Alfred Hitchock's "Dial M for Murder" (1954)
Tuesday 25 March 2008
Shakespeare in Law
The next lecture (Wednesday the 26th) will take place at 1:45 in the hall number 4
Friday 21 March 2008
Next Lectures: Stefania Gialdroni
Dear all,
next week we will talk about the relation between Law and Shakespeare. You will receive, as promised, the readings. If you are not in the mailing list, just write me. As usual, the lessons will take place on Wednesday at about 1:45 (but the hall is still not sure), on Thursday at 10:00 (hall 5) and on Friday at 10:00 (hall 5).
Stefania Gialdroni
PhD candidate, Unversity of Milano-Bicocca (Italy) and EHESS, Paris (France)
Introduction
1. Law in Shakespeare
2. Law in Literature
3. England between Queen Elizabeth I and King James I
4. Equity v. Legalism
5. Was Shakespeare a Lawyer?
6. Conclusion
Second Lesson: 27.03.2008
The Merchant of Venice
1. Plot
2. The “fantastic voyage into the land of interdisciplinarity”
3. The Legality of Usury
4. The Relative Values of Law and Equity and the Quality of Mercy in Justice
5. The Liberty of Contract
6. Discrimination
Third Lesson: 28.03.2008
Measure for Measure
1. Plot
2. The Title
2. Justice and Equity
3. Marriage and Fornication
4. Discrimination
next week we will talk about the relation between Law and Shakespeare. You will receive, as promised, the readings. If you are not in the mailing list, just write me. As usual, the lessons will take place on Wednesday at about 1:45 (but the hall is still not sure), on Thursday at 10:00 (hall 5) and on Friday at 10:00 (hall 5).
Stefania Gialdroni
PhD candidate, Unversity of Milano-Bicocca (Italy) and EHESS, Paris (France)
Abstract: Shakespeare "in Law":
First Lesson: 26.03.2008
First Lesson: 26.03.2008
Introduction
1. Law in Shakespeare
2. Law in Literature
3. England between Queen Elizabeth I and King James I
4. Equity v. Legalism
5. Was Shakespeare a Lawyer?
6. Conclusion
Second Lesson: 27.03.2008
The Merchant of Venice
1. Plot
2. The “fantastic voyage into the land of interdisciplinarity”
3. The Legality of Usury
4. The Relative Values of Law and Equity and the Quality of Mercy in Justice
5. The Liberty of Contract
6. Discrimination
Third Lesson: 28.03.2008
Measure for Measure
1. Plot
2. The Title
2. Justice and Equity
3. Marriage and Fornication
4. Discrimination
READINGS:
D.J. Kornstein, 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
L. Halper, Measure for Measure: “Law, Prerogative, Subversion”, in “Cardozo Studies in Law and Literature”, 13.2 (2001), pp. 221-264
D.J. Kornstein, A Comment on Prof. Halper’s Reading of “Measure for Measure”, in “Cardozo Studies in Law and Literature”, 13.2 (2001), pp. 265-269
D.J. Kornstein, 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
L. Halper, Measure for Measure: “Law, Prerogative, Subversion”, in “Cardozo Studies in Law and Literature”, 13.2 (2001), pp. 221-264
D.J. Kornstein, A Comment on Prof. Halper’s Reading of “Measure for Measure”, in “Cardozo Studies in Law and Literature”, 13.2 (2001), pp. 265-269
Stefania Gialdroni C.V.:
Stefania Gialdroni is a PhD candidate both of the University of Milano-Bicocca (Phd in “Private Law and Legal History”) and of the “European Doctorate in history, sociology, anthropology and philosophy of legal cultures in Europe”. After one year spent at the London School of Economics, she is spending the second year of the European Doctorate at the École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. She received several scholarships from the Max-Planck Institut für europäische Rechtsgeschichte in Frankfurt am Main, where she attended the International Max-Planck Research School for Comparative Legal History. In 2003 she graduated from the University of Rome Tre, Law Faculty.
The subject of her PhD thesis is the legal structure of the English East India Company during the 17th century.
Stefania Gialdroni is a PhD candidate both of the University of Milano-Bicocca (Phd in “Private Law and Legal History”) and of the “European Doctorate in history, sociology, anthropology and philosophy of legal cultures in Europe”. After one year spent at the London School of Economics, she is spending the second year of the European Doctorate at the École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. She received several scholarships from the Max-Planck Institut für europäische Rechtsgeschichte in Frankfurt am Main, where she attended the International Max-Planck Research School for Comparative Legal History. In 2003 she graduated from the University of Rome Tre, Law Faculty.
The subject of her PhD thesis is the legal structure of the English East India Company during the 17th century.
Monday 17 March 2008
Mailing list
Dear students,
as some of you suggested, we decided to create a mailing list to send you directly every week the articles you should read. On Wednesday, we will begin to collect your e-mail addresses together with your signatures. In the meanwhile, if you haven't written me before, you can give me your email now, writing to stefaniagialdroni@libero.it. And also: if someone of you doesn't want to receive the articles every week, he/she should tell me that.
Best
SG
as some of you suggested, we decided to create a mailing list to send you directly every week the articles you should read. On Wednesday, we will begin to collect your e-mail addresses together with your signatures. In the meanwhile, if you haven't written me before, you can give me your email now, writing to stefaniagialdroni@libero.it. And also: if someone of you doesn't want to receive the articles every week, he/she should tell me that.
Best
SG
Friday 14 March 2008
Prof. Conte's Readings
Dear all,
Prof. Conte suggested 4 readings. You will certainly find on J Stor Donald Kelley's
article and on HeinOnline both James Whitman's The Disease of Roman Law and Mathias Reimann's article, but probably you won't find online James Whitman's Bring back the Glory!, which Prof. Conte wanted you to read before his Wednesday lesson. That means that you can write me as usual: stefaniagialdroni@libero.it
Articles:
1) J.Q. Whitman, Bring back the Glory!, in "Rechtsgeschichte", 4 (2004), pp. 74-81.
2) J.Q. Whitman, The Disease of Roman Law: a Century Later, in "Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce", 20 (1994), pp. 227-234.
3) D.R. Kelley, Hermes, Clio, Themis: Historical Interpretation and Legal Hermeneutics, in "The Journal of Modern History", 55.4 (1983), pp. 644-668.
4) M. Reimann, Nineteenth Century German Legal Science, in "Boston College Law Review", 31.4 (1990), pp. 837-897.
Prof. Conte suggested 4 readings. You will certainly find on J Stor Donald Kelley's
article and on HeinOnline both James Whitman's The Disease of Roman Law and Mathias Reimann's article, but probably you won't find online James Whitman's Bring back the Glory!, which Prof. Conte wanted you to read before his Wednesday lesson. That means that you can write me as usual: stefaniagialdroni@libero.it
Articles:
1) J.Q. Whitman, Bring back the Glory!, in "Rechtsgeschichte", 4 (2004), pp. 74-81.
2) J.Q. Whitman, The Disease of Roman Law: a Century Later, in "Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce", 20 (1994), pp. 227-234.
3) D.R. Kelley, Hermes, Clio, Themis: Historical Interpretation and Legal Hermeneutics, in "The Journal of Modern History", 55.4 (1983), pp. 644-668.
4) M. Reimann, Nineteenth Century German Legal Science, in "Boston College Law Review", 31.4 (1990), pp. 837-897.
Prof. Skeel's Power Point Slides and e-mail
Dear all,
unfortunately we have some problems in putting Prof. Skeel's Power Point presentation on the blog. We are trying to find a solution. In the meanwhile, if you need it, write me at the address stefaniagialdroni@libero.it. If you want to ask Prof. Skeel something, you can write to the following e-mail address, as he has kindly suggested: dskeel@law.upenn.edu
unfortunately we have some problems in putting Prof. Skeel's Power Point presentation on the blog. We are trying to find a solution. In the meanwhile, if you need it, write me at the address stefaniagialdroni@libero.it. If you want to ask Prof. Skeel something, you can write to the following e-mail address, as he has kindly suggested: dskeel@law.upenn.edu
Good Friday
As many of you already know, there will be no lesson on the Friday before Easter (March the 21st ).
Monday 10 March 2008
New reading
Prof Skeel suggested a new reading (he probably will speak about this book on Friday):
P.J. Williams, The Alchemy of Race and Rights, Cambridge: Massachusetts/London, 1991, Part I, chap. 3: The death of the Profane.
P.J. Williams, The Alchemy of Race and Rights, Cambridge: Massachusetts/London, 1991, Part I, chap. 3: The death of the Profane.
Friday 7 March 2008
Friday's lecture at 2:00 P.M.
Dear all,
Friday's lecture will take place at 2:00 P.M. instead of 10:00 A.M.. The hall will be the same (5). The reason is that at 10:00 A.M. there will be the ceremony for Lord Bingham's Laurea Honoris Causa in the Aula Magna.
Friday's lecture will take place at 2:00 P.M. instead of 10:00 A.M.. The hall will be the same (5). The reason is that at 10:00 A.M. there will be the ceremony for Lord Bingham's Laurea Honoris Causa in the Aula Magna.
Saturday 1 March 2008
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