2006/2007

2009/2010

DM270

IUS/19 (HISTORY OF MEDIAEVAL AND MODERN LAW)

DEPARTMENT OF LAW

LAW

PERCORSO COMUNE

4°

1st semester (28/09/2009 - 09/12/2009)

6

65 lesson hours

Italian

ORAL TEST

LUCCHESI MARZIA GIULIETTA (titolare) - 6 ECTS

Constitutional Law, Private Law Institutions I, History of Italian Law

The course explores how codification has developed in the modern and contemporary era (history of its sources, its culture and of its legal consequences) across Europe, focusing, in particular, on Italy. Particular attention is given to the evolution of Private Law and its codification from the eighteenth century to the twentieth century

The course is devoted to the history of codification in Italy from unification to the present codes, focusing, in particular, on the social and historical context underlying the codification of civil law.

Lectures

C. Ghisalberti, Unità nazionale e unificazione giuridica in Italia. La codificazione del diritto nel Risorgimento, latest edition, Roma-Bari, Laterza, pages 147-313 (students are recommended to read: pages 1-146, which cover subjects discussed during the course of History of Italian Law); C. Ghisalberti, La codificazione del diritto in Italia (1865-1942), latest edition, Roma-Bari, Laterza, pages 3-292. The study of the books does not include footnotes. Those students who attend lectures and take part in seminars, will be examined on the basis of a study programme agreed with the Lecturer, and also taking into account research and reports presented at the end of the course.

Oral Examination