20110657 - Activities: Freedom in the Roman world

Activities: Freedom in the Roman world
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Programme

The course aims to analyze the concept of freedom (libertas) in Roman law, through a comparison with modern theories of freedom (or liberty), which oppose ‘positive’ and ‘negative’ freedom.

Core Documentation

M.U. SPERANDIO, ‘Innata libertas‘. Libertà di fatto, libertà individuale, libertà politica a Roma nel pensiero di Giuliano Crifò, in F. Cortese – M. Miglietta (ed.), Catalogo del Fondo Giuliano Crifò. Atti della giornata di studio, trento 22 ottobre 2021, Roma, 2023, 19 – 56

Attendance

Course attendance is recommended

Type of evaluation

Oral exam