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

The general part of this course is corresponding to the chapters 1 to 4 of the manual "Tempi del diritto" and the book "Scuole, Studium, Ateneo". It will deal with the  origin, development and literary forms of law schools; the figure, doctrine and works of the main jurists; the juridical sources in the Medieval and Modern Age.

The special part of this course - corresponding to the book "Mercanti e società tra mercanti" - is focused to examine in depth the ius mercatorum, from its origin in the Medieval Age to its developments in the Modern Age

Readings/Bibliography

General part

1) AA.VV., Tempi del diritto. Età medievale, moderna, contemporanea, III ed., Torino 2022, only parts I, II, III, IV (until p. 179)

Special part

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.

Integrating exams which students who have moved from other Courses

The programme for integrating exams which students who have moved from other Courses needd to take is planned with each individual student on the basis of the programme completed and on the CFU necessary.

Teaching methods

Teaching will be developed into frontal classes in which it will be discussed the systematic presentation of the topics covered by the Course.

 

 

Assessment methods

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

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

The final examination will be in written form and structured in 3 opened questions.

During the examination – which duration is 1 hour – isn’t admitted any help instrument (for ex. Vocabulary)

The final examination 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

The evaluation of the test will be carried out taking into consideration

• the knowledge of the course contents
• the ability to make connections between the different parts of the program
• the ability to develop critical arguments
• the articulation and accuracy of the exposure

By way of example, the following criteria will be used to assess the final mark (that will be out of 30/30):

- sufficient or barely sufficient knowledge on the programme, limited reasoning ability, some difficulties in using technical and legal language → 18-21/30;

- fairly good knowledge of the programme, adequate critical reasoning ability, sound use of technical and legal language → 22-25/30;

- comprehensive knowledge of the programme, notable reasoning ability, good command of technical and legal language → 26-29/30;

- extensive knowledge of the programme, very good reasoning ability, and ability to fully master technical-legal language → 30-30L/30.

Registration for the final exam must be done using the Almaesami application (https://almaesami.unibo.it/almaesami/welcome.htm).

Registration for the final exam must be done using the Almaesami application (https://almaesami.unibo.it/almaesami/welcome.htm).

Until further comunication by the Dean, exams will be in presence.

Exams in virtual modality on Microsoft Teams will be guaranteed for some categories of students. For the details see [https://www.unibo.it/it/ateneo/covid-19-misure-adottate-da-alma-mater/lezioni-esami-tirocini] . Students can attest their membership to those categories through SOL (Studenti OnLine).

After the inscriptions closure every student, that will be take exam in virtual modality, will receive through Almaesami the meeting link, to which he should connect the day of the exam

The professor, if it is possible, will send also the link of the subcommision from which the student will be examined. Otherwise the links will be comunicated in the virtual room at the moment of the roll call.

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.

For a better preparation it is suggested to download the didactic material that will be put on the course page (https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/alessia.legnani/didattica/programma/2022/364057)

Office hours

See the website of Alessia Legnani Annichini