Diritto canonico e Diritto comparato delle religioni
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The course requires a good knowledge of constitutional law (system of sources in particular), legal history and legal philosophy. It is particularly suitable for those interested in the social repercussions, including from a historical, philosophical and sociological perspective, of legal systems and their relations. In any case, due to the specificity of the course itself, all notions indispensable for its effective use will be provided. The course is particularly recommended for students of Ecclesiastical Law and Human Rights as a reduced syllabus supplement in case they have previously chosen Ecclesiastical Law as an 8-credit examination.
For attending students there is a written test at the end of the course consolidated by an oral test..
The written test (and also the final oral interview) will cover the contents of the lectures and the study of Silvio Ferrari, Strumenti e percorsi di diritto comparato delle religioni, il Mulino, Bologna ult. ed.
In particular, the written test (lasting a maximum of three hours) will include a first part with 20 multiple-choice questions and a second part with 5 open-ended questions, 3 of which are designed to assess the development of critical skills: 1. commentary on newspaper headline; 2. analysis of a short passage 3. completion of a text.
Non-attending students take the exam through the study of Silvio Ferrari, Strumenti e percorsi di diritto comparato delle religioni, il Mulino, Bologna ult. ed. and Giorgio Feliciani, Le basi del diritto canonico, il Mulino, latest ed.
Students taking both courses (ecclesiastical law and canon law) are exempt from studying the textbooks Perego-Bettetini (for ecclesiastical law) and Silvio Ferrari (for canon law and comparative law of religions).
he course aims at providing future legal practitioners with an in-depth knowledge of the functioning mechanisms of the religious rights of the Mediterranean religious traditions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) in order to gain a holistic view of the pluralistic legal systems of contemporary globalised societies.
This objective will be achieved both through the knowledge of the main features of these legal traditions (knowledge and understanding) and through the analysis of the concrete application of certain religious legal institutions within social dynamics (applying knowledge). This knowledge will allow the acquisition of a reflective capacity aimed at the critical analysis of the situations examined (making judgments). Finally, the student, thanks also to the oral mode of the final exam, will learn both the communication of the main elements of the cases examined (communication) and the need for a personal reworking of the information received (learning skills).
After a section devoted to explaining the structural and finalistic differences of religious rights compared to secular rights, the course will be divided into three thematic parts: Jewish law; Canon, Orthodox and Protestant law; and Islamic law. Two study conferences are planned, one with a purely canonist slant (4 November) and one with an ecclesiastical slant (8 October).
Topics of the first part of the course:
- The way to salvation: the sources of religious rights - the Halaka, Shari'a and Canon Law;
- Sacred texts and their interpretations;
- Religious rights and politics;
- Religious precepts;
- Religious marriages.
The course, in each of its two parts, is intended to stimulate the active participation of students. Some seminars with external guests are also planned.
Group work and reports are planned in the second part of the course.
Professor Ferrari will announce at the beginning of the course the time for in-person meeting at the Manica Lunga room and can always be reached for meeting via Teams at alessandro.ferrari@uninsubria.it