Professor
Daniele DonatiLearning objectives
At the end of the course, students acquire the knowledge and legal tools to understand the fundamental principles and rules of freedom of information in our political and institutional system.
At the beginning the course focuses on the analysis of the legal method and the study of our constitutional system.
Subsequently, also through case studies, students learn the rights, duties and limits of providing information and communication with particular attention to the transition from traditional forms to the dynamics of digital media (rights to the network and rights on the net).
Course content
The course is divided into four parts:
Part I – Notions of public law: in this first part we intend to examine the essential institutions of public law;
Part II – Freedom of information and communication: in this second part we examine the freedoms of information and communication. We focus in particular on the right to reporting and its articulations (judicial reporting, criticism, satire, interview), of which the explicit and implicit limits are analysed.
Specific attention is dedicated to the theme of "new rights" that have emerged due to the spread of new technologies;
Part III – Internet, new media and the system of rights: in this third part we focus on the evolution that the internet and digital media have brought to the system of traditional rights. We focus in particular on the issue of regulating access to the Internet and regulation on the Internet, between old and new rights that have emerged due to the spread of new technologies. Special attention is paid to the challenges that legal systems face in the digital media market;
Part IV – Notion of copyright law.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites.
Bibliography
G. Gardini, Le regole dell'informazione. Verso la Gigabit Society, VI edizione, Giappichelli, ed. 2024 limited to chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 9 and 10.
Further in-depth articles, especially for part III, also in English, will be distributed in class.
It is also advisable to read some laws and sentences.
Teaching methods and tools
The course is taught in frontal lessons.
Assessment methods and criteria
The examination is oral and covers the course topics covered in class.
