The aim of the course is to identify the main features of European legal culture deriving from historical experience, in particular from ancient Rome. 

The first part of the programme aims to clarify the role and importance of Roman law in the formation of the European legal systems: from Justinian to current legislation.

In the second part the following topics will be explored: law and religion (the origins, civil law as the law of the cives, the law of the people, natural law); the relationship between the individual and the state (problems of citizenship and immigration); the historicity of the sources of law; human rights; analysis of some institutions and figures of European law (the foundations of Roman law).

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Knowledge and understanding: knowledge of the historical evolution of European law; ability to understand the legal phenomenon and its interaction with society, culture, political forces and the institutional set-up; knowledge of the characteristics and principles of Western and, in particular, European law; knowledge of certain institutions and procedures of European law.

Applying knowledge and understanding: ability to offer an interpretation of the rules, with a proper understanding of the legal and socio-political content, related to ideals and values.

Making judgmentents: ability to employ critically the acquired knowledge; ability to independently evaluate concrete situations and empirical cases.

Communication skills: ability to communicate the acquired knowledge in a clear, essential and scientifically correct way.

Learning skills: ability to learn and to interpret documents and texts with autonomy and critical sensibility.

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Individualized support activities may be indicated upon request.

Teaching

Frontal lessons; working class; discussions; personal research.

Innovative teaching methods

The face-to-face teaching method will be enriched with exercises and in-depth studies, both individual and group, which students will be able to carry out using the University's Moodle platform. Some topics of the course will be covered following the practice of "flipped classroom".

Attendance

Attendance to the course is not compulsory, but active participation in class activities is highly recommended.

The student must attend 75% of the lessons in order to take the examination as an 'attending student'.

Course books

Materials that the lecturer will make available to attending students during the course.

The support of the course books indicated is recommended:

Mauro Barberis, Europa del diritto. Sull'identità giuridica europea, Bologna (Il Mulino), 2008 (o edizione più recente), Parte Terza “Europa: comunità di diritto”: cap. VII "Evoluzione di una domunità di diritto", cap. VIII "Un laboratorio concettuale" e cap. IX "Una teoria del diritto europeo".

Assessment

The final exam will consist of an oral examination that will cover the topics developed in class.

Attending students will write in English or in Italian a short essay about a topic analyzed during the course and he will discuss the essay in an oral examination.

The evaluation criteria and the scale of marks are as follows:

less than 18/30: competence level insufficient. The student doesn’t reach the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.

18-20: competence level sufficient. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.

21-23: competence level satisfactory. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding” and in “applied knowledge and understanding”.

24-26: competence level good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding” and “making judgments”.

27-29: competence level very good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments” and “communication skills”.

30-30 with honours: competence level excellent. The student fully attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments” and “learning skills”.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Course books

- Mauro Barberis, Europa del diritto. Sull'identità giuridica europea, Bologna (Il Mulino), 2008 (o edizione più recente), Parte Seconda "Europa dei diritti": cap. IV "I diritti: una storia giuridica", cap. V "Una discussione cosmopolita", cap. VI "Politeismo dei diritti: il Pantheon di Nizza" e Parte Terza “Europa: comunità di diritto”: cap. VII "Evoluzione di una domunità di diritto", cap. VIII "Un laboratorio concettuale" e cap. IX "Una teoria del diritto europeo".

- Alessandro Somma, Quando l’Europa tradì se stessa, Roma-Bari (Laterza), 2021, cap. 1 “L’Europa e la pace” e cap. 2. “L’Europa e la giustizia sociale”.

Assessment

The achievement of the learning outcomes will be verified through an oral examination, in which the student will answer to questions about the content of the textbooks.

The evaluation criteria and the scale of marks are as follows:

less than 18/30: competence level insufficient. The student doesn’t reach the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.

18-20: competence level sufficient. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.

21-23: competence level satisfactory. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding” and in “applied knowledge and understanding”.

24-26: competence level good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding” and “making judgments”.

27-29: competence level very good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments” and “communication skills”.

30-30 with honours: competence level excellent. The student fully attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments” and “learning skills”.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

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