law

GIULIO VASATURO

-Learning an essential level of knowledge regarding the processes of social, juridical and cultural change that have characterized the modern and contemporary age, with particular reference to the issues of society differentiation, the development How to regulate social relations at Community level, including through the analysis of case studies on social and cultural representations of social inequalities, legal pluralism, the influence of colonialism on relations Between state rights and customary rights; -acquisition of the ability to identify theoretical connections, including interdisciplinary character; -acquisition of the processing capacity of a critical approach to the subject of analysis.

The ANTHROPOLOGY teaching has the following objectives:
a) Knowledge and understanding of anthropology in its multiple perspectives: the student will have to acquire knowledge of the object and method of anthropology in its marked multidisciplinarity, developing an adequate critical approach to scientific analysis, with particular regard to juridical, criminal and forensic anthropology;
b) knowledge and understanding: the student will have to fully grasp the applicative perspective of anthropological sciences, with particular reference to the impact of cultures, lifestyles, uses, customs, religion of people in their individual dimension and community; contextually, the student will have to be able to recognize and master the essential aspects of the anthropological approach in the framework of the legal system and the criminal and forensic sciences;
c) Making judgments: the student will have to develop an independent ability to evaluate the problems of anthropology, in order to integrate knowledge and manage the complexity of the subject; formulate judgments even in the presence of limited or incomplete information; reflect on the impact of cultural and subcultural systems on the horizon of legality and criminal and forensic sciences;
d) Communication skills: the student must be able to adequately exhibit his/her skills on issues related to legal, criminal and forensic anthropology, demonstrating mastery of the scientific language and some basic terms and concepts;
e) Learning skills: the student will have to consolidate his anthropological preparation in a dimension of individual study and open and constructive sharing of his scientific skills

This exam does not include propaedeutics.

Subject and Method of Cultural Anthropology
Introduction to the study of anthropology – Definition and perspectives of anthropology – History of anthropology – Ethnography and ethnology – Ethology – The evolutionist and post-evolutionist anthropological school – Notes on the anthropology of religions – The study of anthropology in Italy – Literature and anthropology – Anthropology in Pier Paolo Pasolini and Antonio Gramsci – Anthropology in Fabrizio De André – Contemporary anthropology – Anthropology of social distancing – Anthropology of labor – Anthropology of racial hatred and supremacy – Anthropology of political violence – Anthropology of sexuality and LGBTQI+ rights – Anthropology of the end of life – Anthropology of Artificial Intelligence

Subject and Method of Juridical Anthropology
The paradigm of universalism and legal pluralism – Unwritten and cryptotypical sources of law – Anthropology of human rights – Culturally motivated crimes – Studies on disputes and mediation – Medieval witch trials – The inquisitorial ritual – The liturgy of the modern criminal trial – Penal guarantees – Linguistic style of law – Anthropology of the law of the enemy – Fanaticisms, fundamentalisms, and legal norms

Subject and Method of Criminal Anthropology
The thought and work of Cesare Lombroso – Phrenology – Physiognomy – Anthropology and criminological neopositivism – Biogenetics and crime – Neurosciences and crime – The criminalization of the type of offender in contemporary legal systems – Anthropology of the homicidal impulse – Anthropology of jihad – Anthropology of Sardinian banditry – Anthropology of mafias – Anthropology of corruption and economic crimes

Subject and Method of Forensic Anthropology
Notes on clinical pathology, entomology, botany, archaeology, geology, and genetics applied to forensic sciences – Forensic sciences – The contribution of criminal and forensic anthropology to scientific police activity – Anthropometry – The digital identification system – DNA evidence – Crime scene investigation – Blood trace analysis – Forensic autopsy – Forensic thanatology

1. G. Vasaturo, Appunti di Antropologia culturale, giuridica, criminale e forense, Roma, II edizione, 2022

2. J.M. Birkhoff, Nozioni di medicina legale, Angeli, Milano, 2011
Ai fini dell’esame vanno studiati solo i seguenti saggi:
- D. Torri, Elementi di tanatologia forense, pp. 403-411
- A. Stella, Diagnosi di morte, pp. 412-423

3. G. Vasaturo, Nelle pieghe dei colletti bianchi. Antropologia e Criminologia dei reati dei potenti, Roma, 2025, pp. 1-33

4. G. Vasaturo, Verità è giustizia per le vittime del terrorismo italiano. Un’ipotesi di mediazione sociale, in Rivista di Criminologia, Vittimologia e Sicurezza, Vol. 1, n. 2, 2007, pp. 1-17

5. F. Remotti, Antropologia, in C. Stajano (a cura di), La cultura italiana del Novecento, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 1996, pp. 1-25

6. C. Benetazzo, Intelligenza artificiale e diritto: la sfida etica ed antropologica, in Journal of Ethics and Legal Technologies, Vol. 6 (2), Dicembre 2024, pp. 1-44

Those who wish to deepen their knowledge of Anthropology can read the following texts (which, however, will not be the specifical subject of the exam)

On the topics of Cultural Anthropology
M. Aime, Il primo libro di antropologia, Einaudi, Torino, 2008
F. Dei, Antropologia culturale, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2012
V. Matera, L’antropologia contemporanea, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2017

On the topics of Legal Anthropology
A. Facchi-M.P. Mittica, Concetti e norme. Teorie e ricerche di antropologia giuridica, Angeli, Milano, 2000
L. Mancini, Introduzione all’antropologia giuridica, Giappichelli, Torino, 2015
R. Sacco, Antropologia giuridica, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2007

On the topics of Criminal Anthropology
I. Merzagora Betsos, Colpevoli si nasce?, Cortina, Milano, 2012
I. Merzagora Betsos, La normalità del male, Cortina, Milano, 2019
L. Picotti-F. Zanuso (a cura di), L’antropologia criminale di Cesare Lombroso: dall’Ottocento al dibattito filosofico-penale contemporaneo, Esi, Napoli, 2011

On the topics of Forensic Anthropology
C. Cattaneo-M. Grandi, Antropologia e odontologia forense. Guida allo studio dei resti umani, Monduzzi, Milano, 2004
C. Cattaneo-M. Maldarella, Crimini e farfalle, Cortina, Milano, 2006
C. Cattaneo, Corpi, scheletri e delitti, Cortina, Milano, 2019
G.L. Marella, Elementi di antropologia forense, Cedam, Padova, 2003

The ANTHROPOLOGY course includes 72 hours of frontal teaching, with recognition of 9 credits.

Face.to-face lessons

The exam will be held in ORAL FORM.

Erasmus students are invited to agree with the lecturer program changes and monothematic insights, based on their specific scientific interests.

The exam is oral.

The performance is based on an integrated assessment of the following elements:

- participation and ability to critically read the topics proposed during the lesson (for attending students)

- ability to apply the theoretical frameworks presented to the case studies relating to monographic readings (for attending and non-attending students)

- knowledge of anthropological theories

The final grade will be inspired by the following criteria:

Sufficient or little more than sufficient preparation on the topics addressed, minimal critical ability, difficulty in using the language of the anthropological sciences → 18-21;

Discreet or rather good preparation on the topics dealt with, discrete critical ability, good use of the language of the anthropological sciences → 22-25;

Good or more than good preparation on the topics covered, good critical skills, mastery of the language of the anthropological sciences → 26-29;

Comprehensive revision preparation on the topics covered, excellent critical skills, full mastery of the language of anthropological sciences → 30-30L.

Topics of Cultural Anthropology

Topics of Legal Anthropology

Topics of Criminal Anthropology

Topics of Forensic Anthropology