Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza

ln Honour of Professor Luigi Labruna on his 80th Birthday

Opening Session

Tuesday 30 May
Aula Pessina, Corso Umberto 1, 40

15.00 Greetings
Gaetano Manfredi, Rettore dell'Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Lucio De Giovanni, Direttore del Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza
Aurelio Cernigliaro, Presidente della Scuola delle Scienze Umane e Socia
Carla Masi Doria, Direttore del Centro lnterdipartimentale "Vincenzo Arangio-Ruiz" di studi storici e giuridici sui mondo antico
Alessandra Clemente, Assessore ai Giovani del Comune di Napoli

15.30 Keynote Address
Valerio Massimo Minale and
Virginia Amorosi

16.00 Opening Lecture : (History of) Law and Other Humanities: Why, When, How?
Luigi Lacché (Università degli Studi di Macerata)
Cristina Vano (Università degli Studi di Napoli) introduces

17.00 Homage to Luigi Labruna
Luigi Capogrossi Colognesi
Francesca Reduzzi Merola
Cosimo Cascione
Carla Masi Doria
Chair Valerio Massimo Minale

Panels (Cortile del Salvatore, Via Paladino, 39)

Wednesday 31 May, 9.00-10.45

Panel 1: Literary Sources of Greek and Roman Law 1

BIBLIOTECA DE MARTINO

Chair: Nikol Ziha (J.J.Strossmayer University of Osijek)

The idea of borrowing in the roman non legal sources from a friendly favour to an enforceable obligation
Jelena Kasap (J.J.Strossmayer University of Osijek)

The irregular money-deposit contract in Classical Antiquity: some testimonies, discourses and fragments
Fernando Hernandez Fradejas (Universidad de Valladolid)

Heminae iniquae and vasa minora in the imperial satire: the abuse of mensurae non conform to ponderal and mensurai 'standards'
Barbara Abatino (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II)

The "Frogs" of Aristophanes- when comedy meets legal history
Athanasios Delios (Democritus University of Thrace)

Panel 2: Law and Cinema

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Chair: Sebastiaan Vandenbogaerde (Ghent University)

You can on/y write once - the right to inspiration and to transformation on the example of the case on James Bond movies and books in front of the US Court of Appeals
Wojciech Banczyk (Jagiellonian University in Krakow)

History of Rome, History of Roman Law and Cinema
Carlo De Cristofaro (Università degli Studi di Salerno)

Cinema in USSR: Using Comedy Genre to Criticize Soviet Legal Reality
Dovilé Sagatiené (Supreme Court of the Republic of Lithuania)

How to promote a fictitious constitution ? Legal Propaganda in Films as presented to the wide audience in Stalinist Poland
Jaroslaw Kuisz (University of Warsaw)

Panel 3: Representation and lconography of Justice 1

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Chair: Andreja Katancevic (University of Belgrade)

Typographyc Art and Roman Law: a Renaissance image of the Lex XII tabularum
Fabiana Tuccillo (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II)

A legal study of medieval cities from the 11th to 14th centuries: the importance of humanity studies - the example of sigillography
Romain Broussais (Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas)

"Oh, the law is ruination, and attorneys are vexation ... " - law and lawyers in the opera and operetta
Krzysztof Bokwa (Jagiellonian University in Krakow)

The Boyards, the Poet and the Composer. The Portrayal of the Boyar Duma in Pushkin's and Mussorgsky's "Boris Godunov"
Nina Krsljanin (University of Belgrade), Filip Milinkovic (Orpheus Youth Ensemble)

Panel 4: Philosophy, Theory and Methodology 1

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Chair: Paola Pasquino (Università degli Studi di Salerno)

Poetic justice? The origin of law in Vico's Scienza Nuova
Alessia Farano (Luiss Guido Carli),

Economic Failure, Law and Society in the Nineteenth Century (Belgium, 1807-1873): An Argument for a Rhizomatic Legal History
Gorik Van Assche (Vrije Universiteit Brussels)

Law, Historical Context and Deep Learning Approache
Emanuel Van Dongen (Utrecht University)

Law as Musical Score
Pierfrancesco Arces (Università del Piemonte Orientale)

10.45 Coffee Break

Wednesday 31 May - 11 .15-13.00

Panel 5: Constitutionalism, Politics and State-Building 1

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Chair: Nicolas Picard (Université Paris 1 PanthéonSorbonne)

The King, the Crown and the Leyes at the theater: a case of theatrical political juridical anti-French propaganda at the beginning of Spanish War of Independence
Ludovico Maremonti (Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza")

New laws for the new country - codificational achievements and failures in the 19th century USA
Piotr Michalik (Jagiellonian University in Krakow)

Political circumstances of the codification works on substantive misdemeanour law in People's Poland
Marcine Lysko (University of Bialystok)

Read a Society from the Constitution. The Development of Constitution in Communist China
Lu Da (University of Szeged)

Panel 6: Humanities in Trade and Private Law

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Chair: Barbara Abatino (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II)

From competing corporations towards communal standard contract terms: marine insurance in France and Belgium (1815-1860)
Stephanie Plasschaert (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

The Lex Mercatoria and the Merchants in Amsterdam
Cornelis Marinus in 't Veld (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

Literature as mirrow of Medieval and Renaissance Dubrovnik: Legal Reflection of Roman Dowry Regulation
Visnja Lachner (J.J.Strossmayer University of Osijek)

Law and political philosophy. The idea of creating the national codification of private law in Poland at the beginning of 19th century
Piotr Pomianowski (University of Warsaw)

Panel 7: Art, Literature and Criminal Law 1

AULA CONVEGNI

Chair: Francesco Rotondo (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II)

Pamphlet Literature and Parliamentary Opposition at the Times of the French Fronde: the Example of the Mazarinades (1648-1649)
Juan Manuel Hernandez (Université Paris II PanthéonAssas)

The judge of criminal procedure in France: a cartographer
Blandine Caron (Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas)

The representation of penalty in French literature (XVth - XVIIIth centuries)
Cyrielle Chamot (Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas)

Institutions and criminal procedure of the Magdeburg Law in Poland according to the "Judas' Sack" by Sebastian Fabian Klonowic
Lukasz Golaszewski (University of Warsaw)

Panel 8: Sexual Crimes, Society and Legal Culture

BIBLIOTECA DE MARTINO

Chair: Omer Aloni (Tel-Aviv University)

Adultery in the Apuleius' Metamorphoses: satire and law
Diane Baudoin (Université Paris Il Panthéon-Assas)

Honor or justice? Moral and law in a tragedy by Calderon de la Barca
Gustavo Adolfo Nobile Mattei (Università of Sannio)

Women in Colonial Parafba: A Feminist Postcolonial Study of Brazilian Legal History (1580s - 1822)
Luisa Stella de Oliveira Coutinho Silva (Universidade de Lisboa)

Historicizing Sexual Violence in Colonial Congo, between Legal and Social History. Rape, Consent and Colonial Courts in the Belgian Congo (1908-1960)
Amandine Lauro (Université libre de Bruxelles) and Bérengère Piret (Université Saint-Louis - Bruxelles)

13.00 LUNCH

Wednesday 31 may - 14,45-16,30

Panel 9: Art, Literature and Criminal Law 2

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Chair: Dolores Freda (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II)

Medieval legal practice of exculpatory oath and trial by fire as presented in the legend of queen Isolde
Alicja Banczyk (Jagiellonian University in Krakôw)

Sculptures and paints consecutive to public amends in France between XIVth and XVIth centuries, when art contributes to create infamy
Baptiste Bochart (Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas)

Law and ifs transgressions: Might we learn from the great Giovanni Boccaccio?
Daniela Buccomino (Università degli Studi di Milano)

A Letter from Detention: the Edition of Letters of Livonian Humanistic Lawyer David Hilchen as a interdisciplinary challenge
Hesi Siimets-Gross (University of Tartu)

Panel 10: Architecture, lconography and Policy of Justice

AULA CONVEGNI

Chair: Fabiana Tuccillo (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II)

Optiums princeps and Benevento's Triumphal Arch
Alessio Guasco (Università degli stud i Giustino Fortunato-Benevento)

Law justice and architecture in modern Venice: The Rectors' Palaces and the government of the mainland
Claudia Passarella (Università degli Studi di Padova)

Histories of Roman Law: Maccari's frescoes in the Aula Massima of the ltalian Supreme Court
Stefania Gialdroni (Università degli Studi Roma Tre)

Milan 's Court Building: a View of the Roman Legat Culture across Fascist ldeology
Virginia Maria De Capitani (Università Cattolica di Milano)

Panel 11 : Philosophy, Theory and Methodology 2

BIBLIOTECA DE MARTINO

Chair: Alessia Farano (Luiss Guido Carli)

Auctoritas poetarum et philosophorum, Fortune of a gloss from the glossators to the legal humanists
Alexandre Mimouni (Université Paris Il Panthéon-Assas)

What is the Law today?
Claudio Ruspantini (Pontificia Università Lateranense)

The reform of the criminal law of evidence in the Netherlands 1760-1860
Ronnie Bloemberg (University of Groningen)

Ancient Roofs of Topical Jurisprudence
Valentina Cvetkovié-Bordevié (University of Belgrade)

Thursday 1 June - 9.00-10.45

Panel 12: Literary Sources of Greek and Roman law 2

BIBLIOTECA DE MARTINO

Chair: Pierfrancesco Arces (Università del Piemonte Orientale)

Medicus between perception and reality
Nikol Ziha (J.J.Strossmayer University of Osijek)

Roman legal history-Autograph from unknown author found in the National Archive of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Banjamina Londrc (University of Travnik)

Roman slavery in non-legal texts - how to sell a slave with a defect?
Marko Sukacic (J.J.Strossmayer University of Osijek)

Literary attestations of audientia episcopalis as a reflection of the functioning of the bishop courts in Late Antiquitymethodological challenges
Marzena Wojtczak (University of Warsaw)

Panel 13: Representation and lconography of Justice 2

AULA CONVEGNI

Chair: Stefania Gialdroni (Università degli Studi Roma Tre)

The "margrave panel" as a mirror to the self-image of princely rule in the early 16th century
Jenny Wienert (University of Tübingen)

Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse: Napoleon crowned by fime writes the Civil Code
Vincenzo Toscano (Pontificia Università Lateranense)

Criminal legal iconology: Comparative analysis of late nineteenth-century Belgian court room decorations
Stefan Huygebaert (Ghent University)

The portrayal of the Polish prison system in the Polish interwar literature
Krzysztof Chmielewski (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan)

Panel 14: Legal Culture and Society in Contemporary Age

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Chair: Christina Reimann (University of Gothenburg)

William Heam's Household: Law and History Across Time and Culture
James McComish (University of Melbourne)

Secularism versus Religion-based Legat Pluralism: Views on These Concepts in Modern Muslim Discourse and Culture in the 19th and 20th Century
Rafat Kaczmarczyk (University of Warsaw)

Building customary law through legal periodicals Magistrates of the Belgian Congo in the lnterwar Period
Romain Landmeters (Université Saint-Louis - Bruxelles)

On the verge of a New Legat Order (1923-1945) Belgium's legal periodicals on fascism and Nazism
Sebastiaan Vandenbogaerde (Ghent University)

10.45 Coffee Break

Thursday 1 June - 11 .15-13.00

Panel 15: Humanities and Judiciary Cases

BIBLIOTECA DE MARTINO

Chair: Alessio Guasco (Università degli Studi Giustino Fortunato - Benevento)

David Michalski (University of Gdansk) Football referee and judge in court - comparative approach

The Case of Eszter Solymosi from Tiszaeszlér: The Notorious Blood Libel Trial through the Eyes of Gyula Krudy
Imre Kepessy (Eötvös Lorand University)

Law and Storytelling in the Soviet Union: the Semenchuk Case of 1936
Anna Lukina (University of Oxford)

The Dreyfus Affair in Music. L'Hymne à la Justice of Albéric Magnard
Mario Riberi (University of Turin)

Panel 16: Constitutionalism, Politics and State-Building 2

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Chair: Jaroslaw Kuisz (University of Warsaw)

The Persecution of the Hussites in the Kingdom of Poland. When did Polish-Lithuanian tolerance start?
Pawel Dziwinski (Jagiellonian University in Krakow)

An Early Modern Intelligence Report as a Source for Legat Historian: "Relation of the State of Polonia and the United Provinces of that Crown Anno 1598" by John Peyton
Kacper Gorski (Jagiellonian University in Krakôw)

The legal institution of praefectio until 1526, with special attention to the home policy of the Angevines in Hungary
Zsôfia Biro (University of Pécs)

The Methods for the Legitimation of the Succession of James II in Aphra Behn 's Poem for Coronation
Rigo Balazs (Eötvös Lorand University)

Panel 17: European Legal Culture in Novel and Poetry

AULA CONVEGNI

Chair: Stefania Torre (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II)

Military Law, Justice and Discipline in the Early Modem Picaresque Literature from Central Europe
Przemyslaw Gawron (Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw), Jan Jerzy Sowa (University of Warsaw)

The dangerous liaisons between law and Joachim du Bellay's (t 1560) poetry: A secure source of evolving challenges for legal history
Constance D'Ornano (Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas)

Literary satire and philosophical thought about the French judicial practice in the 17th century
Zina HaJila (Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas)

Balzac and the criticisms of the French civil code in the first hait of the XIXth century
Elisabeth Bruyere (Ghent University)

13.00 LUNCH

Thursday 1 June- 14.45-16.30

Panel 18: Reading Latin America

BIBLIOTECA DE MARTINO

Chair: Francesca De Rosa (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II)

History and Legat History in Latin America. Reflections on a necessary multi-disciplinary dialogue with special attention to Cuban experience
Fabricio Mulet Martinez (National Autonomous University of Mexico)

Reading a travel journal. The melancholy of Gina Lombroso in Argentina
Francesco Rotondo (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II)

Phrenological fictions: Lombroso and Racism in Latin-American Literature
Andrea Pezzè (Centro de Estudos Socias - University of Coimbra)

Panel 19: Commons Between History and Law

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Chair: Valerio Massimo Minale (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II)

'Scientia iuris' and 'architectura'. A focus on buildings for shows
Paola Pasquino (Università degli Studi Salerno)

Legal Organization of Mining Communities in Medieval Serbia
Andreja Katancevié (University of Belgrade)

Historic Building Preservation: A Cultural-Legal Dilemma
Noa Kwartaz-Avraham (Tel-Aviv University)

Forests, Timber Production, and Fears of Deforestation in the League of Nations during the lnterwar Period
Omer Aloni (Tel-Aviv University)

Panel 20: Popular and Legal Culture in Europe in 19^th Century

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Chair: Virginia Amorosi (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II)

Tom Thumb and the government: Caricatures on the Hungarian government between 1868 and 1938
Gabor Batho (National University of Public Service, Budapest)

Law in the mirror of the Press. Local newspapers in 19th century Po/and as a basic source in the studies of legal practice
Tomasz Krolasik (University of Warsaw)

Law and Popular Culture in late 19th Century or How a Dutch Margarine-Maker Came to Distribute lnsurance Policy for Free
Christina Reimann (University of Gothenburg)

Can Newspapers Be a Source Material for Legal History? Penal and Penitentiary Law of the Death Penalty in the Judicial Joumalism (France, 20th century)
Nicolas Picard (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)