HISTORY OF SOURCES AND LEGAL CULTURE OF THE MIDDLE AGES
Stampa
Enrollment year
2015/2016
Academic year
2016/2017
Regulations
DM270
Academic discipline
IUS/19 (HISTORY OF MEDIAEVAL AND MODERN LAW)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES
Course
HISTORY OF EUROPE
Curriculum
STORICO-GIURIDICO
Year of study
Period
2nd semester (27/02/2017 - 01/06/2017)
ECTS
6
Lesson hours
36 lesson hours
Language
ITALIAN
Activity type
ORAL TEST
Teacher
FUGAZZA EMANUELA (titolare) - 6 ECTS
Prerequisites
For law students examination of Storia del diritto italiano
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to provide students with a general knowledge of medieval legal history
Course contents
The course outlines the development of the sources of the law and the European legal culture in the Middle Ages (VI-XV centuries).
It examines the law schools, the methods of interpretation and the administration of the justice, paying attention to both private and public branches of the law. It focuses on the evolution of ius commune, by a comparison of the laws of the European nations.
It discusses critically and analitically the statutes, the jurisprudence and the decisions of the courts.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Reccomended or required readings
Readings for students who will attend the class:
1. Notes from the lectures
2. Didactic material that will be provided in class
3. Study of specific topics that will be agreed with the teacher

Readings for Storia d’Europa students who will not attend the class:
1. A. Padoa Schioppa, Storia del diritto in Europa, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2007, pp. 13-220
2. A. Padoa Schioppa, Italia ed Europa nella storia del diritto, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2003, limited to the following essays: III. Diritto e istituzioni nell’età comunale (pp. 83-97); IV. Federalismo medievale (pp. 101-122); VII. Delitto e pace privata (pp. 209-250)

Readings for law students who will not attend the class:
1. A. Padoa Schioppa, Il diritto nella storia d’Europa. Il medioevo, Padova, CEDAM, 2005, limited to the following essays: II. L’età dei Regni germanici (pp. 59-108); III. L’età feudale (pp. 113-18
2. A. Padoa Schioppa, Italia ed Europa nella storia del diritto, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2003, limited to the following essays: III. Diritto e istituzioni nell’età comunale (pp. 83-97); IV. Federalismo medievale (pp. 101-122); V. La nuova scienza del diritto (pp. 123-179); VI. Il modello del diritto canonico (pp. 181-208); VII. Delitto e pace privata (pp. 209-250)
Assessment methods
Oral examination
Further information
Oral examination
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