Administrative Law
A.Y. 2025/2026
Learning objectives
The educational objective of the course is to provide a basic knowledge of administrative law with reference to sources, organisation and administrative activity. The course aims to enable students to acquire the ability to appropriately use the categories and vocabulary of administrative law and to understand the different profiles of the relationship between citizens and the public administration.
Expected learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students should be able to: understand the key concepts of administrative law, develop a critical reasoning method with the use of appropriate legal language, understand and interpret court rulings, apply the acquired knowledge to solve non-complex cases, understand legal and topical articles on administrative law topics.
Lesson period: Third trimester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Third trimester
Course syllabus
The Course programme is as follows:
- The sources of administrative law: general notions; the hierarchy of sources; national sources and international sources;
- The general principles of administrative activity and organisation;
- Subjective legal positions: subjective rights and legitimate interests;
- The administrative procedure and the administrative measure;
- Silence in Administration
- The right of access and civic access;
- Administrative and technical discretion;
- Nullity and annulment;
- The responsibility of the P.A;
- Principles and notions of judicial protection
- The consensual activity of the Public Administration: consensual activity under private law and consensual activity under public law.
- General notes on procurement and public services
- The sources of administrative law: general notions; the hierarchy of sources; national sources and international sources;
- The general principles of administrative activity and organisation;
- Subjective legal positions: subjective rights and legitimate interests;
- The administrative procedure and the administrative measure;
- Silence in Administration
- The right of access and civic access;
- Administrative and technical discretion;
- Nullity and annulment;
- The responsibility of the P.A;
- Principles and notions of judicial protection
- The consensual activity of the Public Administration: consensual activity under private law and consensual activity under public law.
- General notes on procurement and public services
Prerequisites for admission
No prior knowledge required
Teaching methods
The course is delivered in blended learning, with the following breakdown:
30 hours of face-to-face lectures
20 hours of synchronous online lectures in videoconferencing
10 hours of asynchronous online lectures in the MyAriel environment
The proposed teaching methodology includes: face-to-face lectures; readings and comments on scientific articles, case law cases, administrative acts and measures; group work, research work by students and presentation of results.
Registration for the examination for MAPPE students is subject to attendance of at least 60% of the lecture hours for each mode (i.e. at least 18 hours of in-presence lectures + at least 12 synchronous online + at least 6 asynchronous).
MAPS students and students from other CDLs are NOT required to attend.
30 hours of face-to-face lectures
20 hours of synchronous online lectures in videoconferencing
10 hours of asynchronous online lectures in the MyAriel environment
The proposed teaching methodology includes: face-to-face lectures; readings and comments on scientific articles, case law cases, administrative acts and measures; group work, research work by students and presentation of results.
Registration for the examination for MAPPE students is subject to attendance of at least 60% of the lecture hours for each mode (i.e. at least 18 hours of in-presence lectures + at least 12 synchronous online + at least 6 asynchronous).
MAPS students and students from other CDLs are NOT required to attend.
Teaching Resources
M. Clarich, Manuale di diritto amministrativo, ed. Il Mulino, 2024, the following partitions:
Part one IL DIRITTO AMMINISTRATIVO E LE SUE FONTI, only par. II La funzione di regolazione e le fonti del diritto;
Part second: PROFILI FUNZIONALI: only parr. III Il rapporto giuridico amministrativo, IV. Il provvedimento, V. Il procedimento.
Further study materials will be made available on MyAriel.
Part one IL DIRITTO AMMINISTRATIVO E LE SUE FONTI, only par. II La funzione di regolazione e le fonti del diritto;
Part second: PROFILI FUNZIONALI: only parr. III Il rapporto giuridico amministrativo, IV. Il provvedimento, V. Il procedimento.
Further study materials will be made available on MyAriel.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The learning assessment FOR ALL is structured in:
1) a written test with closed questions formulated to assess knowledge of the theoretical basics. The assessment of this part is binding for access to the part with open questions (in the same roll).
2) a test based on open questions or questions relating to practical cases or case law to be commented on by the examiner. The objective of the test is to assess the degree of comprehension of the basic theoretical notions, the ability to reason and apply them using these notions and vocabulary property. The questions require the elaboration of a discursive answer characterised by legal reasoning.
The final mark will be the result of the mathematical average between the marks for the two tests (test 1 and 2). If there is a decimal number, it will be rounded up: above 0.5 inclusive it will be rounded up (e.g. from 26.5 inclusive=27).
1) a written test with closed questions formulated to assess knowledge of the theoretical basics. The assessment of this part is binding for access to the part with open questions (in the same roll).
2) a test based on open questions or questions relating to practical cases or case law to be commented on by the examiner. The objective of the test is to assess the degree of comprehension of the basic theoretical notions, the ability to reason and apply them using these notions and vocabulary property. The questions require the elaboration of a discursive answer characterised by legal reasoning.
The final mark will be the result of the mathematical average between the marks for the two tests (test 1 and 2). If there is a decimal number, it will be rounded up: above 0.5 inclusive it will be rounded up (e.g. from 26.5 inclusive=27).
IUS/10 - ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - University credits: 9
: 10 hours
: 20 hours
Lessons: 30 hours
: 20 hours
Lessons: 30 hours
Professor:
D'Ancona Stefano Matteo Antonio
Professor(s)