Legal Studies Cesare Beccaria
Doctoral programme (PhD)
A.Y. 2025/2026
Study area
Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
PhD Coordinator
The programme provides high-level interdisciplinary training during which the doctoral student is offered the possibility of further study of law, with special reference to criminal law and procedure, Roman law, history, philosophy and sociology of law, and ecclesiastic and canon law.
The programme includes lessons and active participation at seminars, during which the student will be encouraged to research different topics in detail. He/she will also be involved in research projects promoted by the Board of Lecturers and will be urged to write and publish contributions in the framework of these projects.
During the three-year period, the student will write an original scientific paper under the supervision of one or more tutors. The paper may be interdisciplinary.
A number of courses and seminars may be conducted in English. Part of the programme may also be conducted at a foreign university or research institute.
The programme includes lessons and active participation at seminars, during which the student will be encouraged to research different topics in detail. He/she will also be involved in research projects promoted by the Board of Lecturers and will be urged to write and publish contributions in the framework of these projects.
During the three-year period, the student will write an original scientific paper under the supervision of one or more tutors. The paper may be interdisciplinary.
A number of courses and seminars may be conducted in English. Part of the programme may also be conducted at a foreign university or research institute.
Classi di laurea magistrale - Classes of master's degree :
LM-18 Informatica,
LM-32 Ingegneria informatica,
LM-52 Relazioni internazionali,
LM-56 Scienze dell?economia,
LM-62 Scienze della politica,
LM-63 Scienze delle pubbliche amministrazioni,
LM-66 Sicurezza informatica,
LM-78 Scienze filosofiche,
LM-81 Scienze per la cooperazione allo sviluppo,
LM-84 Scienze storiche,
LM-88 Sociologia e ricerca sociale,
LMG/01 Giurisprudenza.
LM-18 Informatica,
LM-32 Ingegneria informatica,
LM-52 Relazioni internazionali,
LM-56 Scienze dell?economia,
LM-62 Scienze della politica,
LM-63 Scienze delle pubbliche amministrazioni,
LM-66 Sicurezza informatica,
LM-78 Scienze filosofiche,
LM-81 Scienze per la cooperazione allo sviluppo,
LM-84 Scienze storiche,
LM-88 Sociologia e ricerca sociale,
LMG/01 Giurisprudenza.
Dip. Scienze giuridiche "Cesare Beccaria" - Via Festa del Perdono, 7 - Milano
- Main offices
Dip. Scienze giuridiche "Cesare Beccaria" - Via Festa del Perdono, 7 - Milano - Degree course coordinator: Claudio Luzzati
[email protected] - Degree course website
https://beccaria.unimi.it/it/didattica/offerta-formativa/dottorati/dottorato-scienze-giuridiche-cesare-beccaria
| Title | Professor(s) |
|---|---|
| Constitutional principles, European standards and rules of the criminal trial
Curriculum: Criminal law, criminal procedure and crimonology |
L. Donati Lupària 16139.
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| Criminal Appeals
Curriculum: Criminal law, criminal procedure and crimonology |
L. Donati Lupària 16139.
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| Different models of criminal justice
Curriculum: Criminal law, criminal procedure and crimonology |
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| The precautionary measures
Curriculum: Criminal law, criminal procedure and crimonology |
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| International criminal law
Curriculum: Criminal law, criminal procedure and crimonology |
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| International and European Judiciary Cooperation
Curriculum: Criminal law, criminal procedure and crimonology |
V. Mitsilegas (Queen Mary University)
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| Prison and Fundamental Rights
Curriculum: Criminal law, criminal procedure and crimonology |
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| Res iudicata and enforcement of criminal judgments
Curriculum: Criminal law, criminal procedure and crimonology |
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| Criminal evidence in contemporary law and historical perspective
Curriculum: Criminal law, criminal procedure and criminology; Roman law and legal history |
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| Criminal Liability and Fundamental Rights
Curriculum: Criminal law, criminal procedure and crimonology |
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| Immigration, Fundamental Rights and the Criminal Law
Curriculum: Criminal law, criminal procedure and crimonology |
V. Mitsilegas (Queen Mary University)
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| Business and economic crime: controversial issues
Curriculum: Criminal law, criminal procedure and crimonology |
F. Londoño Martinez (Universidad Diego portales)
N. Brandao (Universidade de Coimbra).
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| Criminal Justice, Science and new Technolgies
Curriculum: Criminal law, criminal procedure and crimonology |
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| Crime and Punishment in current and historical perspective.
Curriculum: Criminal law, criminal procedure and crimonology; Roman law and legal history |
F. Londoño Martinez (Universidad Diego portales)
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| The Fight against Corruption: Prevention and Prosecution in a Domestic and International Context
Curriculum: Criminal law, criminal procedure and criminology |
F. Londono Martinez (Universidad Diego Portales)
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| Forms of belonging and transmission of property rights
Curriculum: Roman law and legal history |
Thomas Finkenauer (Università di Tubinga)
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| Obligation rights in the Roman legal thought
Curriculum: Roman law and legal history |
T. Rüfner (Universitat Trier)
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| Justice and inequalities: a legal and historical perspective
Curriculum: Roman law and legal history |
A. Dal Ri (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - Florianopolis)
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| The Challenge of the Civilian Tradition in the Dialogue between Legal Systems in 21st century: Europe e Asia
Curriculum: Roman law and legal history |
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| The institutes of private and of public law in the legal experience of the ancient Mediterranean legal systems
Curriculum: Roman law and legal history |
T. Finkenauer
T. Rüfner
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| Sovereignty, repression and pacification from a historical perspective
Curriculum: Roman law and legal history |
J. Garcia Martìn (Universidad del Pais Vasco)
A. Dal Ri (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - Florianopolis)
|
| Transitional justice: historiographical models between repression and pacification
Curriculum: Roman law and legal history; Criminal law, criminal procedure and criminology |
J. Garcia Martìn (Universidad del Pais Vasco)
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| Law, History, and sustainable Economy
Curriculum: Roman law and legal history |
J. Garcia Martìn (Universidad del Pais Vasco)
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| Law and Humanities
Curriculum: Roman law and legal history |
M. Nacci (Pontificia Università Lateranense)
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| Factum & ius. Legal thinking in the solution of the case
Curriculum: Roman law and legal history |
T. Finkenauer
|
| Predictive Justice, Prediction Techniques for corporate compliance
Curriculum: Legal philosophy, sociology of law, ecclesiastical and canon law |
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| Big data and law in the digital transformation of the city, citizens, minors and patients
Curriculum: Legal philosophy, sociology of law, ecclesiastical and canon law |
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| Logic and Legal Informatics, Theory of Legal Reasoning, Methods of Legal Interpretation, and Analysis of Legal Language
Curriculum: Legal philosophy, sociology of law, ecclesiastical and canon law |
Giovanni Tuzet (Università Bocconi)
Damiano Canale (Università Bocconi)
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| The Legal Framework of the Public Managers’ Employment Relationship between Autonomy and Responsibility
Curriculum: Legal philosophy, sociology of law, ecclesiastical and canon law |
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| Law, religion, and economy.
Curriculum: Legal philosophy, sociology of law, ecclesiastical and canon law |
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| Canon Law and the Other Religious Laws in Interaction with the Secular Legal Systems
Curriculum: Legal philosophy, sociology of law, ecclesiastical and canon law |
Rodriguez Blanco (universidad de Alcalà)
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| The Right to Religious Freedom in International, Comparative and European Union Law
Curriculum: Legal philosophy, sociology of law, ecclesiastical and canon law |
M. Rodríguez Blanco (Universidad de Alcalà)
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| Sociological and Legal-Realist Theories of Law
Curriculum: Legal philosophy, sociology of law, ecclesiastical and canon law |
P. Brunet (Università Sorbonne Paris)
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| Social Ontology, Legal Epistemology and Jurisprudence
Curriculum: Legal philosophy, sociology of law, ecclesiastical and canon law |
D. Canale (Università Bocconi)
P. Brunet (Università Sorbonne Paris)
G. Tuzet (Università Bocconi)
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| Theory of Justice, Metaethics, Public Ethics, Bio-ethics, Restorative Justice and Vindacatory Justice
Curriculum: Legal philosophy, sociology of law, ecclesiastical and canon law; riminal law, criminal procedure and crimonology |
D. Canale (Università Bocconi)
P. Brunet (Università Sorbonne Paris)
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| The limits to freedom of expression and criminal law (negationism, hate speech, incitement to violence, fake news)
Curriculum: Criminal law, criminal procedure and crimonology; Legal philosophy, sociology of law, ecclesiastical and canon law |
M. Toscano 16576.
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| Criminology, Conflict, Deviance and Social Behavior
Curriculum: Criminal law, criminal procedure and criminology; Legal philosophy, sociology of law, ecclesiastical and canon law |
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| Globalization, Rights, Democracy, Normative Pluralism, Populism
Curriculum: Criminal law, criminal procedure and criminology; Legal philosophy, sociology of law, ecclesiastical and canon law |
F. Londono Martinez (universidad Diego Portales)
D. Canale (Università Bocconi)
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| Legal gender studies. Legal instruments to combat gender inequalities and gender-based violence between past, present and future.
Curriculum: Criminal law and criminal procedure; Legal philosophy, sociology of law, ecclesiastical and canon law; Roman law and legal history |
|
| Justice sustainability and efficiency ("Dip. Eccellenza - DECC23_004_DIP")
Curriculum: Criminal law, criminal procedure and criminology; Legal philosophy, sociology of law, ecclesiastical and canon law |
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| Criminal justice, corporate crimes e corporate compliance
Curriculum: Criminal law, criminal procedure and crimonology |
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| Sustainability, business ethics and corporate responsibility
Curriculum: Criminal law, criminal procedure and criminology; Legal philosophy, sociology of law, ecclesiastical and canon law |
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