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Type D and Type F activities
This information is intended exclusively for students already enrolled in this course.If you are a new student interested in enrolling, you can find information about the course of study on the course page:
Laurea magistrale a ciclo unico in Giurisprudenza - Enrollment from 2025/2026Le attività che consentono l’acquisizione dei crediti riservati alle attività formative a libera scelta dello studente (TAF D) sono le seguenti:
• Un insegnamento previsto nell’elenco delle attività formative (TAF D) allegato al piano didattico del corso di laurea Magistrale in Giurisprudenza;
• Un insegnamento attivato nei Corsi di studi afferenti al Collegio di Giurisprudenza;
• Un laboratorio didattico attivato nei Corsi di studi afferenti al Collegio di Giurisprudenza;
• Un laboratorio didattico attivato nei Corsi di studi afferenti al Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche;
• Un insegnamento previsto dall’Offerta Formativa di Ateneo, non impartito nell’ambito dei corsi di studi afferenti al Collegio di Giurisprudenza: il riconoscimento dei crediti acquisiti sarà subordinato alla preventiva presentazione di coerenti programmi formativi valutati dalla Commissione istruttoria per la didattica e approvati dal Collegio didattico.
• Attività formative organizzate dai singoli docenti del Collegio di Giurisprudenza o del Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche: previa approvazione del Collegio ad esse verrà attribuito, dopo un’apposita verifica, un credito per ogni 6 ore di frequenza obbligatoria;
• Attività formative che implicano la partecipazione a convegni o seminari organizzati sotto il “logo” del Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche o dell’Ateneo: devono essere preventivamente approvate dal Collegio di Giurisprudenza indicando un docente di riferimento del Collegio di Giurisprudenza ovvero del Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche. Un credito per ogni giornata di convegno o di seminario si acquisisce dopo apposita verifica che dimostri l’avvenuta fruizione culturale del tema del convegno o del seminario.
Le attività che consentono l’acquisizione dei crediti riservati alle ulteriori attività formative (TAF F) sono le seguenti:
• Informatica (3 cfu)
• Stage;
• Un laboratorio didattico attivato nei Corsi di studi afferenti al Collegio di Giurisprudenza;
• Un laboratorio didattico attivato nei Corsi di studi afferenti al Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche.
Al link Compilazione del piano didattico - Giurisprudenza le informazioni e la modulistica per l'inserimento di attività non selezionabili in autonomia dallo studente in sede di compilazione del piano degli studi.
| years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4° 5° | Lab.: Italian mediation competition - preparation (2 cfu) | F | Not yet assigned |
| 4° 5° | Lab.: Cross examination moot - preparazione (2 cfu) | F | Not yet assigned |
| 4° 5° | Roman Law and Civil Law Tradition - Training | F | Not yet assigned |
| 4° 5° | Lab.: Pax Moot competition - Training | F | Not yet assigned |
| 4° 5° | Lab.: Willem c. vis international commercial arbitration moot - preparazione (2 cfu) | F | Not yet assigned |
History of codification and modern constitutions (2022/2023)
Teaching code
4S00365
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
6
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
IUS/19 - HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL AND MODERN LAW
Period
1° periodo lezioni (1B) dal Nov 4, 2022 al Dec 16, 2022.
Learning objectives
The course aims to recognize the theoretical foundations of modern and contemporary constitutions and codifications and the basis of the present legal order, to determine the inter-individual relationships and the relations among state powers. Constitutions and codes reproduce and interpret all the innovations and limits that mark originality and vitality within a stated historical experience. It follows that the legal order seems to be the result of a long time ‘negotiation’ indispensable to social peace and to the satisfaction of private and public interests. At the end of the course, students should be able to understand the evolution of modern and contemporary codifications and constitutions and value the deep influence of legal interpretation in order to protect basic rights.
Prerequisites and basic notions
Prior knowledge acquired in the History of Medieval and Modern Law Course is required
Program
PART I - Interpretative lines of the major modern codes
The first part of the course aims to investigate, in a diachronic line, the historical-legal significance of the concept and process of codification, through the study of the main 18th-century consolidations and the 19th-century codifications. Particular attention will be paid to:
1) to the (legal and political) significance of codes in legal modernity, in relation to the previous common law experience;
2) to the typifying features of codification and its European spread;
3) the crisis in the fortunes of codes in contemporary times;
4) the theme/problem of the judge's role in the interpretation of the law.
PART II - Modern Constitutions between the Old and the New World
The second part of the course will be devoted to the analysis of the theoretical foundations of medieval and modern constitutions, the latter formed in the aftermath of the French and American Revolutions. In particular, the elements of continuity between the modern and contemporary constitutional experience will be emphasised, in the light of the complex relationship between 'law', 'freedom' and 'limitation', as designed by the legal Enlightenment and, in particular, by modern contractualism. The main documents of modern and contemporary constitutionalism will be examined. With specific reference to the Italian Constitution, emphasis will be placed on the relationship between the constitutional text and its historical realisation, with particular attention to the concrete realisation of constitutionally protected rights.
The teaching programme envisages, in detail, the presentation and discussion of the following topics
- Doctrinal foundations of modern and contemporary codifications and constitutions;
- Justice, law, law between the Middle Ages and Modernity;
- Consolidations, codifications and constitutions: elements for a legal-historical definition;
- Code: the writing of the legal rule; the unifying function; the idea of completeness;
- The evolution of the idea of code in Modernity. Codification and Enlightenment;
- The codifications of natural law: the Austrian Code of 1811 and the Code civil of 1804;
- Codification and interpretation;
- At the roots of modern constitutionalism: doctrinal foundations of liberties;
- Modern Contractualism and the Charters of Rights;
- Constitutional order and the 'primacy' of the legislative;
- The democratic constitutions of the 20th century.
Bibliography
Didactic methods
The teaching method adopted consists of lectures.
Lectures will be recorded and made available in the course moodle.
Learning assessment procedures
The examination is conducted orally. Attending students must demonstrate at least sufficient knowledge of the topics covered in the course. Non-attending students must demonstrate at least sufficient knowledge of the content of the recommended texts. ERASMUS students are requested to make contact with the lecturer at the beginning of the course in order to correctly set up attendance and/or study activities.
Evaluation criteria
The evaluation is expressed in thirtieths. The following will be assessed: 1) the ability to critically restate the topics covered in class or studied on the indicated texts; 2) the quality of the exposition, including the correct use of the Italian language and, in particular, of legal language.
Criteria for the composition of the final grade
Not relevant to teaching.
Exam language
La prova si svolge in lingua italiana
