The course aims to develop the abilities and skills needed to interpret and apply the written and unwritten rules that govern the life of the Italian Parliament and of the EU Parliament, which are reflected, with some differences, in the procedures followed by the Regional Councils.
teacher profile teaching materials
Relationship between politics and law in representative Assemblies.
Written and unwritten sources.
Interpretation and application within the Chambers and by judges: the so-called interna corporis acta.
The constitutional judge's review of the legislative process, parliamentary regulations, immunities of members of the Chambers.
Organisation and functions of the Chambers, of the EU Parliament and of the other elected Assemblies.
Parliamentary prerogatives: insindicability, immunity, verification of powers. The domestic jurisdiction.
Immunity of members of the Legislative Assemblies.
Proceedings in Legislative Assemblies in times of pandemic.
Programme
The meaning of the representative principle at national, supranational and local level.Relationship between politics and law in representative Assemblies.
Written and unwritten sources.
Interpretation and application within the Chambers and by judges: the so-called interna corporis acta.
The constitutional judge's review of the legislative process, parliamentary regulations, immunities of members of the Chambers.
Organisation and functions of the Chambers, of the EU Parliament and of the other elected Assemblies.
Parliamentary prerogatives: insindicability, immunity, verification of powers. The domestic jurisdiction.
Immunity of members of the Legislative Assemblies.
Proceedings in Legislative Assemblies in times of pandemic.
Core Documentation
G. Gianniti, N. Lupo, Corso di diritto parlamentare, III ed., Il Mulino, Bologna, 2018Reference Bibliography
Bibliography H. Kelsen, Il primato del Parlamento, Giuffrè 1982 ; C. Mortati, le forme di governo, Cedam 1973 ; G.U. Rescigno, Le convenzioni costituzionali, Cedam 1972 ; K. Hesse, La posizione costituzionale dei partiti politici nello Stato moderno (1959), Herrenhaus 2012 ; P. Ridola, Democrazia rappresentativa e parlamentarismo, Giappichelli 2011 ; A World od Second Chambers. Handbook for Constitutional Studies on Bicameralism, Giuffrè 2006 ; M. Manetti, La legittimazione del diritto parlamentare, Giuffrè 1990 ; M. Francaviglia, Procedimento legislativo e forma di governo, Sapienza editrice 2015 ; C.F. Ferrajoli, Rappresentanza politica e responsabilità. La crisi della forma di governo parlamentare in Italia, Editoriale Scientifica 2018 ; M. Manetti, Non sparate sui pianisti. La delega del voto in Parlamento e la rinascita degli interna corporis, in Giurisprudenza costituzionale 1996 ; M. Manetti, L'accesso alla Corte costituzionale nei procedimenti elettorali, in A. Anzon, P. Caretti, S. Grassi (a cura di), Prospettive di accesso alla giustizia costituzionale, Giappichelli 2000 ; M. Manetti, La lunga marcia verso la sindacabilità del procedimento legislativo, in Quaderni costituzionali 2008 ; M. Manetti, La tessera mancante : il conflitto di attribuzione promosso dalle minoranze parlamentari in materia di procedimento legislativo, in Giurisprudenza costituzionale 2016 ; M. Manetti, La tutela delle minoranze parlamentari si perde nel labirinto degli interna corporis acta, in Rivista associazionedeicostituzionalisti.it n. 2/2019.Type of delivery of the course
Face-to-face lecturesType of evaluation
The oral exam foresees at least three questions. Attending students can choose the first question. Attending students can (but don't have to) prepare for the exam studying some of the judgments of the Italian Constitutional Court commented during the course.