Università Roma Tre

SYLLABUS
INTRODUCTION TO THE LAW AND THE HUMANITIES MOVEMENT WITH SPECIAL FOCUS ON FIVE DIFFERENT APPROACHES: LAW AND HISTORY, LAW AND LITERATURE, LAW AND ARCHITECTURE, LAW AND MUSIC AND LAW AND CINEMA.

LEARNING AND TEACHING
THE COURSE WILL BE DIVIDED INTO FIVE PARTS. THE ATTENTION WILL BE FOCUSED ON THE MOST IMPORTANT AND DEVELOPED FIELDS OF THE LAW AND THE HUMANITIES STUDIES: LAW AND LITERATURE AND LAW AND CINEMA. THE NINE SPEAKERS, WHICH HAVE BEEN SELECTED IN ORDER TO REPRESENT AS MANY DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AS POSSIBLE, ARE IN PART WELL-KNOWN PROFESSORS AND IN PART YOUNG RESEARCHERS AND PHD STUDENTS.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE
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 STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAW IN THE PAST AND IN THE PRESENT.

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION TO THE INTERDISCIPLINARY FIELD OF STUDIES WHICH INVESTIGATES THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN LAW AND THE HUMANITIES AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LEGAL SCHOLARS TO LOOK AT LAW AS PART OF A BROADER CIVILIZATION.
ANALYSIS OF THE LEGAL CONTENT AND CONTEXT OF NOVELS, PLAYS, PAINTINGS, MONUMENTS AND FILM, PROVIDING THE BASIS TO ASK QUESTIONS SUCH AS: WHAT DO WE UNDERSTAND BY THE EXPRESSION NATURAL LAW? WHAT IS THE AIM OF LAW? DOES A CERTAIN RULE FIT WITH THE OTHER VALUES OF THAT PARTICULAR CULTURE?
ANALYSIS OF LEGAL TEXTS USING THE TOOLS OF LITERARY CRITICISM AND THEORY.

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FOR FURTHER BIBLIOGRAPHY SEE THE WEBSITE: HTTP://DOCS.LAW.GWU.EDU/FACWEB/DSOLOVE/LHI.HTM