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Surname(s) / First name(s) CASSETTI LUISA
Address(es) Via A.Pascoli, n.33 - Department of Law, University of Perugia 06123 PERUGIA (ITALY)
Telephone(s) Department of Law, University of Perugia 0039-075-5852507
Fax(es)
E-mail(s) [email protected]; [email protected]
Nationality Italian
Gender Female
Current Academic Position From 2005 to the present - Professor of Constitutional Law, Department of Law - Università degli Studi di Perugia, teaching Constitutional Law on the Undergraduate degree course in Law (Laurea magistrale) and on the online three year degree programme for Judicial and Administrative Officials (FGA).
Academic Experience
2002-2005 Associate Professor of Public Law at the Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Perugia . I taught also Institutions of Public Law, Constitutional Law and Federalism and Economic Systems (optional exam).
1997-2002 Researcher in Constitutional Law (Faculty of Law, University of Perugia) 1997-2000 Collaboration with the chair of Public law Institutions of the Faculty of Political Science,
University La Sapienza of Rome and participation in the relative exam sessions.
Research experience
Dates May 1997- November 1997
Occupation or position held Guest researcher with a grant from the National Research Council (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche)
Main activities and responsibilities Research on the German theory of Economic Constitution, based on the development of the doctrine and the jurisprudence of the Constitutional Federal Court (BVerfG)
Name and address of employer Universitaet Bayreuth, Germany
Law faculty (Tutor: prof. Dr. Peter Haeberle)
Dates July and August 1999 Occupation or position held Guest researcher
Main activities and responsibilities Research on regional autonomies in the Spanish constitutional tradition Name and address of employe University of Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona-Spain
Law Faculty (Tutor: Prof.dr.Marc Carrillo)
Dates 1999
Occupation or position held Research on the regional constitutions in Germany
Main activities and responsibilities Translation of Landesverfassungen (Brandenburg and Tueringen) published on www.costituzioniregionali.it
Dates 2001
Occupation or position held Guest researcher
Main activities and responsibilities Research on the evolution of economic Constitution in Portugal (from socialist model to the
European tradition of social market economy)
Name and address of employe University of Lisbon, Lisbon -Portugal Law Faculty (Tutor: Prof. Dr.Jorge Miranda)
Dates 2003-2005-2008 Occupation or position held Visiting researcher
Name and address of employe Max Planck Institut for International and Comparative Public Law Heidelberg (Germany)
Dates 2006 (August and September) Occupation or position held Visiting professor in Argentina
Name and address of employe At the University of Mendoza - Law Faculty
At the Instituto argentino de estudios constitucionales y politicos, Mendoza At the University of Buenos Aires (UVA)- Law and Political Science Faculty
Education and training
1983 Classical High School Diploma (Liceo ginnasio G.C.Tacito di Terni, grade 60/60) 1987-88 Degree in Law (grade 110/110 cum laude). Final thesis entitled “Parlamentary
Regulations, between practice and jurisprudence” (Mentor prof. Beniamino Caravita di Toritto)
1990 (January-June) Participation, with a study grant, in courses organized by the S.Tosi Parlamentary Study and Research Seminar at the Faculty of Political Science C.Alfieri in
Florence and at the Italian Parliament. Final thesis entitled “The Use of the Repeal Referendum in Italian Government”.
2004 Obtained the title of Ph.Doctor (Dottore di ricerca) in Public law, presenting a Thesis entitled ”The market culture, from constitutional interpretations to european communitary principles” before a National Ministerial
Commission presided by prof.A.Pensovecchio.
2005 Awarded a post-doc research grant at the Department of Public Law, University of Perugia
1997 Study grant - awarded by the National Research Council - for research activity abroad (six months) carried out at the Chair of Public Law, Ecclesiastic Law and International Law of prof. Dr. Peter Haeberle, in the Faculty of Law of the University of Bayreuth (Germany), on the theme of the relationship between constitutional law and Economics (German Ordoliberalism, Economic Constitution, Public intervention in the Economy, German reunification and Social Market Economics).
1999 Guest researcher at the Faculty of Law of the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcellona (Spain) (tutor prof. Marc Carrillo)
2001 Guest researcher at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon (Portugal) (tutor prof.Jorge Miranda)
2003-2005 and 2008 Short periods of Research activities at the Max Planck Institute fuer auslaendisches Oeffentliches Recht und Voelkerrecht of Heidelberg (Germany).
2008 -2010 Research and teaching experience in the framework of the Erasmus programme for Teacher Mobility, at the Faculty of Law of the University Complutense of Madrid (Spain)and at the Faculty of Law of the University of Vigo (Spain).
2006 Research and teaching activities at the Universities of Mendoza and Buenos Aires (Argentina) within the International Cooperation Project (financed by Miur and 200co-financed by the University of Perugia - interlink.miur.it , 2005). Argentinian Partner: Instituto de estudios
constitucionales y politicos di Mendoza- Prof.Avv. A.Perez Hualde. Italian Partner: Associazione sul federalismo e i processi di governo (The Association on Federalism and Government Processes)
(www.federalismi.it) .
2002-2004 Commettee of the Regions of the European Union
Editor of the Research on “The strengthening of regional and local democracy in the European Union” (Scientific responsible prof.B.Caravita di Toritto)
2006-2008 PRIN 2005 MIUR Scientific editor of the National Research Project 2005- Local Unit UNIPG on “E-government, public services to citizens, regional and local government
2008-2010 PRIN 2007 MIUR Scientific editor of the National Research Project 2007 – Local Unit UNIPG on “The
Regulations of local entities (municipalities, provinces, metropolitan cities) in the central and southern-central Regions of Italy: Self-government and socio-economic Development” . 2013-2015 PRIN 2009 MIUR Scientific editor of the National Research Project 2009- Local Unit UNIPG on ““The
Implemention of Articles 118 and 119 of Italian Constitution: Administrative and Fiscal Federalism in Development policies
2005-2011 (MIUR, Internationalization of University, interlink.miur.it)
Scientific Responsible and Editor of the International Research on “Public services, privatizations, regulation, citizens rights, local government: a comparison between Italy and Argentina” (National Programme for the development of Internationalization,
2004-2006,interlink .miur.it ). Partnership with Instituto argentino de estudios constitucionales y politicos, Mendoza – Argentina. Partnership with the Association “Osservatorio sul federalismo e I processi di governo” (www.federalismi.it)
2009 to the present Scientific Editor of the Interdisciplinary Research on “The effectiveness of Rights in the light of ECHR Case Law” ( www.diritti-cedu.unipg.it ) , with the financial support (years 2009-2011) of the Foundation “Cassa di risparmio di Perugia”.
2010 to the present Scientific editor of the Focus “America Latina” , published on the electronic Review
federalismi.it (www.federalismi.it)
2011 to the present Co-Responsible of the Section named “Diritto dell’economia, attività di interesse generale e servizi pubblici” of the Network Review “Ius-publicum.com”.
Personal skills and competences
Mother tongue(s) Italian
Other language(s)
Self-assessment Understanding Speaking Writing
European level (*) Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production
ENGLISH B1 C2 B2 B2 B1
SPANISH C2 C1 C2 C2 B2
GERMAN B2 B2 A1 A1 A1
(*) Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level
For the Spanish language: Certificate issued by the University of Barcellona (UB), Faculty of Languages (1999).
For the German language: 1. ZDF from the Goethe’s Institut of Iserlohn (Duesseldorf) following a two month course financed by a study grant offered by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (1997) ;
Social skills and competences I worked in various research teams (at national and international level) and I ‘ve also edited collectaneus volumes.
Member of the Direction Board of the electronic review www.federalismi.it
Member of the Board of the Brazilian electronic review “Revista Forum de Direito financiero e Economico”
Member of the AIC (Italian association of Constitutional Law) (www.associazionedeicostituzionalisti.it)
Member of the Argentine Association of Constitutional Law (www.aadcosnt.org.ar) Member of the “Collegio dei docenti” of the Ph.D Programme in Legal science (Curriculum of Public Law ) at the University of Perugia.
Member of the “Collegio dei docenti” of the Ph.D Programme in Public Law at the University of Bari (2007-2012)
Organisational skills and competences
Intercultural skills: During the research experience in European universities and in South America I took part in Seminars and conferences on the Italian legal tradition (public and constitutional law) and on European Public Law (Theory of sustainable development, Environmental law, Public services, Multilevel constitutionalism, Italian regionalism). 2008-2013 Director of the Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law (University of Perugia) 2013 – Member of the Commission “Collegio di disciplina” (University of Perugia)
Referee for the electronic review federalismi.it (www.federalismi.it) Referee for the electronic bulletin “IANUS”, (University of Siena) Referee for National Projects (MIUR, docente.cineca.it)
Additional information SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
▪ Author of monographic works on antitrust law in the Italian constitutional experience (La cultura del mercato tra interpretazioni della Costituzione e principi comunitari, G.Giappichelli, Torino, 1997) and on the balancing between Economic Constitution and Constitutional Rights in Europe (Stabilità economica e diritti fondamentali. L’euro e la disciplina costituzionale dell’economia, G. Giappichelli, Torino, 2002).
•Editor and co-author of the volume “Diritti, principi e garanzie sotto la lente dei giudici di Strasburgo, Jovene, Napoli, 2012.
▪ Co-editor (with Angela di Stasi and Cesar Landa Arroyo) and Author of the volume “Diritti e giurisprudenza: la Corte interamericana dei diritti umani e la Corte europea di Strasburgo. Derechos y jurisprudencia. La Corte interamericana y el Tribunal europeo de derechos humanos”, Jovene, Napoli, 2014.
•Co-editor (with Beniamino Caravita) of “The strengthening of regional and local democracy in the European Union”, Luxembourg, 2004 (two volumes)
▪ Co-editor (with Cesar Landa) and Author of the book “Governo dell’economia e federalismi. L’esperienza sudamericana”, G. Giappichelli, Torino, 2005
▪ Co-author (with B. Caravita) of the chapters on international and european environmental law of the Handbook “Diritto dell’ambiente”, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2004
▪ Author of articles dealing with sources of law, fundamental rights, environmental law, regional and federal systems, local government, published on referred journals.
