20101172 - LAW AND THE HUMANITIES

THIS COURSE IS PART OF THE PROGRAM "STUDYING LAW AT ROMA TRE," THUS, ATTENDANCE IS REQUIRED. STUDENTS WHO WANT TO ATTEND THIS COURSE MUST COMPLETE A PRE-REGISTRATION FORM TO ENROLL. DOWNLOAD THE FORM HERE. HTTP://WWW.GIUR.UNIROMA3.IT/STUDYING_LAW/PROGRAMS/APPLICATION%20FORM%20FOR%20STUDY%20LAW%20AT%20ROMA%20TRE%20COURSES%20AND%20SEMINARS%20RS_PERPETUA.DOC

THE COURSE WILL FIRST PROVIDE AN INTRODUCTION TO THE LAW AND THE HUMANITIES MOVEMENT IN GENERAL AND THEN FOCUS ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT, EVEN IF STRICTLY CONNECTED, FIELDS OF STUDY: e.g. LAW AND LITERATURE, LAW AND PHILOSOPHY, LAW AND ARCHITECTURE, LAW AND ICONOGRAPHY, LAW AND ARCHAEOLOGY, LAW AND MUSIC. THE COURSE WILL QUESTION THE TRADITIONAL ISOLATION OF LEGAL STUDIES IN ANALYSING LAW WITH REFERENCE TO THE OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCES AND, MORE GENERALLY, TO A LARGER CULTURAL CONTEXT. TEXTS, SYMBOLS AND REPRESENTATIONS, WHICH HAVE GREATLY INFLUENCED POPULAR UNDERSTANDING OF LAW, WILL BE DISCUSSED BY PROFESSORS AND PHD STUDENTS COMING FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD, EACH OF WHOM WILL BE TEACHING 1-6 LESSONS ON A SPECIFIC TOPIC.
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- TO INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO THE LAW AND THE HUMANITIES MOVEMENT.
- TO INVESTIGATE THE BENEFITS OF INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES.
- TO DEVELOP A CRITICAL APPROACH TO LEGAL TEXTS.
- TO UNDERSTAND LAW IN THE WIDER CONTEXT OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
- TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CULTURAL CONTEXT FOR A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF LAW IN THE PAST AS WELL AS THE PRESENT.

Curriculum

teacher profile | teaching materials

Programme

Law and Humanities, 2021/2022



4th October: prof. Emanuele Conte (University of ‘Roma Tre’)
“Introduction to Law and Humanities”

5th-6th October: prof. Sara Menzinger (University of ‘Roma Tre’)
“Dante and the Law: The Influence of Legal Categories on 14th century Political Thought”

11th-13th October: prof. Serena Ammirati (University of ‘Roma Tre’)
“Law and Paleography: Transmitting and Reconstructing Law in the Latin West:
from papyri to digital data”

18th-20th October: prof. Giorgio Resta and prof. Emanuele Conte (University of ‘Roma Tre’)
“Law and Music”

25th-27th October: Stefania Gialdroni (University of Padova):
"Law and Visual Arts: The Italian Supreme Court of Cassation between Law,
Architecture and Iconography"

2nd-3rd November: Midterm exam

8th-10th November: prof. Emily Corran (University College London):
“Women, Conscience and Law: Legalistic approaches to sin in Late Middle Ages”

15th-17th November: prof. Giuseppe Guizzi (University of Napoli),
“Balzac and the Comedy of the Law”

22nd-23rd November: prof. Bruno Cavallone (University of Milano),
“Visual Arts and Principles of Judicial Proceedings”

29th-30th November: prof. Caroline Humfress (University of St. Andrews)
“Law and Society”

6th and 7th December: Final discussion of the course



Core Documentation

Course reading material will be uploaded on the Roma Tre e-learning platform.

Type of delivery of the course

Fall 2021: the course will start on October 4th and it will finish on December 7th. Classes meet: Monday, 1h. 8.30-10.00; Tuesday, h. 14.00-15.30; Wednesday, h. 16.00-17.30. This course will be held online, via Teams. All materials will be posted on the Roma Tre e-learning platform.

Type of evaluation

• participation in class • mid term written work • Final, oral exam Attendance in class is compulsory; the final examination will cover all the topics discussed during the course.

teacher profile | teaching materials

Mutuazione: 20101172 LAW AND THE HUMANITIES(DIRITTO E CULTURA) in GIURISPRUDENZA LMG/01 N0 MENZINGER DI PREUSSENTHAL SARA

Programme

Law and Humanities, 2021/2022



4th October: prof. Emanuele Conte (University of ‘Roma Tre’)
“Introduction to Law and Humanities”

5th-6th October: prof. Sara Menzinger (University of ‘Roma Tre’)
“Dante and the Law: The Influence of Legal Categories on 14th century Political Thought”

11th-13th October: prof. Serena Ammirati (University of ‘Roma Tre’)
“Law and Paleography: Transmitting and Reconstructing Law in the Latin West:
from papyri to digital data”

18th-20th October: prof. Giorgio Resta and prof. Emanuele Conte (University of ‘Roma Tre’)
“Law and Music”

25th-27th October: Stefania Gialdroni (University of Padova):
"Law and Visual Arts: The Italian Supreme Court of Cassation between Law,
Architecture and Iconography"

2nd-3rd November: Midterm exam

8th-10th November: prof. Emily Corran (University College London):
“Women, Conscience and Law: Legalistic approaches to sin in Late Middle Ages”

15th-17th November: prof. Giuseppe Guizzi (University of Napoli),
“Balzac and the Comedy of the Law”

22nd-23rd November: prof. Bruno Cavallone (University of Milano),
“Visual Arts and Principles of Judicial Proceedings”

29th-30th November: prof. Caroline Humfress (University of St. Andrews)
“Law and Society”

6th and 7th December: Final discussion of the course



Core Documentation

Course reading material will be uploaded on the Roma Tre e-learning platform.

Type of delivery of the course

Fall 2021: the course will start on October 4th and it will finish on December 7th. Classes meet: Monday, 1h. 8.30-10.00; Tuesday, h. 14.00-15.30; Wednesday, h. 16.00-17.30. This course will be held online, via Teams. All materials will be posted on the Roma Tre e-learning platform.

Type of evaluation

• participation in class • mid term written work • Final, oral exam Attendance in class is compulsory; the final examination will cover all the topics discussed during the course.