1016222 - MULTILEVEL CONSTITUTIONALISM
Risultati di apprendimento attesi
Modalità di svolgimento dell'insegnamento
The course consists of lectures and seminars in which students will be actively involved. They might be requested to read in advance laws and cases in order to discuss them in class. They also might be required to write brief essays and/or to give short presentations on the main topics of the course. During the Academic Year 2022-23, Prof. Eckhard Pache (University of Wuerzburg) will contribute to the course, delivering a series of lectures as Visiting Professor at the University of Catania on the topic "Rule of law, democracy, fundamental rights and judicial protection in the multilevel constitutional system of the EU and its Member States".
Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the syllabus.
Informazioni per studenti con disabilità e/o DSA
A garanzia di pari opportunità e nel rispetto delle leggi vigenti, gli studenti interessati possono chiedere un colloquio personale col docente in modo da programmare eventuali misure compensative e/o dispensative, in base agli obiettivi didattici ed alle specifiche esigenze.
È possibile rivolgersi anche al docente referente CInAP (Centro per l’integrazione Attiva e Partecipata - Servizi per le Disabilità e/o i DSA) del nostro Dipartimento, prof. Condorelli.
Prerequisiti richiesti
Per le propedeuticità formali consultare il regolamento didattico della coorte di riferimento disponibile nella pagina dedicata http://www.lex.unict.it/it/chi-siamo/regolamenti-didattici-del-corso-di-laurea-magistrale-ciclo-unico-giurisprudenza-lmg01
Frequenza lezioni
Teaching plan: 21 classes scheduled of 2 hours each.
Attendance not mandatory, but strongly suggested
Contenuti del corso
The course aims at analysing the ongoing process of establishing new structures of government, complementary to and built upon existing forms of peoples’ or societies’ public organizations, based on the main principles of constitutionalism. In the main framework of the so-called "european federalizing process", the current concepts of democracy, rule of law and human rights' protection will be assessed, focusing on issues related to their spread and implementation, mostly in the light of the relationships between national and supranational institutions (Courts, above all).
Testi di riferimento
ATTENDING STUDENTS will be provided with didactic materials during the course both in classroom and via the platform "Studium".
NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS are required to refer to the following text:
R. SCHUTZE, European Constitutional Law, Oxford University Press, 2021 (only Chapters. 2, 3, 4, 6, 11 and 12).
Other recommended readings:
Paper 1., I. PERNICE, Multilevel Constitutionalism in the European Union, in: WHI-Paper, 05/2002.
Paper 2., I. PERNICE, The Treaty of Lisbon: Multilevel Constitutionalism in Action, in: The Columbia Journal of European Law (CJEL), V 15/no 3, pp. 349-407.
Paper 3, N. WALKER, The idea of Constitutional Pluralism, in The Modern Law Review, vol. 65, 3/2002, pp. 317-359.
Paper 4, M. POIARES MADURO, Three Claims of Constitutional Pluralism, in : Avbelj, Jan Komárek (eds), Constitutional Pluralism in the European Union and Beyond, Hart Publishing, Oxford, 67-84. Draft, accessible under https://cosmopolis.wzb.eu/content/programs/conkey_Maduro_Three-Claims-of-Pluralism.pdf
Paper 5, M. FICHERA - O. POLLICINO, The Dialectics
between Constitutional Identity and Common constitutional traditions:
which language for cooperative constitutionalism in Europe, in: German Law Journal, 2019, pp. 1097-1118
Paper 6, A. CIANCIO, The 5 May 2020 Bundesverfassungsgericht’s Decision on the ECB’s public sector purchase program: an attempt to “break the toy” or a new starting point for the Eurozone?, in federalismi.it, 2020, n.16.
Paper 7, A. VINCZE, What Role For Constitutional Courts In A Multi-Level Constitutionalism?, in: Annales of Etvös Lorand Faculty of Law 2012, accessible under: http://www.ajk.elte.hu/file/annales_2012_03_Vincze.pdf.
Paper 8, G. ZACCARONI, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: National Constitutional Judges and the EU Constitutional Identity, in: The Italian Journal of Public Law, Vol. 10, No, 2, 2018, special issue "Constitutional adjudication in Europe between Unity and Pluralism, pages 421-446.
Paper 9, A. VON BOGDANDY, The European Union as a Supranational Federation: A Conceptual Attempt in the Light of the Amsterdam Treaty, in : The Columbia Journal of European Law, 2000, n° 6, p. 27).
Paper 10, A. Wiener, A. F. Lang jr., James Tully, M. Poiares Maduro, M. Kumm, “Global constitutionalism: Human rights, democracy and the rule of law”, in: Global Constitutionalism, 2012, 1:1, 1– 15.
Paper 11, A. CIANCIO, The European “constitutional core”, key tool for further integration, in Consulta online, 2020.
Paper 12, I. PERNICE, Multilevel Constitutionalism and the Crisis of Democracy in Europe, in: European Constitutional Law Review, 2015.
Paper 13, A.CIANCIO, European Parties and the process of political integration in Europe, in: www.dirittifondamentali.it, 2016.
Paper 14, A. CIANCIO, A new uniform electoral procedure to re-legitimate the process of political integration in Europe, in: federalismi.it, 2/2015.
Paper 15, CIANCIO A., The European Central Bank: Issues of Constitutional Law, in “Przegląd Prawa Konstytucyjnego" (Journal of Constitutional Law), 2016, n.6.
Paper 16, S. WALLASCHECK, Contested solidarity in the Euro crisis and Europe’s migration crisis: a discourse network analysis, Journal of European Public Policy, 2020, pp.1034-1053.
| Autore | Titolo | Editore | Anno | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Schuetze | European Constitutional Law | Oxford University Press | 2021 | 978-0-19-886465-3 |
Programmazione del corso
| Argomenti | Riferimenti testi | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Constitutionalism beyond the State | Paper 10 |
| 2 | The concept of Multilevel constitutionalism | Papers 1 and 2 |
| 3 | Constitutional pluralism | Papers 3 and 4 |
| 4 | Constitutional pluralism in the judicial practice | Papers 7 and 8 |
| 5 | Judicial dialogue and national constitutional identity: case studies | Papers 5 and 6 |
| 6 | Discussion about the idea of ''European Constitution'' | Paper 11 |
| 7 | The ''European federalizing process'' | Corresponding parts of the Textbook + Paper 9 |
| 8 | The European system of human rights' protection | Corresponding parts of the Textbook |
| 9 | The power-legitimacy disconnection and the limits of the EU democracy | Corresponding parts of the Textbooks + Paper 12 |
| 10 | Issues of political representation in the EU | Papers 13 and 14 |
| 11 | Monetary sovereignty and issues of democratic legitimacy in the Eurozone | Corresponding parts of the Textbook + Paper 15 |
| 12 | The rule of law in a multilevel perspective | Corresponding parts of the Textbook |
| 13 | Solidarity in the EU | Paper 16 |
| 14 | Rule of law, democracy, fundamental rights and judicial protection in the multilevel constitutional system of EU and its Member States | Corresponding parts of the textbook. Further didactic material will be provided by Prof. Pache during the course via the platform ''Studium'' |
Verifica dell'apprendimento
Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento
Written assignment: Students will be requested to write a brief essay.
The test/exam will be assessed according to the following criteria established by the Board of the Degree Course (September 17, 2018):
- aptness of answers
- quality and comprehension of the syllabus
- ability to link different topics of the syllabus
- ability to show examples
- use of jargon and terms of art
- general communicative skills
- familiarity with legal texts
Learning assessment may also be carried out on line, should the conditions require it.
Esempi di domande e/o esercizi frequenti
The essay will be about one of the topics previously assessed and discussed during the course (e.g., the concept of multilevel constitutionalism; the quest for sovereignty in a multilevel governance system; constitutional pluralism in the judicial practice; the EU federalizing process; Issues of EU democracy; the EU political parties; fundamental rights in coordinated legal systems; etc.)
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