(June 30, 2016) Increasing collaboration between Brasil and Siena in teaching and researching. Eighty students from university, institutes and research entities from Brasil, Colombia and Argentina will be in Siena from July 4 to July 15 for the course “Democracia e Desenvolvimento”. The course was organised by the “Faculdades Alfa-Alves Faria” University in Brasil and Latin American universities in collaboration with DIPEC, the Research Group for European and Comparative Public Law of University of Siena will hold the “Democracia e Desenvolvimento”. It is open to students, PhD students, researchers, and legal professionals interested in recent trends in constitutional law with a special focus on the globalisation of law and the dialogue between different legal systems. The course is divided into four different modules all of which will have a comparative approach to the topics offered to the students. These are judicial protection of fundamental rights, civil and political rights, social rights, and the relation between law and economic development. All of the activities will be held the lecture theatres of the Law School of the University of Siena in Via Mattioli. The courses will be held in Spanish and Portuguese and taught by European and Brasilian experts. (Red)
