The course aims to achieve basic knowledge of law and private process in Rome, according to two lines of work: a tale of the Roman legal thought and an examination of the forms with which the Roman jurists, is represented ius (law). The student will be introduced to the knowledge of the fundamental institutions and, in particular, bonds, shares and through the study of the time trial.
Course Content - Last names E-N
The course aims to provide an overview of the private Roman law and relevant institutions.
Course Content - Last names O-Z
The course aims to provide, in a diachronic perspective, an overview of the historical development of Roman law, with particular regard to private-side. We will in particular of the different techniques of production and application of the ius, the role of legal science, especially on the contributions of its private law: substantive and procedural, focusing on the particularity of the Roman legal experience.
For attending students:
C. GIACHI - V. MAROTTA, L'elaborazione giurisprudenziale del diritto in Roma antica, Carocci, Roma, to be published.
For not attending students:
A. SCHIAVONE (ed.), Diritto privato romano. Un profilo storico, Einaudi, Torino 2010;
B. SANTALUCIA (ed.), Antologia delle Istituzioni di Gaio, Patron, Bologna 2005.
1) A. SCHIAVONE (ed.), Diritto privato romano. Un profilo storico, Einaudi, Torino, 2010 (second edition);
2) B. SANTALUCIA, Antologia delle Istituzioni di Gaio, Patron, Bologna 2005.
1) A. Schiavone (ed.), Diritto privato romano. Un profilo storico, Einaudi, Torino, 2010 (second edition), pgg. 3-447;
2) L. Lantella-E. Stolfi, Profili diacronici di diritto romano, Giappichelli, Torino, 2005, pgg. By 27 to 52, by 62 to 170, by 208 to 226.
N.B. The two texts must be studied both, not as an alternative
It’s strongly recommended, although not compulsory, reading B. Santalucia (ed.), Antologia dalle Istituzioni di Gaio, Pàtron, Bologna, 2005, and E. Stolfi, Introduzione allo studio dei diritti greci, Giappichelli, Torino, 2006.
Learning Objectives - Last names A-D
General overview on the structure of the Roman private law, and the relevant institutions, formation and development, following a sistematic organization of the subject (subject of law; juridical acts and facts; property; possession; obligations; family law; inheritance law; donations; civil process).
Learning Objectives - Last names E-N
General overview on the structure of the Roman private law, and the relevant institutions, formation and development, following a sistematic organization of the subject (subject of law; juridical acts and facts; property; possession; obligations; family law; inheritance law; donations; civil process)
Prerequisites - Last names A-D
May be considered attending students only those who have regularly attended the lectures.
Teaching Methods - Last names A-D
Lectures: 60 hours
Tutorials: 40 hours (optional)
Teaching Methods - Last names E-N
Lectures: 60 hours
Tutorials: 20 hours (optional)
Further information - Last names A-D
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Type of Assessment - Last names A-D
Midterm learning: half of the course there will be an optional test verification. Attending students who wish, will be responsible for writing parts of the program already explained in class. The test, if positive, will be assessed when examining the final profit.
Final exam: oral.
Type of Assessment - Last names E-N
Exam: oral examination
Course program - Last names A-D
The course aims to achieve basic knowledge of law and private process in Rome. Will be developed along two lines of work: a) a story of Roman legal thought (scientific reflection which is the basis of our thinking right), b) an examination of the forms with which the Roman jurists, is represented ius (right ): The student will thus brought to the knowledge of the fundamental institutions and, in particular, bonds, shares and through the study of the time trial, in which the plurality of layers of regulatory, legal order that characterized the Roman Empire, was reduced to unity.
Course program - Last names E-N
The course aims to provide an overview of the private Roman law and relevant institutions, formation and development. In particular, the program includes: Roman private law and its sources, subject of law, legal acts and facts, property; possession; obligations, family law, inheritance law and donations; civil process.
Course program - Last names O-Z
The course aims to provide an overview of the historical development of Roman law, especially with regard to private-side, but still favoring the diachronic perspective and the unitary character of legal experience compared to modern systematic framework to regulate segmentation. This will given particular attention to the different production techniques and application of the ius that have occurred since the founding of Rome (eighth century BC) to the reign of Justinian (sixth century AD), the role of legal science and its contributions on especially to the right private: substantial (persons and family, succession, property rights and obligations) and procedural (by the legis actiones to cognitiones extra ordinem). Roman legal experience as a whole will be some in-depth profiles, peculiar to it the multiplicity of regulatory plans, its casuistic plant and its "formal" and "scientific" character: something that is unequaled in other ancient experience, and destined to exert a profound influence on the legal culture of the West.