24331 - History of Medieval and Modern Law (M-Q)

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

General part

The Germans entered in the Empire - Justinian's Law, its reception in Italy and its tradition in the High Middle Age - The Longobard Reign - The Holy Roman Empire - The fief and feudal law - The difficult relationships between Church and Empire in the XIth century: Renovatio Imperii and Gregorian Reform - The preirnerian schools: Pavia, Roma and Ravenna, Pepo - The Alma Mater and the other schools of Law during the period of glossators - The postaccursian Age - The canon law: from Gratian to Corpus Iuris Canonici - Decretists and decretalists - The dialectics ius commune - iura propria - The School of Comment - Doctrinal and jurisprudential itineraries in the age of the late ius commune: mos italicus iura docendi and mos gallicus iura docendi

 

Special part

The merchant in the Middle Age - Origins and natures of ius mercatorum - The development of ius mercatorum in the Modern Age - Bankruptcy between ancient regime and commercial codifications - First societies between merchants - A ....            of the trade: the mediator

Readings/Bibliography

Readings/Bibliography

1) P. Alvazzi del Frate, M. Cavina, R. Ferrante, N. Sarti, S. Solimano, G. Speciale, E. Tavilla, I tempi del diritto. Età medievale, moderna, contemporanea, Torino 2016, i primi 4 capitoli (fino a p. 199).
2) U. Santarelli, Mercanti e società tra mercanti, Torino, Giappichelli, 1998.

Erasmus
Foreign students that are partecipating in the Socrates-Erasmus program should prepare their oral examination reading M. Bellomo, L'Europa del diritto comune, nuova edizione.

Teaching methods

The lessons will start in the second part of academic year.

Studenst will be allowed to afford the examination from summer session.            

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 Alessia Legnani Annichini