00217 - Administrative Law

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student has a basic knowledge of the main areas and topics of administrative law, i.e. the reasons for the existence of a public power and the submission of the same to legal rules; the law of public administrations; the administrative organization in the articulations of the central government and the local autonomies; the functional moment of the administrative action and its pathology; administrative justice institutions. The student also possesses the specific terminological skills essentials to operate in legal fields.

Course contents

Module 1

Principles of administrative law

Administrative organisation, at a national, regional and local level.

Civil servant's statute.

Administrative procedures and administrative acts: the physiology and the pathology of the public adiministration activities.

The notion and organisation of services of general interest.

The public administration liability and its limits.

Module II

The public contracts and the public tender procedures.

Introduction to the jurisdictional system of the public adiministration.

Readings/Bibliography

Module 1: M. D'Alberti, Lezioni di Diritto Amministrativo, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition (2023).

Module 2: L. Ferrara, Lezioni di giustizia amministrativa, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition (2025)

Other teaching materials will be made available via virtual platform.

Teaching methods

Lectures in presence, accompanied by the illustration and discussion of judicial cases, which will be made available on line.

Through the Web page of the teacher, students will also be informed about seminars and other scientific initiatives organized by the School of specialization in Studies on public Administration (SPISA) (www.spisa.unibo.it), useful to deepen the topics of the exam.

Assessment methods

The exam is oral.

In addition to knowledge of the key concepts explanied during the course, assessment will take account: the ability to analyse doctrinal and jurisprudential opinions; to single out connections between the relevant topics; to critical reasoning, as well as the clarity of presentation and critical thinking; the knowledge of legal terminology.

For the attending students, the examination will take into account in particular, in addition to the knowledge of the topics explained during the lessons, the ability in presenting and critically discussing the judicial cases. For this purpose, in the first part of the examination the student will be required to prepare five cases, at his/her choice, and discuss two of them selected at the moment by the professor.

For Erasmus students, the exam may consist alternatively in the presentation and oral discussion of a paper written on a topic assigned by the professor, and delivered to the same at least 5 days before the exam.

Students who have to take the 6-credit exam will be examined on the contents of module 1 only.

The assignment of the final grade will be inspired by the following criteria:

Preparation on a very limited number of topics addressed in the course that emerge only with the help of the teacher → 18-19;

Preparation on a limited number of topics addressed in the course, appropriate juridical language → 20-24;

Preparation on a large number of topics addressed in the course, large ability in critical analysis, use of specific terminology → 25-29;

Complete preparation on the topics covered in the course, full ability in critical analysis and connections, use of specific terminology→ 30-30L.

Office hours

See the website of Claudia Tubertini

See the website of Dario Zanelli