STORIA DEL DIRITTO ROMANO
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It is necessary to know the main facts and events of Roman history. In order to do It, we suggest to read AA.VV., Nuove questioni di Roma antica, Milano 1969, pp. 926 SS. Any additional information w during the lessons ill be given during the lessons and published on the e-learning platform.
The verification consists in a final oral examination based on three questions, moving from a general topic towards a more peculiar one, by increasing the degree of specificity, and it will concern 1) public and constitutional Roman law 2) sources of law in Roman history 3) history of ancient Como.
The examination aims to underline the student's skills in evaluating Roman juridical method and solutions, and offers the opportunity to verify the degree of application of general guidelines of public and constitutional Roman law in a comparative perspective with modern law.
The teaching aims to form a modern jurist, who is supposed to know values and interests involved in legal norms. The exposition of main public and constitutional legal institutions of ancient Roman world intends to strenghten historical and juridical background and, more over, to stimulate a deep and wide challenge so that criticals thinking skills can be developed towards law, its proposals, methods and solutions.
Given few hints about the utility of Roman law for the modern jurist, the course analyzes public and constitutional Roman law, including the sources, from the foundation of Rome till the reign of emperor Justinian.
The program Is as following: 1. Ancient Roman law and its method 2. Origins and foundation of Rome 3. The primordiale political organization 4. Sources of law in archaic era 5. The Roman Republic: political body, its skills a d functions. 6. XII Tables 7. The patrician-plebeian state (magistratures, people and senate) 8. The expansion of Rome (foedus, municipia, coloniale and provinciae) 9. Sources of law during the Roman Republic 10. The crisis of the city-state and its various phases 11. The foundation of the princedom and the Augustean constitution 12. Sources of law during the princedom 13. Absolute monarchy and Dominatus 14. Leges and iura in the postclassical era 15. The Roman-barbarian law 16. The Justinianean compilation 17. Roman law After Justin emperor.
The course will take 50 house of frontal lessons in the second semester.
The professor is always avalable after the lessons. To get an appointment, mail to: marco.migliorini@uninsubria.it.