HISTORY OF ROMAN LAW
- Overview
- Assessment methods
- Learning objectives
- Contents
- Bibliography
- Teaching methods
- Contacts/Info
Course objectives and learning outcomes
The course aims at the institutional knowledge of public Roman law.
More in detail, the following objectives are pursued:
- knowledge of the constitutional arrangements of Roman world;
- knowledge of the historical events that have affected the Roman world;
- ability to exhibit with technical language and logical and systematic discipline of legal institutions of the Roman public law;
The examination in the end-of-course appeals is a mandatory oral exam, with open questions.
The students could participate to an optional written exam. The students that will pass the optional exam, in the end-of-course appeals will be study the remaining part of the program.
The course aims at the institutional knowledge of public Roman law.
More in detail, the following objectives are pursued:
- knowledge of the constitutional arrangements of Roman world;
- knowledge of the historical events that have affected the Roman world;
- ability to exhibit with technical language and logical and systematic discipline of legal institutions of the Roman public law
The course is carried out in the first semester, with an oral conclusive examination and an intermediate test written.
The didactic activity will be carried out through the development of frontal lessons (for a total number of 35 hours).
The course program will focus on the following subjects:
A. the origins of Rome – the monarchic age; B. the republican constitution; C. the Principate; D. the Later Empire; E. Justinian and the Corpus Iuris Civilis
The suggested textbooks are:
G. Grosso, Lezioni di storia del diritto romano, Torino, Giappichell
and
G. Poma (a cura di), Le fonti per la storia antica, Bologna, 2^ ediz., Il Mulino 2016.
During the course sources and other documents will be put on the platform e-learning, in format power-point.
Assessment
The examination in the end-of-course appeals is a mandatory oral exam, with open questions.
The students could participate to an optional written exam. The students that will pass the optional exam, in the end-of-course appeals will be study the remaining part of the program.
Office hours
Prof. Paolo Lepore will meet students on the basis of weekly calendar. Changes in office hours will be shown in the teacher's homepage.
Contact hours
Hyperlink to the page of the times and locations of the Cd.
Exam sessions
Hyperlink to the appeals board.
The didactic activity will be carried out through the development of frontal lessons (for a total number of 35 hours).
Office hours
Prof. Paolo Lepore will meet students on the basis of weekly calendar. Changes in office hours will be shown in the teacher's homepage.
Contact hours
Hyperlink to the page of the times and locations of the Cd.
Exam sessions
Hyperlink to the appeals board.