Roman Law
A.Y. 2023/2024
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 can be attended as a single course.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
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: Precedenti antichi di giustizia sportiva, in Archivio Giuridico Sassarese, 25 (2020), 73-90 https://www.archiviogiuridicosassarese.org/post/fargnoli-2020-2 and the reading material that will be provided by the teachers and uploaded on ARIEL.
For the students who have not attended the lectures the program was based on a critical and reconstructive analysis of the legal and literary sources on food and diet in ancient Rome:
I. Fargnoli, I piaceri della tavola di Roma antica. Tra alimentazione e diritto, Giappichelli, Torino 2021, seconda edizione riveduta e ampliata.
For the students who have not attended the lectures the program was based on a critical and reconstructive analysis of the legal and literary sources on food and diet in ancient Rome:
I. Fargnoli, I piaceri della tavola di Roma antica. Tra alimentazione e diritto, Giappichelli, Torino 2021, seconda edizione riveduta e ampliata.
Assessment methods and Criteria
Oral examination
IUS/18 - ROMAN AND ANCIENT LAW - University credits: 6
Lessons: 42 hours
Professors:
Fargnoli Iole, Perani Renato
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