History Of Medieval Rights Lm A 2023/2024

I) The first part will be dedicated to the institutional context of the late Roman Empire, to the Roman-barbarian Kingdoms, to the Justinian's compilation. The salient features of the traditional law of the Germanic peoples and its peculiarities will be compared to the Roman law.

II) The second part will examine the law and the public institutions of the Lombard Kingdom, the legislation of the Franks and the formation of the Holy Roman Empire. So the feuds and territorial seigniories will be studied, the rebirth of juridical studies and the school of the Glossators, the legal system of the Church and the development of canon law.

III) The last part will be dedicated to the law and institutions of Italian municipal civilization, even with direct study of sources. The municipal organizational model, the statutes of the Municipalities and the corporations, the relationship between ius proprium and ius commune, the various legal aspects of the documentation produced by the Municipalities will be analyzed. The characteristics of the land domain and of the main agricultural contracts will be illustrated, to conclude with the long and significant story of the commons in the Italian territories. 

Attending students:

general and introductory writings will be indicated and papers, video documentaries or conferences will be provided or indicated, week by week, related to some main topics addressed in classroom.

For non-attending students we recommend the following manuals:

M. Ascheri, Introduzione storica al diritto medievale, Torino, Giappichelli Editore, 2007, entirely (pp. 270);

or, alternatively:

G. Diurni, Aspirazioni di giuridicità del Medioevo d’Italia, Torino, Giappichelli Editore, 2011, entirely (pp. 240).