2008/2009

2009/2010

DM270

IUS/18 (ROMAN LAW AND LAWS OF ANCIENT TIMES)

DEPARTMENT OF LAW

LEGAL SERVICES STUDIES

PERCORSO COMUNE

2°

1st semester (28/09/2009 - 09/12/2009)

6

65 lesson hours

Italian

ORAL TEST

MAROTTA VALERIO (titolare) - 6 ECTS

Constitutional Law, Private Law Institutions I

As a general introduction to Roman Law, the course provides the main tools needed to expand students'' knowledge of Western legal thought from a historical perspective.

The course focuses on the following areas: Roman Citizenship and Roman Identity in Republican Rome, at the time of the Principate and during the Later Roman Empire.

Lectures

V. Marotta, La cittadinanza romana in età imperiale. Una sintesi, Torino, Giappichelli, 2009. Students who do not attend lectures can study F. Amarelli - L. De Giovanni - P. Garbarino - V. Marotta - A. Schiavone - U. Vincenti, Storia del diritto romano, 3rd edition, Torino, Giappichelli, 2005, pages 5-286. Students can also choose one of these books: V. Marotta, La cittadinanza romana in età imperiale. Una sintesi, Torino, Giappichelli, 2009; A. Schiavone, Ius. L’invenzione del diritto in Occidente, Torino, Einaudi, 2005, pages 41-337. An alternative programme may also be agreed with the Lecturer.

Oral Examination