of Administrative Law relations; the ability to independently follow the evolution of the Administrative Law and to further develop it using all the knowledge and instruments that are necessary for this purposes and have been acquired during the course of studies.
 

Teaching Material

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Supporting Activities

Other activities might be organized in framework of the course activities:

- seminar on legal research;

- lab on the drafting of regulatory and administrative acts;

- advanced seminar on European administrative law and/or participation to the classes on this topic held at the PhD programme in "Global studies".


Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment

Teaching

Formal classes and exercitations. Students attending the course will be asked to study and discuss during the class selected materials (law and regulations, judgments, documents) in order to get acquainted with the documents used in administrative activities. The final grade is based also on class participation.

Innovative teaching methods

Problem-based learning. During the course, students will be presented with cases to be solved (divided into small groups), with the possibility of using normative materials and texts.

In addition to the didactic activities in the classroom, in-depth and exam preparation meetings (online) will be organised.

Attendance

Regular attendance is trongly suggested. Students must always bring to class a copy of the EU and TFEU Treaties.

Course books

The reference textbook of the course is: S. Cassese (a cura di), Istituzioni di diritto amministrativo, Milano, Giuffrè, 2015. This textbook may be used by adding the study of newest textbooks.
As an alternative, it is possible to study the textbook of M. Clarich, Manuale di diritto amministrativo, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2022 or newest edition.
The use of an updated "codice amministrativo" is strongly suggested.
In order to have a different perspective of the topic, the following textbook may be examined: M. D'Alberti, Lezioni di diritto amministrativo, Torino, Giappichelli, last ed..; D. Sorace, Diritto delle amministrazioni pubbliche: una introduzione, Bologna, Il Mulino, last ed.; E. Casetta - F. Fracchia, Manuale di diritto amministrativo, Milano, Giuffre, last ed.

Assessment

Written (quiz + essay/solution of a case) and oral exam. 

The evaluation criteria and the scale of marks are as follows: less than 18/30: competence level insufficient; 18-20: competence level sufficient (in particular, the student should demonstrate to have acquired the basic learning results described in “knowledge and understanding"); 21-23: competence level satisfactory; 24-26: competence level good; 27-29: competence level very good; 30-30 with honours: competence level excellent (the student fully attains all the learning results and demonstrate excellent resultsa as ocncerns "applied knowledge and understanding” and “making judgments”).

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Additional Information for Non-Attending Students

Teaching

Self study on the textbooks and available materials.

Attendance

It is suggested that students take first the exam of Public Law or of Constitutional Law.

Course books

See "Attending students". Text on ancillary parts of the programm and on the topic of "European Administrative Law" may be provided by the instructor upon request.

Assessment

Written and oral exam. 

The evaluation criteria and the scale of marks are as follows: less than 18/30: competence level insufficient; 18-20: competence level sufficient (in particular, the student should demonstrate to have acquired the basic learning results described in “knowledge and understanding"); 21-23: competence level satisfactory; 24-26: competence level good; 27-29: competence level very good; 30-30 with honours: competence level excellent (the student fully attains all the learning results and demonstrate excellent resultsa as ocncerns "applied knowledge and understanding” and “making judgments”).

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Notes

Materials and other informations will be available on Prof. Gnes website (http://www.people.uniurb.it/MatteoGnes/da.htm) and on the Blended Learning website.

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