For attending students:
Class notes and A. Mantello, Diritto privato romano. Lezioni I, Torino, 2009, pp. 177-209
For not attending students:
- A. Mantello, Diritto privato romano. Lezioni I, Torino, 2009, pp. 177-275 or G.Franciosi, La famiglia romana. Società e diritto, Torino, 2003.
The examination program for not attending students INCLUDES ALSO:
- AA.VV., Storia di Roma, Einaudi, Torino 1989, vol. IV, Caratteri e morfologie, pp. 433-458; 557-608, 735-770
(essays by F. De Martino, E. Cantarella, L. Canfora)
Learning Objectives
Analytical reading of the family law of ancient Rome, observed along the lines of its historical evolution, but also marked in the systematic breakdown of its main aspects: the organization of the kinship system, the discipline of marriage, the regime of natural and adoptive sonship; relationships between spouses and between parents and children, in a rigidly patriarchal authority context .
Prerequisites
To take the exam must have passed: General Constitutional Law, Private Law I, institutions of Roman law.
Teaching Methods
Lectures: 60 hours
Tutorials: 20 hours
Further information
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Type of Assessment
exam: oral examination. To take the exam must have passed: General Constitutional Law, Private Law I, institutions of Roman law.
Course program
The course offers an overview of the system of the family relationships in ancient Rome, with specific reference to the matters concerning the discipline of marriage and the relationships between spouses. It includes also the more general problem concerning the statutes of legal subjectivity in the Roman world, in particular the status of women.