
Constitutional Law
Tsiliotis Charalampos
The course includes basic concepts of a general theory of Constitutional Law, polity issues, as well as the sources of Greek Constitutional Law. The choice of issues analyzed enhances the Politics student’s understanding of law rules affecting Greek politics. Teaching rests on a combination of theoretical analysis and their application. The course includes the basic concepts and the elements of general theory of Constitutional Law, elements of politology, as well as the sources of the Greek Constitutional Law. The choice of the particular subjects to be analyzed seeks to meet the need of a political scientist to approach the meaning of the rules of the law which regulate Greek political life. The teaching of the course provides a combination of theoretical analysis and application of these rules. The course includes the basic concepts and elements of Constitutional Law, the distinctions of the Constitution, the general theory of Constitutional Law, the sources of Constitutional Law, the judicial review, the constitutional power and the revisionary function, the process of revising the Constitution, the fundamental principles of the regime and the organs of the State (People, Parliament, President of the Republic, Government), the judiciary and the independent administrative authorities. The selection of the more specific topics analyzed aims to meet the need of the political scientist to approach the meaning of the rules of law that regulate Greek political life. The teaching is based on the combination of theoretical analysis and their application.