CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

University of Genoa

Giovanni Tarello Department for Legal Culture  

The Faculty of Law of the University of Genoa and its “Giovanni Tarello” Department for Legal Culture are organising a Post Graduate Master Programme (one year, 60 ECTS) in Global Rule of Law & Constitutional Democracy / Estado de Derecho Global y Democracia Constitucional 

This semi residential programme requires a 4-week presence in Imperia (Italy) in January/February 2012 and is limited to a maximum of 25 students. The rest of the programme (from November 1, 2011 to Octobre 31, 2012) will be delivered on-line through a special distant learning platform. The programme offers up to ten scholarships and is addressed to: 

• students with (or in the process of finalising) a graduate degree and intending to start a doctoral study programme in the fields of jurisprudence or political philosophy for which a postgraduate degree is required;
• lawyers (solicitors, judges, public officials) working on national or international levels in relation with the protection of human rights;
• academics  (teachers and researchers) who wish to broaden their understanding of constitutional democracy and global rule of law;
• managers of NGOs or private companies who wish to acquire theoretical and practical means for improving their professional performance.

Organising Committee:

Pierluigi Chiassoni (president), Paolo Comanducci, Riccardo Guastini, María Cristina Redondo, Giovanni Battista Ratti (University of Genoa), Pierre Brunet (University Paris Ouest-Nanterre), Rafael Escudero (University Carlos III de Madrid), Jordi Ferrer (University of Girona), José Juan Moreso (University Pompeu Fabra Barcelona) 

The residential classes and the on-line (distant learning) classes will be delivered by professors of the University of Genoa as well as an international panel of professors from the following universities: Alicante, Brescia, Buenos Aires, Carlos III de Madrid, Commerciale Luigi Bocconi di Milano, Córdoba (Argentina), Girona, ITAM (Mexico), Palermo (Italy), Paris Ouest-Nanterre, Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona), Roma III, Trieste, Torino, and Uppsala.