20110000 - PRISONERS’ RIGHTS AND CONSTITUTION – LEGAL SUPPORT HELPDESK IN PRISONS

The course aims at offering an interpretation of the penitentiary law according to the terms of the Constitution, with a both theoretical and practical approach, particularly focused on the application of rules in the practice and in the jurisprudence, at national level and beyond. Based on this point of view, in which the “constitutionalistic” shade prevails, the course means to enlarge the cultural baggage of our students, combining the knowledge they already got in different fields (constitutional law, philosophy of law, criminal law, rules of criminal procedure, international law, ecc.) with the basic teaching of our degree course.
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Programme

Course description:
Penitentiary Law and Constitution – Humanization of the penalty in the Italian Constitution – The rights of detainees - The condition of detainees among principles, rules and practices – Case law



Core Documentation

1) M. Ruotolo, Dignità e carcere, Napoli, Editoriale Scientifica, II edizione, 2014.
2) M. Ruotolo, S. Talini (a cura di), I diritti dei detenuti nel sistema costituzionale, Napoli, Editoriale Scientifica, 2017.

Per gli studenti non frequentanti è richiesto anche lo studio del volume M. Ruotolo (a cura di), Il senso della pena, Editoriale scientifica, Napoli, 2014 e delle seguenti sentenze della Corte costituzionale (www.cortecostituzionale.it): sent. n. 313/1990; sent. n. 349/1993; sent. n. 26 del 1999; sent. n. 190 del 2010; sent. n. 526 del 2000; sent. n. 158 del 2001; sent. n. 341 del 2006; sent. n. 301 del 2012; sent. n. 135 del 2013; sent. n. 143 del 2013; sent. n. 279 del 2013; sent. n. 239 del 2014.


Type of evaluation

The final examination will be an ongoing evaluation, a written exam and an oral exam.