To provide an introduction to interpretative tools and methods for reconstructing the matter of the obligations of public administrations and public services.
Course Prerequisites
Prerequisites are published on the degree course web site section: “Piano di studio".
Teaching Methods
Lectures. During the course will be organized supplementary activities (tutorials, research laboratories, seminars in small groups) and meetings for the study of specific issues.
Assessment Methods
Oral examination. During the course will be organized optional intermediate tests.
The oral exam evaluates according to the following criteria: - knowledge of the contents of the program - ability to relate the different legal institutions in an applicative key - relevance and exhaustiveness of the answers - argumentative and synthesis capacity - property of language and clarity
Contents
Obligations of public administrations, in the light of the recent legal reforms. Specially, the course examines the relationship between the private rules and the public rules of the contract, the division between state and regional legislative powers in the "matter" of public contracts, the public contracts code and its effects, the procedure for the conclusion of the contract, the systems of the selection of the contractors and the evaluation of offers, the award, the contract and the subsequent phases, the execution of the contract, the withdrawal of the public administration, the annulment of the award and the fate of the contract, the financial responsability of the administration. About the public services, the course examines specific themes, like individual legal situations, the progressive outsourcing, the principles of UE e the reasons of antitrust, the forms of activities. The course will focus on recent developments in legislation.