The objective of the course will be knowledge of the Law of the Vatican City State and the positioning of that entity within the international order.
The Vatican State represents a paradigmatic case of the inclusion of secular law within a religion-based legal system. In order to understand these phenomena of ‘inclusion’, the main theoretical notions concerning Vatican law will be provided, emphasising its peculiarities with respect to both the canonical legal system and other secular legal systems. The main notions of the international legal personality of the Holy See and its role in international relations will be provided.
The student will thus be able to assess the peculiarities of the legal system of the Vatican State and the incompleteness of the phenomenon of legal secularization.
The Vatican State represents a paradigmatic case of the inclusion of secular law within a religion-based legal system. In order to understand these phenomena of ‘inclusion’, the main theoretical notions concerning Vatican law will be provided, emphasising its peculiarities with respect to both the canonical legal system and other secular legal systems. The main notions of the international legal personality of the Holy See and its role in international relations will be provided.
The student will thus be able to assess the peculiarities of the legal system of the Vatican State and the incompleteness of the phenomenon of legal secularization.
teacher profile teaching materials
2. Original legal framework of the Vatican City State
3. Structure and elements of the VCS
4. The VCS government
5. Sources of the VCS legal system
6. The criminal law of the VCS
7. The Holy See as a Subject of International Law
8. The Holy See's presence in the international order
9. The jurisprudence of the VCS courts
10. Practical cases of Vatican jurisprudence
Materials provided by the professor
Mutuazione: 20110780 Attività: Diritto Vaticano e relazioni internazionali in GIURISPRUDENZA LMG/01 FABRIS COSTANTINO MATTEO
Programme
1. History of the birth of the Vatican City State [=VCS]: from the Papal States to the Lateran Pacts2. Original legal framework of the Vatican City State
3. Structure and elements of the VCS
4. The VCS government
5. Sources of the VCS legal system
6. The criminal law of the VCS
7. The Holy See as a Subject of International Law
8. The Holy See's presence in the international order
9. The jurisprudence of the VCS courts
10. Practical cases of Vatican jurisprudence
Core Documentation
J.I. Arrieta, Corso di diritto vaticano, II ed., Roma 2022.Materials provided by the professor
Attendance
The student must attend at least 2/3 of the lessons in order to sit the examination as an attendeeType of evaluation
the modalities of the final examination will be indicated by the professor