Globalization of Law and Legal Pluralism
A.Y. 2022/2023
Learning objectives
The course aims to provide students with a general understanding of the concepts of legal globalization and legal pluralism. Furthermore, within this theoretical framework, the course aims to delve into two macro-areas that are particularly influenced by the dynamics of globalization and pluralism in contemporary societies:
the relationship between law, rights, and cultural diversity; young people's rights, with a specific focus on their transition to autonomous life and participation.
the relationship between law, rights, and cultural diversity; young people's rights, with a specific focus on their transition to autonomous life and participation.
Expected learning outcomes
- Knowledge and understanding of the concepts of legal globalization and legal pluralism;
- Ability to apply the acquired knowledge to the analysis of the legal regulation of contemporary societies;
- Ability to analyze critically and autonomously the impact of the dynamics of globalization of law and legal pluralism on fundamental rights;
- Ability to express the acquired knowledge with argumentative coherence and accurate terminology;
- Ability to undertake in-depth studies on the relationship between globalization, pluralism, and law, through a method that combines theoretical analysis and critical observation.
- Ability to apply the acquired knowledge to the analysis of the legal regulation of contemporary societies;
- Ability to analyze critically and autonomously the impact of the dynamics of globalization of law and legal pluralism on fundamental rights;
- Ability to express the acquired knowledge with argumentative coherence and accurate terminology;
- Ability to undertake in-depth studies on the relationship between globalization, pluralism, and law, through a method that combines theoretical analysis and critical observation.
Lesson period: Third trimester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Third trimester
More specific information on the alternative delivery modes of the lectures for the academic year 2022/2023 will be provided, only if necessary, based on the evolution of the public health situation.
Course syllabus
The course is divided into three modules. (the first and second parts are common for SPO and GLO students; the third part completes the course for SPO students)
First module: Law and social sciences; globalization and globalization of law; legal pluralism and the postcolonial condition: theories and fields of research; globalization, pluralism, border studies
Lecture 1 Introduction to the course
Lecture 2 What do we talk about when we talk about globalization?
Lesson 3 Globalization: challenges and opportunities
Lesson 4 Is there such a thing as "global" law?
Lesson 5 Space, law, rights
Lesson 6 The postcolonial condition
Lesson 7 From the postcolonial condition to legal pluralism
Lesson 8 The critique of neocolonial law and the Orientalism of rights
Lesson 9 Border as a method
Lecture 10 On the borders of Europe
Second module: Law, migration and cultural diversity; citizenship, borders, forms of inclusion and exclusion, crimmigration, crime and the color line
Lecture 11 The legal production of illegality
Lecture 12 Legal geography of borders
Lesson 13 Crimmigration and the politics of the border
Lesson 14 Citizens or subjects?
Lesson 15 The globalization of migration control
Lesson 16 Criminalization of migrants and "dangerous mobility"
Lesson 17 Deviance and globalization
Lesson 18 From the welfare state to the penal state
Lesson 19 The prison boom
Lesson 20 Crimmigration: punishing the poor
Third module: Forms of citizenship, emancipatory law and the right to have rights, intersectionality, rights and legal recognition, case study
Lesson 21 Prison and the color line
Lesson 22 The double absence
Lesson 23 The forms of citizenship
Lesson 24 The emancipatory right
Lesson 25 Legal Pluralism
Lesson 26 Cultural conflicts in global cities
Lesson 27 Pluralism, intersectionality and rights
Lesson 28 Cases
Lesson 29 Cases
Lesson 30 Cases
First module: Law and social sciences; globalization and globalization of law; legal pluralism and the postcolonial condition: theories and fields of research; globalization, pluralism, border studies
Lecture 1 Introduction to the course
Lecture 2 What do we talk about when we talk about globalization?
Lesson 3 Globalization: challenges and opportunities
Lesson 4 Is there such a thing as "global" law?
Lesson 5 Space, law, rights
Lesson 6 The postcolonial condition
Lesson 7 From the postcolonial condition to legal pluralism
Lesson 8 The critique of neocolonial law and the Orientalism of rights
Lesson 9 Border as a method
Lecture 10 On the borders of Europe
Second module: Law, migration and cultural diversity; citizenship, borders, forms of inclusion and exclusion, crimmigration, crime and the color line
Lecture 11 The legal production of illegality
Lecture 12 Legal geography of borders
Lesson 13 Crimmigration and the politics of the border
Lesson 14 Citizens or subjects?
Lesson 15 The globalization of migration control
Lesson 16 Criminalization of migrants and "dangerous mobility"
Lesson 17 Deviance and globalization
Lesson 18 From the welfare state to the penal state
Lesson 19 The prison boom
Lesson 20 Crimmigration: punishing the poor
Third module: Forms of citizenship, emancipatory law and the right to have rights, intersectionality, rights and legal recognition, case study
Lesson 21 Prison and the color line
Lesson 22 The double absence
Lesson 23 The forms of citizenship
Lesson 24 The emancipatory right
Lesson 25 Legal Pluralism
Lesson 26 Cultural conflicts in global cities
Lesson 27 Pluralism, intersectionality and rights
Lesson 28 Cases
Lesson 29 Cases
Lesson 30 Cases
Prerequisites for admission
No prior knowledge is required.
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons, class discussion, seminars. PowerPoint slides will be uploaded on the Ariel platform.
Teaching Resources
Attending students:
Maria Rosaria Ferrarese, (2009) Prima lezione di diritto globale, Il Mulino, Bologna, capt. 1
Seyla Benhabib, (2008), Cittadini globali, Il Mulino, Bologna.
Santos, Boaventura de Sousa (2004), "Può il diritto essere emancipatorio? Una riflessione teorica", Democrazia e Diritto, 1.
Santos, Boaventura de Sousa (2004), "Casi di diritto emancipatorio", Democrazia e Diritto, 2.
Mezzadra, Sandro (2004) Capitalismo, migrazioni e lotte sociali, in I confini della libertà. Per un'analisi politica della migrazione contemporanea, DeriveApprodi, Roma, pp. 7-23
Frank Düvell (2004) La globalizzazione del controllo delle migrazioni, in I confini della libertà. Per un'analisi politica della migrazione contemporanea, DeriveApprodi, Roma, pp. 23-51
Enrica Rigo, (2004) Ai confini dell'Europa, in I confini della libertà. Per un'analisi politica della migrazione contemporanea, DeriveApprodi, Roma, pp. 81-109
Nicholas De Genova (2004) La produzione giuridica dell'illegalità, in I confini della libertà. Per un'analisi politica della migrazione contemporanea, DeriveApprodi, Roma, pp. 181-2016
Zolo, Danilo Introduzione La fame, il patibolo, la guerra 1. I diritti umani: un'ideologia occidentale in declino. In: Tramonto globale. La fame, il patibolo, la guerra: 89 (Studi e saggi) (Italian Edition) . Firenze University Press. Edizione del Kindle.
Campesi Giuseppe, Geografia giuridica dei confini, in "Sociologia del diritto" 3/2021, pp. 15-42
Verdolini Valeria, (2022), L'istituzione reietta, Spazi e dinamiche del carcere in Italia, Carocci, Roma. Cap. 2; Cap. 4 e §5.2.
Non-attending students:
Seyla Benhabib, 2008, Cittadini globali, Il Mulino, Bologna.
Maria Rosaria Ferrarese, 2009, Prima lezione di diritto globale, Il Mulino, Bologna.
Verdolini Valeria, 2022, L'istituzione reietta. Spazi e dinamiche del carcere in Italia, Carocci, Roma.
Erasmus students: Specific material may be provided if required.
Maria Rosaria Ferrarese, (2009) Prima lezione di diritto globale, Il Mulino, Bologna, capt. 1
Seyla Benhabib, (2008), Cittadini globali, Il Mulino, Bologna.
Santos, Boaventura de Sousa (2004), "Può il diritto essere emancipatorio? Una riflessione teorica", Democrazia e Diritto, 1.
Santos, Boaventura de Sousa (2004), "Casi di diritto emancipatorio", Democrazia e Diritto, 2.
Mezzadra, Sandro (2004) Capitalismo, migrazioni e lotte sociali, in I confini della libertà. Per un'analisi politica della migrazione contemporanea, DeriveApprodi, Roma, pp. 7-23
Frank Düvell (2004) La globalizzazione del controllo delle migrazioni, in I confini della libertà. Per un'analisi politica della migrazione contemporanea, DeriveApprodi, Roma, pp. 23-51
Enrica Rigo, (2004) Ai confini dell'Europa, in I confini della libertà. Per un'analisi politica della migrazione contemporanea, DeriveApprodi, Roma, pp. 81-109
Nicholas De Genova (2004) La produzione giuridica dell'illegalità, in I confini della libertà. Per un'analisi politica della migrazione contemporanea, DeriveApprodi, Roma, pp. 181-2016
Zolo, Danilo Introduzione La fame, il patibolo, la guerra 1. I diritti umani: un'ideologia occidentale in declino. In: Tramonto globale. La fame, il patibolo, la guerra: 89 (Studi e saggi) (Italian Edition) . Firenze University Press. Edizione del Kindle.
Campesi Giuseppe, Geografia giuridica dei confini, in "Sociologia del diritto" 3/2021, pp. 15-42
Verdolini Valeria, (2022), L'istituzione reietta, Spazi e dinamiche del carcere in Italia, Carocci, Roma. Cap. 2; Cap. 4 e §5.2.
Non-attending students:
Seyla Benhabib, 2008, Cittadini globali, Il Mulino, Bologna.
Maria Rosaria Ferrarese, 2009, Prima lezione di diritto globale, Il Mulino, Bologna.
Verdolini Valeria, 2022, L'istituzione reietta. Spazi e dinamiche del carcere in Italia, Carocci, Roma.
Erasmus students: Specific material may be provided if required.
Assessment methods and Criteria
Attending students
Attendance of 70% of the lessons is required to be considered an attending student.
The exam will cover the content of the lessons and the suggested texts.
It will consist of a compulsory written test with open-ended questions and an optional oral test that can increase or decrease the mark up to three points.
The written tests will be held in the classroom.
The evaluation is expressed in thirtieths with possible honours (cum laude).
The evaluation criteria will consider the knowledge of the fundamental issues concerning the relationship between globalization, legal pluralism and law, critical analysis and the clarity of exposition skills.
Non-attending students:
The exam will cover the content of the suggested texts.
It will consist of a compulsory written test with open-ended questions and an optional oral test that can increase or decrease the mark up to three points. The written test will be held in the classroom.
The evaluation is expressed in thirtieths with possible honours (cum laude).
The evaluation criteria will consider the knowledge of the fundamental issues concerning the relationship between globalization, legal pluralism and law, critical analysis and the clarity of exposition skills.
Attendance of 70% of the lessons is required to be considered an attending student.
The exam will cover the content of the lessons and the suggested texts.
It will consist of a compulsory written test with open-ended questions and an optional oral test that can increase or decrease the mark up to three points.
The written tests will be held in the classroom.
The evaluation is expressed in thirtieths with possible honours (cum laude).
The evaluation criteria will consider the knowledge of the fundamental issues concerning the relationship between globalization, legal pluralism and law, critical analysis and the clarity of exposition skills.
Non-attending students:
The exam will cover the content of the suggested texts.
It will consist of a compulsory written test with open-ended questions and an optional oral test that can increase or decrease the mark up to three points. The written test will be held in the classroom.
The evaluation is expressed in thirtieths with possible honours (cum laude).
The evaluation criteria will consider the knowledge of the fundamental issues concerning the relationship between globalization, legal pluralism and law, critical analysis and the clarity of exposition skills.
SPS/12 - SOCIOLOGY OF LAW, DEVIANCE AND SOCIAL CHANGE - University credits: 9
Lessons: 60 hours
Professor:
Verdolini Valeria
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