- Docente: Nicoletta Sarti
- Credits: 8
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Law (cod. 9232)
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 phenomenons, 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 Western Europe
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) P. Alvazzi del Frate, M. Cavina, R. Ferrante, N. Sarti, S. Solimano, G. Speciale, E. Tavilla, Tempi del diritto. Età medievale, moderna, contemporanea, Torino 2016, i primi 4 capitoli (fino a p. 199).
2) N. Sarti, Tre itinerari per la storia giuridica: i manoscritti, i giuristi, gli istituti, Torino, Giapppichelli 2006.
in alternativa
N. Sarti, Scuole, Studium, Ateneo. I primi nove secoli di vita dell'Università di Bologna, in corso di stampa
Foreign students are allowed to prepare their oral examination reading M. Bellomo, L'Europa del diritto comune, Roma 1994.
Teaching methods
The lessons wil start in the second part oa academic year. Studenst will be allowed to afford th examination from may 2018.
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 european jurists
The thesis
The thesis, intended for a detailed study of institutes, people and precise moments from juridical medieval and modern history, will be assigned to those students who show a clear interest in the historical-juridical educational path.
Requests from those students who decline to dedicate the necessary time to make thesis elaboration a constructive experience will not be accepted.
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