Corsi di Studio del Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza

Dear Students,

I hope you are fine.

Let us start by recalling the rules of the extraordinary exam session of the 17^th of April 2020. At 9:00 am (Turin time = GMT + 1) on the 17^th of April 2020 all students who have signed up for the exam on the website of the course unit receive an email with the questions. The questions are also uploaded under “Avvisi”. You have then time until 9:00 pm (Turin time = GMT + 1) on the 17^th of April 2020 to send me back your text with the answers. The text must be sent in Word format and as an attachment to an email (sergio.dellavalle@unito.it). All text sent later than at the above-mentioned time or in a format different than Word will not be taken into account.

In the header of your file you must write: first name, family name, registration no. (matricula), date, denomination of the course unit. Finally, you have to specify whether this is a resit exam.

Please keep in mind that in the case of the extraordinary exam of the 17^th of April 2020 a specific rule is applied: in contrast with the usual rule according to which the result of an exam can be simply rejected and a resit exam can be taken without prejudice, the scores obtained in the extraordinary session of the 17^th of April 2020 will be taken into account to build the average with the scores of the resit exam. Therefore, on the 17^th of April, if you are not sure of the quality of your work, you should not submit it via email: once I have received it, I will also evaluate it according to the above-mentioned rules. But, if you do not submit it, it is as if you would not have taken part in the exam; in other words, you do not need to cancel your registration.

The exam consists of four open questions on the contents of Module I. The dimension of your answers, taken together, shall not exceed 1,600 words (that means, approximatively, 400 words per answer, but you can also weight the distinct answers differently). All texts that exceed that dimension will not be taken into account. Each answer weights for a quarter of the final grade, i.e., up to 7.5 points. Obviously, the answers should not be a “copy and paste” of the related parts of the file containing the arguments of Module I. On the contrary, you have to express the answers with your own words. Every form of plagiarism that exceeds 20 % of the submitted text will result in a fail.

The grades of extraordinary exam of the 17^th of April 2020 will be uploaded under “Avvisi”. At the same time, you will get notice of the uploading of the results via email.

The questions are:

1)    Why is the division of powers so important for the limitation of public power? Which is the first constitutional document attesting the division of powers?

2)    Compare the presidential powers in the presidential, parliamentary and semi-presidential systems.

3)    Form and functions of the Upper Houses.

4)    What is the Global Economic Constitution?

And, now, keep calm and do the best job you can. Good luck!

Best regards,

Sergio Dellavalle