Elements of general theory of law (2015/2016)

Learning outcomes

The purpose of this course is to provide students with those basic conceptual elements that will help them to perceive the endless complexity of legal phenomenon. Specifically, the course focuses on how the determination of the law is the result of a research process whose starting point and conclusion can never be taken for granted by the jurist.
In order to understand better the course’s main themes, the course programme may also include lectures held by other professors as well as the use of visual tools as films.

The course is divided into two parts. The first introduces some basic concepts about juridical experience. The second, devoted to legal interpretation, explains how legal interpretation is conceivable only as a part of a broader concept of legal reasoning which includes legal argumentation.

Testi di riferimento

For students attending class, in addition to lecture notes:

-P. Grossi, Prima lezione di diritto, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2007.
-M. R. Ferrarese, Prima lezione di diritto globale, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2012.
-V. Velluzzi, Le Preleggi e l’interpretazione. Un’introduzione critica, ETS, Pisa 2013.


For students not attending class:
-P. Grossi, Prima lezione di diritto, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2007.
-M. R. Ferrarese, Prima lezione di diritto globale, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2012.
- R. Guastini, La sintassi del diritto, Giappichelli, Torino 2014.

STUDENT MODULE EVALUATION - 2015/2016