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

The unit will study two aspects of legal history in Europe and Italy during the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: 1) the history of Criminal Law and Justice in Liberal and Totalitarian Regimes; 2) a specific focus on Italian Fascism and other European authoritarian legal systems.

The aim of the course is to introduce students to the complexity of Criminal Law and Justice in a wider vision. The unit seeks to study in-depth Justice considered as an "integrated system" formed by ideologies, doctrines, institutions, legislations and prevention and repression activities in Liberal and Fascist States pointing out continuity elements and more relevant changes and transformations having also an evident "constitutional value".

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

The course will cover the following subjects:

a) Introduction

b) The Italian System of Criminal Law and its Liberal Foundations (1861-1889). The Issues Arising out of the Unification of Italy

c) The Italian System of Criminal Law and its Social Foundations (1876-1921). Developments and Conflicts

d) The Italian Fascist System of Criminal Law and Justice. Its Authoritarian Foundations in a comparative perspective

• 1.  (A) Paul GARFINKEL Criminal Law in Liberal and Fascist Italy Cambridge University Press, Cambridge , 2016 » Pagine/Capitoli: Full text

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 Paul GARFINKEL, Criminal Law in Liberal and Fascist Italy, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2016, 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 exam will be oral. Students are asked to show their knowledge of the main contents of the lectures and the readings suggested. The exam will assess in particular four skills: knowledge of contents, critical approach, English level, clarity.
  
  
  

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