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STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND DIGITAL POWER - 190003

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ID:
190003
Dettaglio:
SSD: Consititutional Law Duration: 48 CFU: 6
Located in:
BERGAMO
Url:
Course Details:
GEOPOLITICS, ECONOMY AND GLOBAL STRATEGIES - 190-270/Percorso comune Year: 1
Year:
2025
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Overview

Date/time interval

Secondo Semestre (16/02/2026 - 29/05/2026)

Syllabus

Course Objectives

At the end of the course the student:

a) knows the theories and tools by which constitutional law addresses the transformations of sovereign powers and their exercise, within the different declinations of Constitutionalism (regulatory, social, global constitutionalism …),;

b) knows the phenomenology of "digital powers" and the spatial dimensions of their exercise and recognizes how this exercise intersects the sovereign functions, on the one hand, and the guarantees of fundamental rights, on the other;

c) knows the forms and structures of definition and containment of digital powers and critically elaborates convergencies and tensions between state sovereignty, supranational powers and digital powers;


Course Prerequisites

No pre-requisites are required


Teaching Methods

Lessons:

In the lectures regarding the introductory part, attending students will be constantly invited to discuss and engage in direct dialogue with the teachers, with proposals for in-depth analysis or debate to be carried out in the laboratory and/or meeting activities.


Workshops:

Attending students are invited to analyse and discuss cases. The analysis takes place on the basis of the materials previously reported, framing the case through a classroom discussion aimed at understanding legal and extra-legal aspects.


Meetings and Seminars:

Italian and foreign scholars will be invited for in-depth analysis of particular themes and issues (jurisprudential cases decided by national or supranational courts; attending students may formulate proposals for further topics and meetings.


Assessment Methods

Oral test aimed at ascertaining, in addition to basic knowledge, critical orientation skills in reference to the cases discussed in the course.

Evaluation will be on 30/30.


Contents

Introductory part:

a) constitutionalism and state sovereignty (basic concepts, definitions and institutions, historical evolution and perspectives);

b) constitutionalism and digital powers (impact on the form of state, on the form of government, on fundamental rights);

c) cyberspace and its subjection to state, supranational and international authority;

d) the role of private operators and the guarantee of rights.


Workshops on cases of particular interest will focus on the contents of the introductory part


Online Resources

  • E-learning
  • Leganto - Reading lists

More information

Erasmus students may request use of English bibliography: anna.lorenzetti@unibg.it


Degrees

Degrees

GEOPOLITICS, ECONOMY AND GLOBAL STRATEGIES - 190-270 
Master's Degree
2 years
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People

People (2)

PEZZINI Barbara
Docente a contratto per incarico di insegnamento
SCOLLO Luigi
Settore GIUR-14/A - Diritto penale
AREA MIN. 12 - Scienze giuridiche
Gruppo 12/GIUR-14 - DIRITTO PENALE
Ricercatori Legge 240/10 - t.det.
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STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND DIGITAL POWER
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