OUTLINES OF ROMAN LAW

Course objectives

In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of Roman Law, with the help of advanced textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, making autonomous judgments, communicating ideas, problems and reflections in a clear and correct way, and developing the knowledge required to go further in the studies. In particular, students are required to acquire: 1) knowledge about Roman political and constitutional events, sources of law, law enforcement and criminal procedure; 2) instruments of research in Roman law (fontes, lexicon, bibliography, digital archives).

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Course program
Syllabus The course aims to clarify how the Roman system actually worked in practice and how Rome’s legal mechanism, formal rules, and institutional structures emerged out of a specific social context. The course is divided into three sections: Monarchy; Republic; Principate. The course is completed by a module dedicated to the knowledge of the main research tools in Roman Law and to the analysis of the legal lexicon, investigated through the examination of a case study.
Books
Students Course Book: L. CAPOGROSSI COLOGNESI, Storia di Roma tra diritto e potere, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2014, as regards what has been indicated during the Course. ELENA TASSI SCANDONE, Classificazioni gromatiche del territorio e categorie giuridiche. Un primo bilancio in: Uomini, Istituzioni, Mercati. Studi di storia per Elio Lo Cascio (2019), pp. 399-410. ELENA TASSI SCANDONE, Nuovi dati sul concetto di sanctum. Gli scritti dei Gromatici Veteres In: KOINONIA. - ISSN 0393-2230. - 44(2020), pp. 1519-1536. Further and more specific bibliographic references will be shown during the course. Non-attending Students: Course Book: L. CAPOGROSSI COLOGNESI, Storia di Roma tra diritto e potere, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2014, as regards what has been indicated during the Course. ELENA TASSI SCANDONE, Classificazioni gromatiche del territorio e categorie giuridiche. Un primo bilancio in: Uomini, Istituzioni, Mercati. Studi di storia per Elio Lo Cascio (2019), pp. 399-410. ELENA TASSI SCANDONE, Nuovi dati sul concetto di sanctum. Gli scritti dei Gromatici Veteres In: KOINONIA. - ISSN 0393-2230. - 44(2020), pp. 1519-1536. L. MAGANZANI, Fonti e strumenti di ricerca. Metodo di consultazione per lo studio del diritto romano ad uso degli studenti, Como, Edizioni New Press, 1992 pp. 15-33; 73-83; 101-105; 109-114; 129-132.
Exam mode
To pass the exam you must get a grade not less than 18/30. The student must demonstrate that he has acquired sufficient knowledge of the topics indicated in the different parts of the program. To achieve a score of 30/30 cum laude, the student must demonstrate that he has acquired excellent knowledge of all the topics covered during the course, being able to link them in a logical and consistent way.
  • Lesson code1019238
  • Academic year2025/2026
  • CourseClassics
  • CurriculumSingle curriculum
  • Year3rd year
  • Semester2nd semester
  • SSDIUS/18
  • CFU6