Donʼt Ask Us for Lex. Body Exhibition and Forms of Exclusion
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Maria Federica Merotto
Maria Federica Merotto is a Research Fellow at the University of Verona. After graduating in Law at the University of Padua, she won a doctoral grant at the University of Verona, and in 2017 she obtained a PhD (with the additional certificate of
Doctor Europaeus ) in Roman Law with a dissertation on the Italian ban of agreements as to succession from an historical-comparative perspective. Her research interests in the field of Roman, Civil and European Law include Succession Law, Procedural Law and Bio-Law. Author of publications in both Italian and English, she has participated in some conferences in Italy and abroad.
Abstract
The essay deals with the many boundaries set and exceeded by Roman Law when human corporeality is involved. In particular, the focus is on the strict correlation between body expression and socio-juridical marginalization, clearly visible in the case of prostitution in ancient Rome, but also in acting and in fighting in the arenas, activities sharing the same goal as prostitution: they were designed to bring pleasure to the senses. These forms of marginalization differ from the inexorable limit, already decrypted by Roman Law, set by humankindʼs bodily nature to the action of Law: Law is not in the position to “have the last word” on matters concerning human life, on which nature alone can “lay down Law.”
About the author
Maria Federica Merotto is a Research Fellow at the University of Verona. After graduating in Law at the University of Padua, she won a doctoral grant at the University of Verona, and in 2017 she obtained a PhD (with the additional certificate of Doctor Europaeus) in Roman Law with a dissertation on the Italian ban of agreements as to succession from an historical-comparative perspective. Her research interests in the field of Roman, Civil and European Law include Succession Law, Procedural Law and Bio-Law. Author of publications in both Italian and English, she has participated in some conferences in Italy and abroad.
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