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Academic Year 2026/2027 - Teacher: CRISTIANA MARIA PETTINATOCourse Structure
The course consists of lectures and seminar activities.
Required Prerequisites
There are no specific prerequisites.
Detailed Course Content
1. The Religious Phenomenon and the Law. - 2. Religious Rights and Political Systems. - 3. The Principle of Secularism. - 4. Systems Governing the Relationship Between States and Religious Denominations.
Textbook Information
P. Lillo, Diritto, politica e religione. Orizzonti e percorsi, Giappichelli, Torino, 2026 (chapters I-IV), 270 pp.
Alternatively,
S. Ferrari (ed.), Strumenti e percorsi di diritto comparato delle religioni, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2022, sections I (Cenni storici e fonti del diritto), V (Lo statuto giuridico della donna), VI (La bioetica), VIII (Il potere politico).
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
The exam will consist of an oral test designed to assess the student's knowledge of the subject matter and will be intended to evaluate the student's achievement of the learning objectives.
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
- The concept of religious denomination.
- Ethics and law.
- The principle of secularism.
- The difference between secularism and laicism.
- Religious pluralism.
- The public dimension of the Christian religion.
- The role of the Orthodox Churches in the public sphere.
- The political views of the Protestant Churches.
- The legal concept in the Muslim world.
- The concept of sovereignty in Islamic law and theology.
- Caesaropapism.
- Separatism.
- Jurisdictionalism.
- Theocratic regimes.
- Concordats.