Università Roma Tre

The lessons are organized in chronological order, starting from the Late Middle Ages (XII sec.) up to the Italian Constitution of 1948. The problem of the difficult balance between security and individual and collective rights is the central issue of the course. Students are invited to analyze the solutions adopted over the centuries in different geographical and cultural contexts.
Three macro-periods are taken into account:
1) Late Middle Ages (ius commune and iura propria, Roman-canonical process and Inquisition, problem of representation);
2) Modern Age (Legal Humanism, Lutheran Reformation, Roman Inquisition, marginalization of minorities, centralized tribunals, Natural law theories, Enlightenment, American Revolution, French Revolution, Constitutions and Codifications);
3) Contemporary Age (legislation and justice in the Kingdom of Italy, Fascism, Democracy).

Mario Ascheri, "Introduzione storica al diritto moderno e contemporaneo", Torino: Giappichelli, 2008.
The following chapters are excluded:
Parte II, cap. IV: La stampa e la letteratura giuridica (pp. 161-173).
Parte IV, cap. II: Alternative al positivismo e alla civilistica (pp. 301-303).
Parte V, cap. III: only up to p. 423 (La discontinuità: la Costituzione del 1948).