The course aims to explore the constitutional dimension in which the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) fits, analysing the opportunities and risks for individual rights and freedoms arising from technological innovation, and also examining the contribution that constitutional principles can offer in guiding the regulatory framework applicable to AI.At the end of the course, students will have acquired a basic knowledge of the dynamics associated with the implementation of artificial systems and will be able to grasp the impact that AI can have on the main areas of the state-citizen relationship.
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The analysis is conducted in light of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (AI Act), Law No. 132 of 23 September 2025, Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (Digital Omnibus on AI), Directive (EU) 2022/2555 (NIS2), and Legislative Decree No. 138 of 4 September 2024.
At the end of the course, students will be able to reconstruct the main governance models of AI and cybersecurity, identify the fundamental obligations, and assess their impact on the relationship between public authorities and citizens.
General Part
1) Introduction to European regulation of the digital society
2) Sources of European Union law governing the digital society
3) The regulation of “digital risk”
4) Independent authorities and governance bodies of the digital society
5) The European AI Regulation as an integral part of EU legislation for the European Digital Decade 2030
6) The definition of Artificial Intelligence between European regulation and international technical standards. The “human use of humans” and the technical use of machines
7) Objectives, scope, and fundamental principles of the AI Act
8) Prohibited AI practices and high-risk AI systems: methods and tools for the “digital risk” society
9) Regulation of general-purpose AI models
10) Regulatory sandboxes and experimental governance spaces in the AI Act
11) Authorities, governance, and implementation of the AI Act
12) The Italian law on AI: a first reading
13) Cybersecurity regulation in the European Union and in Italy
14) Constitution, Cybersecurity, and Public Administration
15) Public administrations facing the digital challenge
16) Constitutional framework and regulatory context of cybersecurity in public administrations
Special Part
Impacts of AI on specific areas of the State–citizen relationship: AI and data protection; AI and healthcare; AI and online platforms (including consumer protection); cybersecurity and public administration.
1) S. Calzolaio, A. Iannuzzi, E. Longo, M. Orofino, F. Pizzetti, La regolazione europea della società digitale, Giappichelli, Torino, 2024, chapters I-IV, pp. 1-106;
2) S. Calzolaio, A. Iannuzzi, E. Longo, M. Orofino, F. Pizzetti, La regolazione europea dell’intelligenza artificiale nella società digitale, Giappichelli, Torino, 2025 (all);
3) G. Finocchiaro, Diritto dell’intelligenza artificiale, Zanichelli, Bologna, 2025, chapter 10 («La legge italiana in materia di IA. Una prima lettura»).
General Section – Cybersecurity
1) S. Calzolaio, A. Iannuzzi, E. Longo, M. Orofino, F. Pizzetti, La regolazione europea della società digitale, Giappichelli, Torino, 2024, chapter VIII («La disciplina della cybersecurity nell'Unione europea e in Italia»);
2) C. Colapietro (edited by), La cybercompliance nelle pubbliche amministrazioni. Profili di diritto costituzionale e pubblico, Editoriale Scientifica, Napoli, 2025, introduction, chapters 1 and 2.
Special / Seminar Section
Attending students will study the topics covered in the special part using the teaching materials provided during the course. For non-attending students, in addition to the texts assigned for the general part, the following are required:
1) A. D’Aloia (edited by), Intelligenza artificiale e diritto, FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2023, chapters 16, 17, 18, 19;
2) G. Finocchiaro, Diritto dell’intelligenza artificiale, Zanichelli, Bologna, 2025, chapter 9 («Responsabilità delle piattaforme e tutela dei consumatori»);
3) C. Colapietro (edited by), La cybercompliance nelle pubbliche amministrazioni. Profili di diritto costituzionale e pubblico, Editoriale Scientifica, Napoli, 2025, chapters 3 and 4.
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Programme
The course explores the constitutional framework within which the development of Artificial Intelligence and the construction of Cybersecurity take place. These two domains are examined both as autonomous components and as interconnected elements of the digital society, with particular attention to opportunities and risks for individual rights and freedoms, substantive equality, security, public accountability, and the continuity of essential services.The analysis is conducted in light of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (AI Act), Law No. 132 of 23 September 2025, Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (Digital Omnibus on AI), Directive (EU) 2022/2555 (NIS2), and Legislative Decree No. 138 of 4 September 2024.
At the end of the course, students will be able to reconstruct the main governance models of AI and cybersecurity, identify the fundamental obligations, and assess their impact on the relationship between public authorities and citizens.
General Part
1) Introduction to European regulation of the digital society
2) Sources of European Union law governing the digital society
3) The regulation of “digital risk”
4) Independent authorities and governance bodies of the digital society
5) The European AI Regulation as an integral part of EU legislation for the European Digital Decade 2030
6) The definition of Artificial Intelligence between European regulation and international technical standards. The “human use of humans” and the technical use of machines
7) Objectives, scope, and fundamental principles of the AI Act
8) Prohibited AI practices and high-risk AI systems: methods and tools for the “digital risk” society
9) Regulation of general-purpose AI models
10) Regulatory sandboxes and experimental governance spaces in the AI Act
11) Authorities, governance, and implementation of the AI Act
12) The Italian law on AI: a first reading
13) Cybersecurity regulation in the European Union and in Italy
14) Constitution, Cybersecurity, and Public Administration
15) Public administrations facing the digital challenge
16) Constitutional framework and regulatory context of cybersecurity in public administrations
Special Part
Impacts of AI on specific areas of the State–citizen relationship: AI and data protection; AI and healthcare; AI and online platforms (including consumer protection); cybersecurity and public administration.
Core Documentation
General Section – Artificial Intelligence1) S. Calzolaio, A. Iannuzzi, E. Longo, M. Orofino, F. Pizzetti, La regolazione europea della società digitale, Giappichelli, Torino, 2024, chapters I-IV, pp. 1-106;
2) S. Calzolaio, A. Iannuzzi, E. Longo, M. Orofino, F. Pizzetti, La regolazione europea dell’intelligenza artificiale nella società digitale, Giappichelli, Torino, 2025 (all);
3) G. Finocchiaro, Diritto dell’intelligenza artificiale, Zanichelli, Bologna, 2025, chapter 10 («La legge italiana in materia di IA. Una prima lettura»).
General Section – Cybersecurity
1) S. Calzolaio, A. Iannuzzi, E. Longo, M. Orofino, F. Pizzetti, La regolazione europea della società digitale, Giappichelli, Torino, 2024, chapter VIII («La disciplina della cybersecurity nell'Unione europea e in Italia»);
2) C. Colapietro (edited by), La cybercompliance nelle pubbliche amministrazioni. Profili di diritto costituzionale e pubblico, Editoriale Scientifica, Napoli, 2025, introduction, chapters 1 and 2.
Special / Seminar Section
Attending students will study the topics covered in the special part using the teaching materials provided during the course. For non-attending students, in addition to the texts assigned for the general part, the following are required:
1) A. D’Aloia (edited by), Intelligenza artificiale e diritto, FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2023, chapters 16, 17, 18, 19;
2) G. Finocchiaro, Diritto dell’intelligenza artificiale, Zanichelli, Bologna, 2025, chapter 9 («Responsabilità delle piattaforme e tutela dei consumatori»);
3) C. Colapietro (edited by), La cybercompliance nelle pubbliche amministrazioni. Profili di diritto costituzionale e pubblico, Editoriale Scientifica, Napoli, 2025, chapters 3 and 4.
Type of delivery of the course
The course will be conducted through lectures.Attendance
Optional attendance.Type of evaluation
The assessment will be carried out through an oral exam, with on 3/4 questions relating to the exam syllabus. In assessing the exam, the final grade will take into account the level and quality of knowledge of the topics; the ability to critically analyze a topic; the logic of the arguments supporting a thesis; as well as the use of vocabulary appropriate to the discipline being studied.