It is suggestable to attend and pass the examination of Legal History 1.

The unit will study two aspects of legal history in Europe during the Nineteenth and
Twentieth Centuries: 1) the codification of law as idea, theory, practice, "solution and
problem"; 2) the role of legal science between "legal nationalism" and "common
traditions".

The aim of the course is to introduce students to the complexity of a European vision of
law. The unit seeks to study in-depth relevant legal phenomena in the European history of
law, to highlight the different matrices, structures, meanings of concepts and main
scientific orientations in some national contexts.

Expected results: to widen the historical point of view of students towards other legal
systems, and especially developing a critical overview of the European legal traditions.

The course will cover the following subjects:

a) Introduction: different meanings of European legal history and European law.

b) Codes, codification, legal nation-building, State-building, unification of law.

c) Critical approaches to codification.

d) The role of legal science: different European schools and orientations.

• 1.  (A) Van den Berg P.A.J The politics of european codification: a history of the unification of law in France, Prussia, the Austrian Monarchy and the Netherlands Europa Law Publishing, Groningen, 2007

Students attending lectures are required to study materials and texts will be suggested during classes.

Students not attending lectures are required to study the book P.A.J van den Berg, The politics of european codification: a history of the unification of law in France, Prussia, the Austrian Monarchy and the Netherlands, Groningen, Europa Law Publishing, 2008, full text.

• The lectures will be divided in four different sections, according to the subjects mentioned
  above (see programme of the course). Each section will be conducted by the teacher.
  Students will be provided by texts and readings so that they can follow and interact, giving
  their opinions about the issue investigated in class.

• The examination will consist in answering in English written questions (in 1 hour and a half
  time) at the end of the course. Written proof is the rule, oral form being optional. Written
  proof will be based on three open questions (themes) and three close questions on the topics
  treated in the Course for students regularly attending.
  Students are asked to show their knowledge of the main contents of the lectures and the
  readings suggested.
  

English classes.

English