Law

Graduates from degree courses in this class:

- will acquire detailed knowledge of Italian and European legal culture, by methods that include case study techniques, in relation to issues that facilitate the understanding and evaluation of positive law principles and institutions;

- will acquire detailed historical knowledge that makes it possible to assess institutes of positive law from points of view that include their historical development;

- will be able to write clear, pertinent, well-argued and effective legal texts (regulatory and/or contractual and/or procedural) according to their contexts of use, utilizing computer tools when necessary;

- will have comprehensive skills in interpretation, case analysis, juridical qualification (considering concrete situations in the light of abstract rules), comprehension, representation, evaluation and awareness in order to deal with problems of legal interpretation and application;

- will have in-depth knowledge of basic tools for keeping their own skills up to date.

Graduates from courses in this class, in addition to taking up positions in the legal professions and magistracy, may be employed in functions hallmarked by a high degree of responsibility in various fields in social, social-economic and political areas, namely in institutions, public administration, private companies, trade unions, the informaties law sector, sectors of comparative, international and European community law (European jurist), and in international organisations in which the jurist’s skills of analysis, evaluation and decision-making are valuable even outside specific areas of specialist knowledge.

In accordance with the “subject-specific learning objectives” described in Ministerial Decree 25.11.2005 and published in the Gazzetta Ufficiale n° 293 of 17.12.2005 (defining the class of the Master degree law course in accordance with Ministerial Decree 270/2004), the objective of the course is to give students advanced knowledge at the, methodological and substantial level, with a specific focus on real dynamics, contemporary political and social-economic processes, and on historical, economic and philosophical premises.

More specifically, the subdivision of the compulsory subjects in the course programme covers all the main scientific-disciplinary areas typical of law studies, with a detailed study of all major branches of positive law.

The course programme has been extended by the addition of 18 credits chosen by students. This gives students the possibility of converting examinations taken abroad or in other Faculties, and to study in depth various subjects consistent with the class system or to consolidate language knowledge or computer skills. In order to maintain a logical sequence in the course structure, there are limitations with regard to optional and compulsory subjects.

Appropriate importance is given to language and computer skills within the overall range of the academic activities.

The course provides juridical preparation for work in the legal professions and legal-administrative or legal-economic functions hallmarked by a high level of responsibility and complexity. It also includes subjects which provide a specific preparation for legal professional practice (solicitors, magistrates, notaries).