Programme

Students will acquire specific knowledge and competences regarding themes relative to the Rule of Law, subsidiarity and the protection of common goods, deeply analyzing the legal aspects that constitute them, in a comparative and international perspective. After a brief synthesis of the history of Street Law - first introduced at Georgetown Law School in 1972, and now taught across the USA and in 40 nations around the world – the concepts of the Rule of Law and subsidiarity and the various norms that regulate citizens and the institutions will be examined. Students will then be provided with the conceptual and practical tools needed to transmit these principles – by teaching civic education to high school students – to promote the transfer of them into actions aimed at caring for common goods.

At the end of the course, the students will be able to:
• Describe the main theoretical and normative frameworks that constitute the principles of the rule of law and of subsidiarity, in a comparative and international perspective, with particular reference to the Italian and US contexts.
• Plan and organize training initiatives aimed at transmitting this knowledge to high school students.
• Promote, through the application of the acquired knowledge and skills, the implementation of events aimed at taking care of common goods.
• Interact with the public administration in order to manage and improve the territory (or common goods)
• Diffuse the principles of actions of horizontal subsidiarity.

Core Documentation

Various articles and regulatory norms.

Type of delivery of the course

Lessons use an interactive methodology, and are generally held in the traditional manner, using the Socratic method. Each student must be prepared to participate fully and actively in class discussions and projects based on methodology described in documents distributed and discussed in initial class meetings and throughout the semester, including the lessons they will prepare and impart to students at the Italian high school on the legal aspects inherent to civic education.

Attendance

Lessons use an interactive methodology, and are generally held in the traditional manner, using the Socratic method. Each student must be prepared to participate fully and actively in class discussions and projects based on methodology described in documents distributed and discussed in initial class meetings and throughout the semester, including the lessons they will prepare and impart to students at the Italian high school on the legal aspects inherent to civic education.

Type of evaluation

Final grades will be based, besides on a final paper, on active class participation. Students demonstrating sufficient knowledge of the subjects studied and adequate communication skills to convey them to the high school students participating in the program will pass the course.

Programme

Students will acquire specific knowledge and competences regarding themes relative to the Rule of Law, subsidiarity and the protection of common goods, deeply analyzing the legal aspects that constitute them, in a comparative and international perspective. After a brief synthesis of the history of Street Law - first introduced at Georgetown Law School in 1972, and now taught across the USA and in 40 nations around the world – the concepts of the Rule of Law and subsidiarity and the various norms that regulate citizens and the institutions will be examined. Students will then be provided with the conceptual and practical tools needed to transmit these principles – by teaching civic education to high school students – to promote the transfer of them into actions aimed at caring for common goods.

At the end of the course, the students will be able to:
• Describe the main theoretical and normative frameworks that constitute the principles of the rule of law and of subsidiarity, in a comparative and international perspective, with particular reference to the Italian and US contexts.
• Plan and organize training initiatives aimed at transmitting this knowledge to high school students.
• Promote, through the application of the acquired knowledge and skills, the implementation of events aimed at taking care of common goods.
• Interact with the public administration in order to manage and improve the territory (or common goods)
• Diffuse the principles of actions of horizontal subsidiarity.

Core Documentation

Various articles and regulatory norms.

Type of delivery of the course

Lessons use an interactive methodology, and are generally held in the traditional manner, using the Socratic method. Each student must be prepared to participate fully and actively in class discussions and projects based on methodology described in documents distributed and discussed in initial class meetings and throughout the semester, including the lessons they will prepare and impart to students at the Italian high school on the legal aspects inherent to civic education.

Attendance

Lessons use an interactive methodology, and are generally held in the traditional manner, using the Socratic method. Each student must be prepared to participate fully and actively in class discussions and projects based on methodology described in documents distributed and discussed in initial class meetings and throughout the semester, including the lessons they will prepare and impart to students at the Italian high school on the legal aspects inherent to civic education.

Type of evaluation

Final grades will be based, besides on a final paper, on active class participation. Students demonstrating sufficient knowledge of the subjects studied and adequate communication skills to convey them to the high school students participating in the program will pass the course.