Study day organized by the Law, Culture and Society in Ancient Rome chair at the Collège de France, in collaboration with IRN Phedra.
Scientific organization : Luisa Brunori, Dario Mantovani.
Symposium
Presentation
Diego Quaglioni is a legal historian renowned for his attention to the relationship between legal thought, cultural context and the material aspects of text transmission. The fruit of almost fifty years of internationally acclaimed scholarly work, his research ranges from the Middle Ages to the present day, and is astonishing for the variety of subjects he tackles, always starting from a specific text. Among the most influential are his studies of public law, from Bartole to Machiavelli and from Bodin to Althusius. His in-depth reflection on legal thought is underpinned by his philological expertise : he often provides new critical editions of the texts he studies, starting with Bartole de Sassoferrato's treatise " De tyranno ". His recent contribution to the edition of Dante's " De Monarchia " has also attracted considerable attention. Author or editor of more than 30 books, a selection of his articles has just been published : " Scritti ", 2 volumes (editions Il Formichiere, Foligno, 2022), edited by Lucia Bianchin, Giuliano Marchetto, Cecilia Natalini, Christian Zendri. The publication of this collection has enabled us to appreciate not only the coherence and variety of his contributions, but also their impact on studies, including in France, where Diego Quaglioni has cultivated intense research relationships and often taught as a visiting professor. Hence the project to devote a study day to his " Écrits " (" Scritti "), with an original formula : each speaker will briefly present (for the public, including non-specialists) the content of an article and discuss it in depth, in the light of his own research experience and the framework of the studies. Author Diego Quaglioni will respond to these comments at the end of each talk. The aim is to create an opportunity for friendly discussion, in the spirit of dialogue always favoured by Diego Quaglioni, where the intention to celebrate this exceptional scholar is accompanied by the possibility of reflecting in his company on various subjects punctuating his intellectual journey and, through this, on the history of law in Europe.