STORIA DEL DIRITTO ROMANO

Degree course: 
Corso di Long single cycle degree (5 years) in Law - Como
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2017/2018
Year: 
2
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2018/2019
Course type: 
Basic compulsory subjects
Seat of the course: 
Varese - Università degli Studi dell'Insubria
Language: 
Italian
Credits: 
8
Period: 
Second semester
Standard lectures hours: 
50
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (50 hours)
Requirements: 

It is demanded the elementary acquaintance of the political-social history of Rome

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 examination, in the end-of-course appeals will be study the remaining part of the program.

Assessment: 
Voto Finale

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;
- awareness of the historicity of the law, such as intellectual and social phenomenon;
- acquisition and mastery of the vocabulary of institutions on the basis of Roman public law;
- ability to exhibit with technical language and logical and systematic discipline of legal institutions of the Roman public law

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, Giappichelli, ultima edizione
and
G. Poma (a cura di), Le fonti per la storia antica, Bologna, 2^ edizione, Bologna, Il Mulino 2016.

Convenzionale

The course is carried out in the second 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 55 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.