History of Roman Law
A.Y. 2023/2024
Learning objectives
The course is aimed at illustrating the fundamental institutions of Roman public law by studying the various forms of the ancient Roman constitution (monarchy, republic, principate, dominate) within the context of its traditional historic periodization.
Expected learning outcomes
- Capacity for synthesis and for coordinating the issues of Roman legal history within a dynamic view of the legal phenomena;
- Capacity for making links through recovery of the historical roots of various modern legal institutions;
- Capacity for deepening the acquired knowledge, also through a direct comparison with the main legal and literary sources;
- Learning and using concepts and an appropriate legal language.
- Capacity for making links through recovery of the historical roots of various modern legal institutions;
- Capacity for deepening the acquired knowledge, also through a direct comparison with the main legal and literary sources;
- Learning and using concepts and an appropriate legal language.
Lesson period: First semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course can be attended as a single course.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
First semester
Course syllabus
The course is structured on a 6-credits-program for the first 42 classes hours, and on an additional 3-credits-program for further 21 hours. Students can choose between the 6 credits and the 9 credits course.
The 6-credits-course will be dedicated to the analysis of the sources of law, to the constitutional structures, the functioning of the State organs and the criminal prosecution during the development of the Roman legal experience from the ancient period until the Byzantine period. This will allow students to acquire a fundamental knowledge for the comprehension of the principal dynamics of politics and of the development of contemporary public law.
During the course, passages from ancient sources and modern authors will be presented and read in class, with the objective of illustrating the development of the Roman constitution.
The second part of the course (3 credits) will be dedicated to concept of democracy and to the republican dictatorship.
The 6-credits-course will be dedicated to the analysis of the sources of law, to the constitutional structures, the functioning of the State organs and the criminal prosecution during the development of the Roman legal experience from the ancient period until the Byzantine period. This will allow students to acquire a fundamental knowledge for the comprehension of the principal dynamics of politics and of the development of contemporary public law.
During the course, passages from ancient sources and modern authors will be presented and read in class, with the objective of illustrating the development of the Roman constitution.
The second part of the course (3 credits) will be dedicated to concept of democracy and to the republican dictatorship.
Prerequisites for admission
Institutions of private law and Constitutional law are preparatory to History of Roman law.
Teaching methods
Frontal instruction and exegetical workshops.
Teaching Resources
O. Tellegen-Couperus (a cura di), A Short History of Roman Law, London, Routledge, 1993.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The conduct of the exam is distinguished between attending the course and non-attending. For attending students, the exam will take place through two written tests: an intermediate one in the middle of the course and another final one at the end of the course. The tests will focus on open-ended questions, with which the degree of deepening of the knowledge and understanding of the program and the ability of the candidates to express themselves in an appropriate form for the expression of historical-legal concepts will be verified. For non-attending students, however, the test will be oral only during the sessions set by the teacher.
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