Roman Law
A.Y. 2020/2021
Learning objectives
This course deals with the study of the intersections of the sport with the law in ancient Rome.
Expected learning outcomes
- the knowledge of the fundamental institutions of Roman private law and the ability to understand all the principles implied by it;
- the ability to elaborate the acquired notions, with reference to the reading of passages with Roman legal cases;
- independence of judgment, and personal interpretation;
- the use of an appropriate legal language;
- an aptitude to continue further studies.
- the ability to elaborate the acquired notions, with reference to the reading of passages with Roman legal cases;
- independence of judgment, and personal interpretation;
- the use of an appropriate legal language;
- an aptitude to continue further studies.
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
The lessons will take place live on MT platform according to the program. The lessons will be recorded and made available on MT and on Ariel web site. If and when the sanitary situation will improve it will be possible to consider to have lessons also in classroom. In this case the students will be promptly informed. In any case the lessons will be recorded and made available to the students.
Program: students can choose between the subject of recorded lessons and the book for not attending students.
Also the exams will take place orally on MT platform. If and when the sanitary situation will improve it will be possible to consider to make exams also in classroom. Also the exams will take place orally on MT platform. In any case will be guaranteed the possibility to take the exam on line to the students who are not able to move or leave their domicile.
Teaching materials will be available on Ariel platform.
Program: students can choose between the subject of recorded lessons and the book for not attending students.
Also the exams will take place orally on MT platform. If and when the sanitary situation will improve it will be possible to consider to make exams also in classroom. Also the exams will take place orally on MT platform. In any case will be guaranteed the possibility to take the exam on line to the students who are not able to move or leave their domicile.
Teaching materials will be available on Ariel platform.
Course syllabus
The analysis of legal texts on gladiatorial games, chariot-races, javelin throwing and other sports intends to detect the connections in ancient Rome between the sport and the law, and to detect how the sport not only was - and still is - conceived as a physical activity, but also played the function of a show.
Prerequisites for admission
6 credits in disciplinary sector IUS/18
Teaching methods
Traditional lectures
Teaching Resources
For the students who have attended the lectures the reading material will be provided by the teachers and uploaded on ARIEL.
For the students who have not attended the lectures the program will be that of the previous academic years, which was based on a critical and reconstructive analysis of the legal and literary sources on food and diet in ancient Rome:
1) I. Fargnoli, Cibo e diritto. Antologia di fonti, 2ª ed., Giappichelli, Torino, 2015.
2) I. Fargnoli, I piaceri della tavola di Roma antica. Tra alimentazione e diritto, Giappichelli, Torino 2016.
For the students who have not attended the lectures the program will be that of the previous academic years, which was based on a critical and reconstructive analysis of the legal and literary sources on food and diet in ancient Rome:
1) I. Fargnoli, Cibo e diritto. Antologia di fonti, 2ª ed., Giappichelli, Torino, 2015.
2) I. Fargnoli, I piaceri della tavola di Roma antica. Tra alimentazione e diritto, Giappichelli, Torino 2016.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The exam will be oral on the platform MT. If the sanitary situation will be better, the exam will be in the rooms of the university
Professor(s)