INTERCULTURAL LAW AND HISTORY OF RELIGION
cod. 19654

Academic year 2008/09
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Giancarlo ANELLO
Academic discipline
Diritto canonico e diritto ecclesiastico (IUS/11)
Field
Ambito aggregato per crediti di sede
Type of training activity
Hub-specific activity
24 hours
of face-to-face activities
4 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
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Learning objectives

<br />The goal of the course is to provide students with a method of analysis and legal-political lexicon capable of translating reciprocally the various legal standpoints of individuals belonging to different cultural worlds. The purpose of this is to make use of a theoretical platform for a political dialogue capable of promoting democratic handling of a range of cultures and their interrelated conflicts within the public sphere.

Prerequisites

<br />Students must have knowledge of basic concepts of private and public law.

Course unit content

<br />The course will cover the nature, development and spread of the primary religious-based legal systems, including through the study of history of religions. It will also include in-depth study of a number of individual legal institutions using an intercultural methodological approach.

Full programme

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Bibliography

<br />Recommended texts are: <br />'Le religioni' by Mario Ricca, Roma-Bari, Laterza editore, 2004<br />or<br />'Legal Tradition of the World', by H. Patrick Glenn, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004.

Teaching methods

Lectures and exams are oral.

Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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