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.
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
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
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 anthropology, law and music, law and fiction, law and politics, law and poverty, law and truth etc. The course will question the traditional isolation of legal studies in analyzing 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 in thematic weeks by professors coming from different parts of Italy and of the world.
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
ASSESSMENT TOOLS:
Final grades will be based on:
• Participation in class
• Midterm written work
• Final, oral exam
ATTENDANCE POLICY:
Attendance in class is compulsory to be admitted to the final examination, which will cover all the topics discussed during the course.
READING MATERIAL:
Every thematic week will be associated to introductory papers which will be progressively uploaded on the ‘Roma Tre’ e-learning platform.
Lessons will start on Monday 6 October 2025 at 2.00 p.m. in Classroom 278, II Floor. The course will be held every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 2.00 p.m. to 3.45 p.m. and will end on Wednesday 3/12/2025.
HOW TO ENROL:
To enrol in the course, please send an e-mail to the teacher at the following address: sara.menzinger@uniroma3.it
SCHEDULE OF LESSONS:
6-8 October 2025: course presentation and first thematic week on “Law and Fiction” (prof. Sara Menzinger)
13-15 October 2025: “Law and Politics in English History” (prof. Sara Menzinger, prof. Caroline Burt, Cambridge - Faculty of History)
20-22 October 2025: “Law and Forgery” (prof. Sara Menzinger, prof. Paul Bertrand, Université catholique de Louvain)
28 or 29 October 2025, h. 2.00-3.45 p.m.: Midterm Exam (written test): students will have to answer three/four open-ended questions on the previous 3 weeks topics
3-5 November 2025: "Law and Anthropology" (prof. Sara Menzinger, prof. Charles de Miramon, Université Paris Pantheon-Assas)
10-12 November 2025: “Law and Poverty” (prof. Sara Menzinger, Dr. Benedetta Rinaldi Ferri, University of 'Roma Tre'/'École des hautes études en sciences sociale, Paris)
17-19 November 2025: “Law and Music” (prof. Sara Menzinger, prof. Giorgio Resta and prof. Emanuele Conte, University of 'Roma Tre')
24-26 November 2025: "Law and Ideology: Reuses of the Myth of Ancient Rome" (prof. Sara Menzinger, prof. Kaius Tuori. University of Helsinki)
1-3 December 2025: Final interviews of the Law and Humanities course
Programme
LAW AND HUMANITIES 2025/’26COURSE DESCRIPTION:
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 anthropology, law and music, law and fiction, law and politics, law and poverty, law and truth etc. The course will question the traditional isolation of legal studies in analyzing 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 in thematic weeks by professors coming from different parts of Italy and of the world.
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
ASSESSMENT TOOLS:
Final grades will be based on:
• Participation in class
• Midterm written work
• Final, oral exam
ATTENDANCE POLICY:
Attendance in class is compulsory to be admitted to the final examination, which will cover all the topics discussed during the course.
READING MATERIAL:
Every thematic week will be associated to introductory papers which will be progressively uploaded on the ‘Roma Tre’ e-learning platform.
Lessons will start on Monday 6 October 2025 at 2.00 p.m. in Classroom 278, II Floor. The course will be held every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 2.00 p.m. to 3.45 p.m. and will end on Wednesday 3/12/2025.
HOW TO ENROL:
To enrol in the course, please send an e-mail to the teacher at the following address: sara.menzinger@uniroma3.it
SCHEDULE OF LESSONS:
6-8 October 2025: course presentation and first thematic week on “Law and Fiction” (prof. Sara Menzinger)
13-15 October 2025: “Law and Politics in English History” (prof. Sara Menzinger, prof. Caroline Burt, Cambridge - Faculty of History)
20-22 October 2025: “Law and Forgery” (prof. Sara Menzinger, prof. Paul Bertrand, Université catholique de Louvain)
28 or 29 October 2025, h. 2.00-3.45 p.m.: Midterm Exam (written test): students will have to answer three/four open-ended questions on the previous 3 weeks topics
3-5 November 2025: "Law and Anthropology" (prof. Sara Menzinger, prof. Charles de Miramon, Université Paris Pantheon-Assas)
10-12 November 2025: “Law and Poverty” (prof. Sara Menzinger, Dr. Benedetta Rinaldi Ferri, University of 'Roma Tre'/'École des hautes études en sciences sociale, Paris)
17-19 November 2025: “Law and Music” (prof. Sara Menzinger, prof. Giorgio Resta and prof. Emanuele Conte, University of 'Roma Tre')
24-26 November 2025: "Law and Ideology: Reuses of the Myth of Ancient Rome" (prof. Sara Menzinger, prof. Kaius Tuori. University of Helsinki)
1-3 December 2025: Final interviews of the Law and Humanities course
Core Documentation
Every thematic week will be associated to introductory papers which will be progressively uploaded on the ‘Roma Tre’ Moodle platform.Type of delivery of the course
The course will take place on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays and the lessons will always be frontal. Classes will be from 14.15 to 16.00. Attendance at the lectures is compulsory to be admitted to the final examination, which will cover all the topics covered during the course.Attendance
ATTENDANCE POLICY: Attendance in class is compulsory to be admitted to the final examination, which will cover all the topics discussed during the course.Type of evaluation
Final grades will be based on: - Participation in class - Midterm written work - Final, oral exam teacher profile teaching materials
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
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 anthropology, law and music, law and fiction, law and politics, law and poverty, law and truth etc. The course will question the traditional isolation of legal studies in analyzing 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 in thematic weeks by professors coming from different parts of Italy and of the world.
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
ASSESSMENT TOOLS:
Final grades will be based on:
• Participation in class
• Midterm written work
• Final, oral exam
ATTENDANCE POLICY:
Attendance in class is compulsory to be admitted to the final examination, which will cover all the topics discussed during the course.
READING MATERIAL:
Every thematic week will be associated to introductory papers which will be progressively uploaded on the ‘Roma Tre’ e-learning platform.
Lessons will start on Monday 6 October 2025 at 2.00 p.m. in Classroom 278, II Floor. The course will be held every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 2.00 p.m. to 3.45 p.m. and will end on Wednesday 3/12/2025.
HOW TO ENROL:
To enrol in the course, please send an e-mail to the teacher at the following address: sara.menzinger@uniroma3.it
SCHEDULE OF LESSONS:
6-8 October 2025: course presentation and first thematic week on “Law and Fiction” (prof. Sara Menzinger)
13-15 October 2025: “Law and Politics in English History” (prof. Sara Menzinger, prof. Caroline Burt, Cambridge - Faculty of History)
20-22 October 2025: “Law and Forgery” (prof. Sara Menzinger, prof. Paul Bertrand, Université catholique de Louvain)
28 or 29 October 2025, h. 2.00-3.45 p.m.: Midterm Exam (written test): students will have to answer three/four open-ended questions on the previous 3 weeks topics
3-5 November 2025: "Law and Anthropology" (prof. Sara Menzinger, prof. Charles de Miramon, Université Paris Pantheon-Assas)
10-12 November 2025: “Law and Poverty” (prof. Sara Menzinger, Dr. Benedetta Rinaldi Ferri, University of 'Roma Tre'/'École des hautes études en sciences sociale, Paris)
17-19 November 2025: “Law and Music” (prof. Sara Menzinger, prof. Giorgio Resta and prof. Emanuele Conte, University of 'Roma Tre')
24-26 November 2025: "Law and Ideology: Reuses of the Myth of Ancient Rome" (prof. Sara Menzinger, prof. Kaius Tuori. University of Helsinki)
1-3 December 2025: Final interviews of the Law and Humanities course
Programme
LAW AND HUMANITIES 2025/’26COURSE DESCRIPTION:
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 anthropology, law and music, law and fiction, law and politics, law and poverty, law and truth etc. The course will question the traditional isolation of legal studies in analyzing 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 in thematic weeks by professors coming from different parts of Italy and of the world.
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
ASSESSMENT TOOLS:
Final grades will be based on:
• Participation in class
• Midterm written work
• Final, oral exam
ATTENDANCE POLICY:
Attendance in class is compulsory to be admitted to the final examination, which will cover all the topics discussed during the course.
READING MATERIAL:
Every thematic week will be associated to introductory papers which will be progressively uploaded on the ‘Roma Tre’ e-learning platform.
Lessons will start on Monday 6 October 2025 at 2.00 p.m. in Classroom 278, II Floor. The course will be held every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 2.00 p.m. to 3.45 p.m. and will end on Wednesday 3/12/2025.
HOW TO ENROL:
To enrol in the course, please send an e-mail to the teacher at the following address: sara.menzinger@uniroma3.it
SCHEDULE OF LESSONS:
6-8 October 2025: course presentation and first thematic week on “Law and Fiction” (prof. Sara Menzinger)
13-15 October 2025: “Law and Politics in English History” (prof. Sara Menzinger, prof. Caroline Burt, Cambridge - Faculty of History)
20-22 October 2025: “Law and Forgery” (prof. Sara Menzinger, prof. Paul Bertrand, Université catholique de Louvain)
28 or 29 October 2025, h. 2.00-3.45 p.m.: Midterm Exam (written test): students will have to answer three/four open-ended questions on the previous 3 weeks topics
3-5 November 2025: "Law and Anthropology" (prof. Sara Menzinger, prof. Charles de Miramon, Université Paris Pantheon-Assas)
10-12 November 2025: “Law and Poverty” (prof. Sara Menzinger, Dr. Benedetta Rinaldi Ferri, University of 'Roma Tre'/'École des hautes études en sciences sociale, Paris)
17-19 November 2025: “Law and Music” (prof. Sara Menzinger, prof. Giorgio Resta and prof. Emanuele Conte, University of 'Roma Tre')
24-26 November 2025: "Law and Ideology: Reuses of the Myth of Ancient Rome" (prof. Sara Menzinger, prof. Kaius Tuori. University of Helsinki)
1-3 December 2025: Final interviews of the Law and Humanities course
Core Documentation
Every thematic week will be associated to introductory papers which will be progressively uploaded on the ‘Roma Tre’ Moodle platform.Type of delivery of the course
The course will take place on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays and the lessons will always be frontal. Classes will be from 14.15 to 16.00. Attendance at the lectures is compulsory to be admitted to the final examination, which will cover all the topics covered during the course.Attendance
ATTENDANCE POLICY: Attendance in class is compulsory to be admitted to the final examination, which will cover all the topics discussed during the course.Type of evaluation
Final grades will be based on: - Participation in class - Midterm written work - Final, oral exam