Unit

Course
European legal integration and human rights
Study-unit Code
A003183
Curriculum
In all curricula
Teacher
Ferdinando Treggiari
Teachers
  • Ferdinando Treggiari
Hours
  • 42 ore - Ferdinando Treggiari
CFU
6
Course Regulation
Coorte 2026
Offered
2026/27
Type of study-unit
Opzionale (Optional)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
English
Contents
The codification of law in Europe and Latin America (18th-20th centuries).
Reference texts
Textbooks and study materials for exam preparation will be indicated and made available to students during class.
Educational objectives
The course aims to increase students' knowledge of the legal system that accompanied the social transformations in Europe and Latin America between the 18th and 20th centuries.
Prerequisites
In order to understand the topics covered in the course and achieve the learning objectives, the student must have a good general education and possess essential knowledge of modern and contemporary history. This prerequisite applies to both attending and non-attending students.
Teaching methods
Lectures and classroom discussion.
Other information
For any further information, students can contact the lecturer: 1) in the Department during office hours or after every class; 2) by e-mail; 3) on the Unipg Teams platform.
Learning verification modality
The exam consists of an oral examination, during which students must demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the topics covered in class and illustrated in the study materials. Students must express themselves using mature language and appropriate technical and legal vocabulary, and demonstrate their ability to understand legal phenomena in their historical context.
Extended program
Crisis and decline of the age of common law. Political absolutism and the
codification of law. The cultural matrices of codification:
Natural law and the Enlightenment. Behind the first European codifications: Prussian, Austrian, and
Tuscan areas. The law of the French Revolution. The French Civil Code (1804). The Austrian Civil Code (1811).
Civil codification in the age of the Restoration. The Italian Civil Code of 1865. The Spanish Civil Code (1889). The German Civil Code (1900). The Swiss Civil Code (1907). Criminal codification in Europe. Codification of law in Latin America.
Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
Quality education.

Code A003183
Location PERUGIA
CFU 2
Teacher Ferdinando Treggiari
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Giuridico
Sector GIUR-16/A
Type of study-unit Opzionale (Optional)

Code A003183
Location PERUGIA
CFU 4
Teacher Ferdinando Treggiari
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Giuridico
Sector GIUR-16/A
Type of study-unit Opzionale (Optional)