Università Roma Tre

The course aims at illustrating the historical formation of Law from the Early Middle Ages (IV-XI centuries) to the Modern Age (XVI-XIX century) and it is articulated in three main sections.
The first part will cover: the relationship between Christianity and Law, the plurality of Germanic systems, the survival and circulation of Roman law, the formation and role of the Western Law Church.
The second part (XII-XV centuries): the birth and evolution of legal science, the cultural framework of the University in Europe, the formation of several iura propria alongside ius generale: the creation of so-called system of ius commune; the configuration of the English Common Law and its relations with the Canon Law.
The third part (XVI-XIX centuries): the humanistic rediscovery of Roman law, the end of the western catholic universalism and the outset of the national churches, the Jusnaturalism, the Legal Enlightenment and the reforms, the French Revolution and the end of Ius Commune; the creation of the Law of Nations.

Antonio Padoa Schioppa, Storia del diritto in Europa. Dal medioevo all’età contemporanea, Milano Il Mulino 2016, the following parts are to be excluded: V.35; VI.