CODE 64922 ACADEMIC YEAR 2025/2026 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 2 GIURISPRUDENZA 7995 (LMG/01) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR IUS/20 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 2° Semester SECTIONING Questo insegnamento è diviso nelle seguenti frazioni: A B TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW The course in the sociology of law and the legal professions analyses the fundamental relationships between law and society, with particular regard to the links between law and power, law and economics, law and religion. ‘Knowing’ law for the sociology of law therefore means understanding it from the network of links it has in the broader universe of cultural facts. AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES The change of contemporary legal systems; law and power; law and capitalism; sociology of rights. Historical and deontological profiles of the legal professions; the judiciary; the citizens and the access to justice. AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES The course is divided into four main parts. In the introductory part, the fundamental principles of teaching are explained: an ethical-pedagogical principle (avalutativity), and three scientific principles (legal realism, historicism, duality of social structures: structure and culture). The next part analyses the relations between law and power, and between law and economics (with particular reference to modern western capitalism). The third part delves into the practical and ethical-normative contents of the main legal professions, with a special focus on the judicial and forensic professions. The fourth part examines the sociological-legal theories of Max Weber and Emile Durkheim. Individual study, attendance and participation in the proposed training activities will enable the student to understand and critically assess, with independent judgement, the main links between law and society, to read and critically examine texts by classic authors of the sociology of law, and finally to begin a process of self-assessment on the subsequent orientation of the course of study with a view to choosing a profession PREREQUISITES No specific skills are required at the outset. It will of course be useful to have an ability to orient oneself in the main historical processes of modernity, some notions of the history of thought, knowledge of the basic principles of the Constitution on justice and the judiciary, and knowledge of the essential contents of the law of the judiciary and the laws on judicial organisation. TEACHING METHODS The course consists of lectures for a total of 36 hours (equal to 6 CFU), during which the main theoretical notions of the sociology of law and the practical and ethical-normative profiles of the main legal professions will be presented and analysed. Lectures on specific topics by legal scholars are possible within the course. SYLLABUS/CONTENT Avalutativity, reality science of law, historical depth of legal knowledge, duality of social structures. Law and power. Law and economics (in particular law and capitalism). The constitutional rules on the judiciary. The judicial function. Ethical-normative profiles of the legal profession. Emile Durkheim's sociology of law. From feudalism to capitalism: economics and law in Max Weber. Rights and modernity (Weber, Durkheim, Jellinek). RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Textbooks and possible reading materials for attending students. For attending students, the examination will consist of an oral interview on a topic to be chosen from those of the first part of the course (law and power, law and capitalism, the political party, the judicial function, the legal profession) or on one of the first two chapters of G. Pascuzzi, Giuristi si diventa. Come riconoscere e apprendere le abilità propri delle professioni legali, il Mulino, Bologna, 2019 (pp. 9-82); and on R. Marra, La libertà degli ultimi uomini. Studi sul pensiero giuridico e politico di Max Weber, Giappichelli, Turin, 1995 (179 pp.); and R. Marra, La religione dei diritti, Giappichelli, Turin, 2006 (only the first three parts, pp. 3-156). Choice topics cannot cover these two books. Textbooks and possible reading materials for non-attending students 1. G. Pascuzzi, Giuristi si diventa. Come riconoscere e apprendere le abilità propri delle professioni legali, il Mulino, Bologna, 2019, the first three chapters, pp. 9-140; 2. R. Marra, La libertà degli ultimi uomini. Studi sul pensiero giuridico e politico di Max Weber, Giappichelli, Torino, 1995 (179 pp.); 3. R. Marra, La religione dei diritti, Giappichelli, Torino, 2006, only the first three parts (pp. 3-156). TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD REALINO MARRA Ricevimento: The reception is in Teams mode and by appointment, by sending an e-mail to the lecturer and stating the reason for the request. I try to answer all e-mails (address realino.marra@unige.it), except at weekends, in August and during the Christmas and Easter holidays. I do not reply to e-mails without a subject line, unsigned or asking for information (on receptions, teaching programmes, lecture halls, etc.) that can easily be found on AulaWeb or on the University and Department websites. E-mail is a working tool not only with students, but also with colleagues, staff, administration and other institutions; e-mail traffic is therefore very high; in order to better manage communication, I can only reply to e-mails that clearly and concisely ask for specific information. Clarifications on topics or programme authors can only be provided at the receptions of myself and my collaborators (Dr Giulia Arena, Matteo Buffa, Fiammetta Campana, Nathalie Paris, Alessandro Negroni, Francesca Ceresa Gastaldo, Mattia Volpi). LESSONS LESSONS START I semester from September 14th to December 4th 2020 II semester from February 15th to May 7th 2021 Class schedule SOCIOLOGY OF LAW AND OF LEGAL PROFESSIONS A EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION The examination is oral. At the end of the course there will be a follow-up interview (not mandatory) to assess the learning levels of the students attended. The exam will consist of three/four questions on themes, currents and authors in the sociology of law and the practical and ethical/regulatory profiles of the main legal professions. ASSESSMENT METHODS The oral examination aims to test the student's actual knowledge and acquisition of the theoretical concepts of the sociology of law. Through theoretical-general questions on the problems, currents and authors of the sociology of law, it will be checked whether the student is able to identify the fundamental themes of the subject, and to understand and interpret, with a critical spirit and autonomy of judgment, the contents of the main authors of the sociology of law, and whether he/she has started a path of self-assessment aimed at choosing the legal profession.
