Dear all,
the next three classes will be devoted to the field of “Law and Literature”. As you can see, the topics will be very heterogeneous!

25 March: Dr. Angela Condello on Law & Exemplarity
26 March: Prof. Sara Menzinger (RomaTre University) on Law & Dante: “Dante, the Bible and the Law: a theological-juridical contribution to the Political Debate of 14th century”
27 March: Dr. Stefania Gialdroni on Law & Shakespeare: “Shakespeare in Law:The Merchant of Venice as a Mirror of Legal Issues”
Readings:
COMPULSORY READINGS:
Menzinger, Sara, Dante and the law, (Forthcoming In Dante in Context, edited by Lino Pertile and Zygmund Baranski, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press);
TEXTS used during the lesson available HERE: Dante and the Law class Texts
Kornstein, D.J., Fie Upon your Law!, in “Cardozo Studies in Law and Literature”, 5.1 (1993): A Symposium Issue on “The Merchant of Venice”, pp. 35-56.
NOT COMPULSORY READINGS ON DANTE & SHAKESPEARE:
These readings will NOT be sent via email:
– Steinberg, Justin, Dante and the Limits of the Law, Chicago 2013 (book);
– Quaglioni, Diego, “Arte di bene e d’equitade”.Ancora sul senso del diritto in Dante (Monarchia, II v 1), in “Studi Danteschi”, 76 (2011), pp. 27-46;Monarchia, ed. by D. Quaglioni, in Dante Alighieri, Opere, ed. M. Santagata, vol. II, Milano, Mondadori («I Meridiani»), 2014;
– Tierney, Brian, Religion, Law and the Growth of Constitutional Thought. 1150-1650, Cambridge 1982 (book).
This reading has been sent via email:
– Gialdroni, Stefania, La clausola penale tra finzione e realtà. Il caso limite di Shylock alla prova del diritto veneziano, del diritto comune e del common law, in La pena convenzionale nella prospettiva storico-comparatistica (Collana del centro di eccellenza in diritto europeo – G. Pugliese), Napoli: Jovene, 2013.
Prof. Menzinger’s CV available HERE.