Università Roma Tre

LAW AND HUMANITIES 2023/’24



COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The course will first provide an introduction to the law and the humanities movement in general and then focus on several different, even if strictly connected, fields of study: e.g. law and literature, law and music, law and fiction, law and history, law and religion, law and truth, law and society. The course will question the traditional isolation of legal studies in analyzing law with reference to the other social sciences and, more generally, to a larger cultural context. Texts, symbols and representations, which have greatly influenced popular understanding of law, will be discussed in thematic weeks by professors coming from different parts of Italy and of the world.

COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- to introduce students to the law and the humanities movement.
- to investigate the benefits of interdisciplinary studies.
- to develop a critical approach to legal texts.
- to understand law in the wider context of social sciences
- to stress the importance of the cultural context for a better understanding of law in the past as well as the present

ASSESSMENT TOOLS:
Final grades will be based on:
• Participation in class
• Midterm written work
• Final, oral exam

ATTENDANCE POLICY:
Attendance in class is compulsory to be admitted to the final examination, which will cover all the topics discussed during the course.

READING MATERIAL:
Every thematic week will be associated to introductory papers which will be progressively uploaded on the ‘Roma Tre’ e-learning platform.

Lessons will start on Tuesday 3 October 2023 at 2.15 p.m. From the following week, the course will be held every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 2.15 to 4 p.m. and will end on Wednesday 6/12/2023.

HOW TO ENROL:
To enrol in the course, please send an e-mail to the teacher at the following address: sara.menzinger@uniroma3.it

SCHEDULE OF LESSONS:

3-4 October 2023, 2.15 p.m. – 4 p.m.: course presentation and first thematic week on “Law and Fiction” (prof. Sara Menzinger)

9-11 October, 2.15 p.m. – 4 p.m.: “Law and Music” (prof. Giorgio Resta, Emanuele Conte, Sara Menzinger, University 'Roma Tre')

16-18 October, 2.15 p.m. – 4 p.m.: “Law and Literature” (Dr. David de Concilio, University of Padua, prof. Sara Menzinger, University 'Roma Tre')

23-25 October, 2.15 p.m. – 4 p.m.: “Law and Truth: Judicial truth and medical expertise, 13th-14th cent.” (prof. Corinne Leveleux, Université d'Orléans, Sara Menzinger, University 'Roma Tre')

31 October (Tuesday, 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.), Midterm Exam (written test): students will have to answer three/four open-ended questions on the previous 4 weeks topics

6-8 November, 2.15 p.m. – 4 p.m.: "Law and the Roman Legal Legacy" (prof. Kaius Tuori, University of Helsinki, Sara Menzinger, University 'Roma Tre')

13-15 November, 2.15 p.m. – 4 p.m.: “Law and Religion” (prof. Melanie Adrian, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada)

20-22 November, 2.15 p.m. – 4 p.m.: “Law and History” (prof. Marc de Wilde, University of Amsterdam)

27-29 November, 2.15-4.00 p.m: Law and Truth (prof. Andrew Cecchinato, University of St Andrews)

4-6 December: final interviews for the Law and Humanities course

Every thematic week will be associated to introductory papers which will be progressively uploaded on the ‘Roma Tre’ Moodle platform.