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Communications, Media and Advertising (running until all currently enrolled students will have completed their studies) (Academic Year 2012/2013)

Public and media law


Credits: 9
Content language:Italian
Course description
The teaching of public and media law focuses on the knowledge and basic concepts of the public law, in particular information law, the broadcasting system and the guarantees for Italian media system pluralism.
Objectives
The formative aim is to give students basic knowledge of Italian public law, by the study of sources of law and constitutional bodies. The program covers the entire Constitutional Law by the study of its basic institutes starting from constitutional sources. There will be explained the constitutional principles that rules the freedom of expression and of information, in particular talking about press and radio-television system.
Program
Introduction to Public Law. Order, Constitutional Law, Constitution and classification of constitutions. Outlines of Constitutional History. Sources of Law. Criteria for the resolution of law antinomies. The Principles of Italian Constitution (and of European Treaties). Form of State. Forms of government, Parliament, Electoral Systems. The Italian electoral system. Bicameralism and the Parliament in joint session. The domestic organization of Parliament. The iter legis. Constitutional revision and constitutional laws. The referendum to abrogate a law. The President of the Republic and the Government. The Government (formation and membership). The acts with the force of law. Regulations. The autonomies inside the Republic. The Regions in the constitutional system. Regional Statutes. Regional legislative powers. Regional rules poker. Local authonomies. Regional and Local financial authonomy. Public Administration. The constitutional discipline of public administration and principles of administrative law. Administrative organization. The administrative process. The administrative measure. The discipline of economy. European Union and European Constitution. European Institutions. European sources. Fundamental rights. Guarantees. Individual and common freedoms. Social Rights. Personal freedom and freedom of residence, of movement, of domicile and of residence. Freedom of expression. Freedom of religion. Parties and trade unions. Constitutional Jurisdiction. Constitutional Court and its membership. Constitutional Court and its functions. Constitutional Court and its decisions. General Jurisdiction. Constitutional Principles. Press and television. Pluralism of information. The public radio-TV system. AGCOM: the Authority for Communications. From an analogic to a digital system.
Book
1) P. CARETTI, Istituzioni di Diritto pubblico, Giappichelli, X edizione, 2010 (excluding cap X – XI – XIII). 2) P. CARETTI, Diritto dell’informazione e della comunicazione, Il Mulino, 2009 (excluding Capitolo V).
Exercises
Three tests are necessary for the admission: the first one about sources of law, the second one on information law and the last one is about one of the course topic.
Professor/Tutor responsible for teaching
Beniamino Caravita di Toritto
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