Objectives of the course are to provide a) the conceptual bases of a legal and institutional nature to understand the fundamentals of the Italian, state and regional regulations; b) tools for the analysis of legal texts; c) the knowledge to understand the role and competences of the State, Regions, Local Bodies.

At the end of the course the student knows:
- the sources of national law and the criteria for resolving disputes between them
- the structure and main contents of the Italian Constitution and the historical-political events that led to its approval
- the relationships between the governing bodies, the methods of election or appointment and the main competences of each of them and the main prerogatives of the judiciary