GIURISPRUDENZALawAcademic Year 2022/2023

1006252 - DIRITTO AMMINISTRATIVO I A - L

Teacher: Sebastiano LICCIARDELLO

Expected Learning Outcomes

The course aims to develop a critical understanding of the Italian Administrative Law with a particular emphasis on two paths of this branch of the Law: (i) the development of the Administrative regulation in accordance with the evolution of the “type of the State”; (ii) the normative changes with respect to the (re)definition of the relation between administration and citizens on “equal terms”. Applying knowledge and understanding
Acquired the knowledge and insights related to teaching, students will be able to understand the trends of the Administrative Law in the context of institutional reforms as well as to understand the value of the effectiveness of the reforms which have concerned the Public Administration in the recent term. Basically they encompass the (permanent) “specialties” of the Administrative with respect to the recent economic crisis.


Course Structure

Frontal and participated lessons (case studies, case law). If teaching is given in mixed or remote mode,the necessary variations may be introduced in order to comply with the planned programme.

Required Prerequisites

For the formal preparation consult the didactic regulation of the reference cohort available on the dedicated page http://www.lex.unict.it/it/chi-siamo/regolamento-didattici-del-corso-di-laurea-magistrale-ciclo-unique-jurisprudence-lmg01


Detailed Course Content

Foundations and development of the Italian Administrative Law system and its organization. Constitutional principles of the multilevel administrative government. Agencies and other bodies involved in the enforcement of the Administrative Law. Public Administration, politics and policy. General principles and basic notions of the “administrative action”. The relevance of Public and Private Law for the “administrative action”. The Administrative Procedure: basic notions; the starting of the proceeding; the officer in charge; hearings and evaluations of proofs; the rights of participations and defense in the administrative proceeding; access to administrative records. The trends for a simplification of the Administrative Procedure. Rulemaking and Adjudication. The conclusion of the administrative proceeding: rules, orders and sanctions. The essential elements of the decisions issued by the Public Administration. Conditions for the legitimacy and validity of the decisions issued by the Public Administration. Specific models of administrative proceedings: “conference” of different administrations and the “single administrative door”. “Administrative agreements” between the Public Administration and the private parties. The review (of the legitimacy) of the decision(s) by the Public Administration itself. Forms of Protection against the “inactivity” of the Public Administration (“the silence procedure”). Public contracts and public procurements. State and local “public services”. The responsibility(ies) of the Public Administration.

Textbook Information

S. Licciardello, Diritto amministrativo, Le Monnier Firenze, 2020



Learning Assessment

Learning Assessment Procedures

The exam will be evaluated according to the following criteria (Resolution of the CdS Council of 17 September 2018

Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises

The person in charge of the procedure, the management, public responsibility, services and business, motivation, discretion, excess of power, revocation, cancellation, politics and administration, participation,