The course aims to provide future legal practitioners with a thorough knowledge, on the one hand, of the legal order of the Catholic Church (canon law); on the other, of the other main religious legal systems. The aim is, on the one hand, to know the development of the law of the main European religious juridical tradition, also fundamental for the knowledge of secular law; on the other hand, to understand the role of religious rights within the legal pluralism typical of contemporary globalized societies.
This objective will be achieved both through the knowledge of the main characteristic features of these legal traditions (knowledge and understanding) and through the analysis of the concrete application of some religious juridical institutes within the social dynamics (applying knowledge). This knowledge will allow the acquisition of a reflective ability aimed at the critical analysis of the situations examined (making judgments). Finally, thanks to the oral modality of the final exam, the student will learn both the communication of the main elements of the cases examined (communication) and the need for a personal reworking of the information received (learning skills).
The course joins those of Ecclesiastical law, of Religions and rights and of Human rights, constituting an important element for the training of the contemporary jurist.