History of the Criminal Justice

The course aims to provide students critical tools in order to understand the various aspects of the history of penal justice from Italian unification to the late XX century in each political, cultural, economic and social context from 'Liberal' Kingdom, to Fascism, to the Italian Republic.
The learning objective of the course, therefore, is to illustrate the legislative, doctrinal and jurisprudential choices in order to balance out different values and interests, especially through the technical examination of legal argumentation and reasoning, as well as the analysis of case studies.

At the end of the course, students will have to demonstrate
- to know and understand the grounds of legislative, doctrinal and jurisprudential choices and the relationship between powers about criminal justice and trial from 'Liberal' Kingdom, to Fascism, to the Republic (Knowledge and understanding)
- the ability to understand the various techniques of legal reasoning, as well as the ability to collect, analyze and select data based on context, balancing out different values and interests (Applying knowledge and understanding)
- critical awareness, management skills, flexibility, and a capacity for research into different aspects of the history of the XIX and XX centuries penal justice (Making Judgements).
- to write and to speak about the concepts learned during the course, utilizing coherent argumentation, methodical precision and correct language (Communication skills).
- to understand the various aspects of criminal justice and the development of lawmakers, legal science and judiciary within the relationship between State and society (Learning skills)