Prof. Cristina Fasone

Argomenti del programma: The following topics will be covered through the course: 1. Methodology and legal families 2. Varieties of constitutionalism, forms of state and form of government - Historical evolution of constitutionalism and constitutionalism in context - Transformative constitutionalism, Islamic constitutionalism, socialist Constitutionalism, the Global South - Models of horizontal separation of powers 3.

Argomenti del programma: The course will focus on some of the main issues and problems of contemporary constitutionalism. After a methodological introduction, it will start with an overview of the constitutional cycles. In this context, the key features of the contemporary constitutional State will be discussed, with particular reference to the instruments that ensure constitutional effectiveness and entrenchment, such as constitutional…

Argomenti del programma: The Course is divided into three sections. The first section is devoted to an illustration of the principles of Constitutionalism and Public Law in the modern era; the second and the third sections are focused on two specific constitutional experiences, the British and the Italian cases, respectively.