24331 - History of Medieval and Modern Law (R-Z)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the lessons the student

- knows the political institutions, the legal roots, the jurisprudence, the legal science which characterize the history of Western Continental Europe from Late Middle Age to Modern Age

- knows the importance of the historical approach to the legal phenomenous, in order to become a conscoius member of the community of jurists

Course contents

Oral questions insist about matters dealt by the teacher in the course, as shown below:

The fall of the ancient world

Official and vulgar Law

Sources of vulgar Law

Justinian's Law in Italy

Germanic Law in the West

The Holy Roman Empire  

The Church as a source of Law

Custom as a source of Lae

Utraque Lex (The two Laws)

From personal to territorial principle

School and science of Law

Ius commune as a system

Mos docendi gallicus and mos docendi italicus

Readings/Bibliography

1) E. Cortese, Le grandi linee della storia giuridica Medioevale , Il Cigno-Galileo Galilei, Roma, 2001
2) N. Sarti, Tre itinerari per la storia giuridica: i manoscritti, i giuristi, gli istituti , Torino, Giapppichelli 2006.

Foreign students should prepare their oral examination reading A. Padoa Schioppa, Il diritto nella storia d'Europa. Il Medioevo , Padova, Cedam, nuova edizione.

Teaching methods

The lessons wil  start in the second part oa academic year. Studenst will be allowed to afford th examination from may 2011.

Assessment methods

The final examination will be oral and it is going to certifie that the student

- knows the history of political institutions, of legal roots, of jurisprudence, of legal science from Late Middle Age to Modern Age

- knows the importance of an historical background in the knowledgement of nowdays jurists

Teaching tools

The course is completely supported by Microsoft Powerpoint. Seminars will be announced in time in the course of the lessons, if prevented.

Office hours

See the website of Nicoletta Sarti