Giurisprudenza | THEORY OF LEGAL INTERPRETATION

cod. 0160100103

THEORY OF LEGAL INTERPRETATION

	0160100103
	DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE GIURIDICHE (SCUOLA DI GIURISPRUDENZA)
	CORSO DI LAUREA MAGISTRALE A CICLO UNICO DI 5 ANNI
	LAW
	2014/2015

CURRICULUM FILOSOFICO, GIURIDICO, POLITICO ord. 2006

	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2006
	SECONDO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	IUS/20	8	72	LESSONS	SUPPLEMENTARY COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

	Objectives
	THE COURSE AIMS TO INITIATE INTO LEGAL INTERPRETATION FROM A POINT OF VIEW BOTH THEORETICAL AND HISTORICAL, THROUGH THE STUDY OF THE MOST COMMON HERMENEUTICAL TECHNIQUES AS WELL AS THROUGH THEIR PRACTICAL USE BY STUDENTS

	Prerequisites
	BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF POSITIVE LAW, PHILOSOPHY OF LAW, HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL AND MODERN LAW

	Contents
	THE COURSE IS DIVIDED INTO A FIRST PART, AIMED AT AN HISTORICAL-CONCEPTUAL INTRODUCTION TO LEGAL INTERPRETATION FROM MIDDLE AGE TO THE XIX CENTURY, AND IN A SECOND PART, INTENDED TO EXPLAIN THE MAIN THEORIES OF LEGAL INTERPRETATION IN THE XX CENTURY, TO QUESTION THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL STATUS OF LEGAL INTERPRETATION AND TO DESCRIBE THE INTERPRETATIVE STANDARDS COMMONLY ADOPTED IN CONTEMPORARY LEGAL SYSTEMS, EVEN THROUGH THE ANALYSIS OF IMPORTANT CASES AND THROUGH MOOT COURTS

THE COURSE IS DIVIDED INTO A FIRST PART, AIMED AT AN HISTORICAL-CONCEPTUAL INTRODUCTION TO LEGAL INTERPRETATION FROM MIDDLE AGE TO THE XIX CENTURY, AND IN A SECOND PART, INTENDED TO EXPLAIN THE MAIN THEORIES OF LEGAL INTERPRETATION IN THE XX CENTURY, TO QUESTION THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL STATUS OF LEGAL INTERPRETATION AND TO DESCRIBE THE INTERPRETATIVE STANDARDS COMMONLY ADOPTED IN CONTEMPORARY LEGAL SYSTEMS, EVEN THROUGH THE ANALYSIS OF IMPORTANT CASES AND THROUGH MOOT COURTS

	Teaching Methods
	THE 72-HOURS COURSE IS DIVIDED INTO LESSONS, ANALYSIS OF IMPORTANT CASES, MOOT COURTS

	Verification of learning
	ORAL EXAMINATION AT THE END OF COURSE

	Texts
	F. VIOLA-G. ZACCARIA, DIRITTO E INTERPRETAZIONE. LINEAMENTI DI TEORIA ERMENEUTICA DEL DIRITTO, LATERZA, ROMA-BARI (ULTIMA EDIZIONE), EXCEPT: CAP. III, PARR. 3-4-5 DEL CAP. IV, CAP. V; G. ZACCARIA, LA COMPRENSIONE DEL DIRITTO, LATERZA, ROMA-BARI (ULTIMA EDIZIONE)