Programme

The course analyzes the historical evolution of Roman Private Law from its origins to the Justinian age. The Roman Private Law’s main topics are:
1- Sources of Roman Law (14 h);
2- Facts, acts and legal acts (6 h);
3- Civil procedure (18 h);
4- Individuals and family (6 h);
5- Obligations and contract law (18 h);
6- Ownership, possession, other rights in rem (8 h);
7- Donations (2 h);
8- Inheritance law (8 h).

The main purpose of this course is to determine how and how far Roman law and other legal systems provided a framework, which influenced, and perhaps determined, economic development, social change and political evolution. Strictly related to this, the course addresses whether that development, change and evolution modified the content and procedures of Roman law and other ancient legal systems. Ultimately, how the use of legal evidence may lead to a better understanding of ancient societies, and vice versa.

Core Documentation

Recommended textbook M. Marrone, Istituzioni di diritto romano (3rd ed.), Palermo, 2006 (repr. 2021).
Alternative textbooks – Students may choose one of the following:
G. Pugliese – F. Sitzia – L. Vacca, Istituzioni di diritto romano, Turin, 2012.
A. Burdese, Manuale di diritto privato romano (4th ed.), Turin, 2006.
V. Mannino, Introduzione alla storia del diritto privato dei Romani (3rd ed.), Turin, 2018.
F. Botta – T. Dalla Massara – L. De Giovanni – G. Luchetti – V. Marotta – F. Nasti – A. Schiavone – E. Stolfi, Storia giuridica di Roma, Turin, 2024.

Reference Bibliography

Supplementary reading S. Galeotti, De Chirico e Lucrezia Romana, Pisa, 2023. Additional reference text The Institutes of Gaius. Italian translation by M. Balzarini, Turin, 1998.

Type of delivery of the course

The teaching method aims to promote learning through frontal lessons in which every legal feature is taken into account with their inseparable logical and systematic correlation. The course material will be uploaded on the Uniroma Tre e-learning platform. Possible conferences and/or seminars of interest, as well as optional tutoring activities and workshops related to the course will be pointed out from time to time during the lectures. Students who wish to study parts of the programme on institutional texts of Roman law written in German, French or English are requested to contact the lecturer during the lessons. ERASMUS students are kindly requested to contact the teacher at the beginning of the course, in order to agree on the exam’s programme, which consist in the discussion of an assigned paper on a specific subject written in English or in Italian.

Attendance

The course will be held during the first semester and consists of 80 hours of lectures. Attendance is not compulsory but is strongly encouraged to facilitate a better understanding of the subject.

Type of evaluation

The examination will take place for every student both in written form (with the submission of four open questions to which the student must answer in the maximum time of twenty-five minutes), and with an interview, in which, after a brief illustration and comment on the written test, the knowledge of the subject will be further examined. Attending students, if so desire, can make a supplementary reading which will be taken into consideration in the final evaluation. The final grade is expressed in thirtieths (30/30). The evaluation between 18 and 20 corresponds to a sufficient, yet low and basic, knowledge of the subject; the evaluation between 20 and 25 shows a more than sufficient / discreet knowledge of the subject; the evaluation between 25 and 29 shows a good or very good knowledge of the subject as well as a commendable critical skills. The evaluation between 30 and 30 cum laude corresponds to a very good or excellent knowledge along with high critical, analytical and connection skills. ERASMUS students are requested to contact the lecturer at the beginning of the course in order to agree on the syllabus for the examination, which consists of the discussion of a written paper, in Italian or in English, on a specific topic. Language of the oral exam: Italian, German and English. Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given in the following link: https://portalestudente.uniroma3.it/iscrizioni/dsa/

Programme

The course aims to highlight the origins and historical developments in the thought structures of Roman private law. The objective of the course is for the student to acquire a basic knowledge of the categories and language that still underlie the orders of the Romanistic tradition today.

Course subject matter:
1. General characteristics of the different historical periods of Roman law.
2. Sources of production and cognition of Roman law. Jurists and their method.
3. General categories of fact, act and legal transaction.
4. Private process.
5. Law of persons and family.
6. Real rights.
7. Obligations.
8. Successions and donations.

The course offers the student a general overview of Roman legal experience in its privatist profiles. Institutions, which most significantly characterize the European legal culture, will be the subject of a privileged analysis: their in-depth study will also be directed at enhancing their diachronic perspective according to the historical periodization adopted (ancient period, classical period, postclassical period and Justinian period).

Core Documentation

Adopted texts:

- G. PUGLIESE - F.SITZIA - L. VACCA e altri, ISTITUZIONI DI DIRITTO ROMANO, Giappichelli, TORINO, 2012 (The following paragraphs of Part III “The Postclassical and Justinian Period” are part of the examination programme: nn. 206-219; 220; 228-229; 236-239; 256-261; 268; 271; 275; 276; 278; 281; 287-289; 295-296; 298-299; 307-310)
- LE ISTITUZIONI DI GAIO. TRADUZIONE ITALIANA a cura di M. Balzarini, Giappichelli, TORINO, 2000 (obligatory for attending students)

Alternatively, the following manuals can be used (precise instructions on this will be provided by the lecturer at the beginning of the course):

M. MARRONE, ISTITUZIONI DI DIRITTO ROMANO, Palumbo, Palermo, 2006 (ultima ristampa 2021)
M. TALAMANCA, ELEMENTI DI DIRITTO PRIVATO ROMANO, Giuffrè, Milano, 2001

Reference Bibliography

Suggested bibliography for further reading to be agreed with the lecturer: - W.W. BUCKLAND, A Text-Book of Roman Law from Augustus to Justinian, III ed. revised by P. Stein, Cambridge, 2007 - F. SCHULZ, Storia della giurisprudenza romana, trad. it. Sansoni, Firenze, 1968 - L. VACCA, La giurisprudenza nel sistema delle fonti del diritto romano. Corso di lezioni, II ed. riveduta ed ampliata, Giappichelli, Torino, 2012

Attendance

Course attendance, although optional, is recommended.

Type of evaluation

The course ends with an examination structured in two compulsory tests for all students (without distinction between attending and non-attending students), one written and the other oral. In order to verify the level of achievement of the learning objectives, the student is asked to answer five open questions on different topics that are the subject of the course; in particular, a question on: “General characteristics of the different historical periods of Roman law” and 'Sources of production and knowledge of Roman law. The jurists and their method' (topics nos. 1 and 2); four questions on the above-mentioned topics (nos. 3-8). The written test lasts 30 minutes. In the oral interview, which follows the correction of the written test in the shortest possible time, knowledge of the topics that make up the programme will be further assessed, if necessary also building on the written test. The final assessment is established in relation to the outcome of the written test and the final interview. At the oral test, students, who have attended the course, will have an opportunity to be heard on the contents of the lectures. Assessment criteria and grade composition: the final grade is expressed in thirtieths (30/30). The grade between 18 and 20 corresponds to a sufficient, albeit minimal and not in-depth, knowledge of the subject; the grade between 21 and 25 highlights a more than sufficient / fair / good knowledge of the contents; the grade between 26 and 29 highlights a good / very good knowledge of the subject and a critical capacity of the student; the grade between 30 and 30 cum laude corresponds to an excellent / very good knowledge of the subject accompanied by excellent / very good critical, analytical and connection skills. ERASMUS students are requested to contact the lecturer at the beginning of the course in order to agree on the syllabus for the examination, which consists of the discussion of a written paper, in Italian or in English, on a specific subject. Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (DSA) who wish to request an adaptation of the examination paper are invited to contact the lecturer and to follow the instructions given on the student portal (https://portalestudente.uniroma3.it/iscrizioni/dsa/).

Programme

The course analyzes the historical evolution of Roman Private Law from its origins to the Justinian age. The Roman Private Law’s main topics are:
1- Sources of Roman Law (14 h);
2- Facts, acts and legal acts (6 h);
3- Civil procedure (18 h);
4- Individuals and family (6 h);
5- Obligations and contract law (18 h);
6- Ownership, possession, other rights in rem (8 h);
7- Donations (2 h);
8- Inheritance law (8 h).

The main purpose of this course is to determine how and how far Roman law and other legal systems provided a framework, which influenced, and perhaps determined, economic development, social change and political evolution. Strictly related to this, the course addresses whether that development, change and evolution modified the content and procedures of Roman law and other ancient legal systems. Ultimately, how the use of legal evidence may lead to a better understanding of ancient societies, and vice versa.

Core Documentation

The study of:

M. MARRONE, Istituzioni di diritto romano, Palermo, 2006 (ultima ristampa 2021)

Alternatively, the following textbooks may be used (more precise directions will be provided by the Lecturer at the beginning of the course):

A. BURDESE, Manuale di diritto privato romano (4a ed.), Torino, 2006

V. MANNINO, Introduzione alla storia del diritto privato dei Romani (3a ed.), Torino, 2018

G. PUGLIESE - F. SITZIA - L. VACCA, Istituzioni di diritto romano, Torino, 2012

A. SCHIAVONE (a cura di), Storia giuridica di Roma, Torino, 2024



Additional reference texts, according to the indications gradually provided in class by the Lecturer:

Le Istituzioni di Gaio. Traduzione italiana, a cura di M. Balzarini, Torino, 1998.

In addition, some guided readings from: D. JOHNSTON, Roman Law in Context, Cambridge, 2004; The Oxford Handbook of Roman Law and Society, ed. by P.J. Du Plessis, C. Ando, K. Tuori, Oxford, 2016; W.W. BUCKLAND, A Text-Book of Roman Law from Augustus to Justinian, 3 ed. revised by P. Stein, Cambridge, 2007.

Type of delivery of the course

Course Outline The teaching method aims to promote learning through frontal lessons in which every legal feature is taken into account with their inseparable logical and systematic correlation. The course material will be uploaded on the Uniroma Tre e-learning platform. Possible conferences and/or seminars of interest, as well as optional tutoring activities and workshops related to the course will be pointed out from time to time during the lectures. Students who wish to study parts of the programme on institutional texts of Roman law written in German, French or English are requested to contact the lecturer during the lessons. ERASMUS students are kindly requested to contact the teacher at the beginning of the course, in order to agree on the exam’s programme, which consist in the discussion of an assigned paper on a specific subject written in English or in Italian.

Type of evaluation

The examination will take place for every student both in written form (with the submission of four open questions to which the student must answer in the maximum time of twenty-five minutes), and with an interview, in which, after a brief illustration and comment on the written test, the knowledge of the subject will be further examined. The final grade is expressed in thirtieths (30/30). The evaluation between 18 and 20 corresponds to a sufficient, yet low and basic, knowledge of the subject; the evaluation between 20 and 25 shows a more than sufficient / discreet knowledge of the subject; the evaluation between 25 and 29 shows a good or very good knowledge of the subject as well as a commendable critical skills. The evaluation between 30 and 30 cum laude corresponds to a very good or excellent knowledge along with high critical, analytical and connection skills. Language of the oral exam: Italian, German and English. ERASMUS students are requested to contact the lecturer at the beginning of the course in order to agree on the syllabus for the examination, which consists of the discussion of a written paper, in Italian or in English, on a specific topic. Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given in the following link: https://portalestudente.uniroma3.it/iscrizioni/dsa/

Programme

The course analyzes the historical evolution of Roman Private Law from its origins to the Justinian age. The Roman Private Law’s main topics are:
1- Sources of Roman Law (14 h);
2- Facts, acts and legal acts (6 h);
3- Civil procedure (18 h);
4- Individuals and family (6 h);
5- Obligations and contract law (18 h);
6- Ownership, possession, other rights in rem (8 h);
7- Donations (2 h);
8- Inheritance law (8 h).

The main purpose of this course is to determine how and how far Roman law and other legal systems provided a framework, which influenced, and perhaps determined, economic development, social change and political evolution. Strictly related to this, the course addresses whether that development, change and evolution modified the content and procedures of Roman law and other ancient legal systems. Ultimately, how the use of legal evidence may lead to a better understanding of ancient societies, and vice versa.

Core Documentation

Recommended textbook M. Marrone, Istituzioni di diritto romano (3rd ed.), Palermo, 2006 (repr. 2021).
Alternative textbooks – Students may choose one of the following:
G. Pugliese – F. Sitzia – L. Vacca, Istituzioni di diritto romano, Turin, 2012.
A. Burdese, Manuale di diritto privato romano (4th ed.), Turin, 2006.
V. Mannino, Introduzione alla storia del diritto privato dei Romani (3rd ed.), Turin, 2018.
F. Botta – T. Dalla Massara – L. De Giovanni – G. Luchetti – V. Marotta – F. Nasti – A. Schiavone – E. Stolfi, Storia giuridica di Roma, Turin, 2024.

Type of delivery of the course

The teaching method aims to promote learning through frontal lessons in which every legal feature is taken into account with their inseparable logical and systematic correlation. The course material will be uploaded on the Uniroma Tre e-learning platform. Possible conferences and/or seminars of interest, as well as optional tutoring activities and workshops related to the course will be pointed out from time to time during the lectures. Students who wish to study parts of the programme on institutional texts of Roman law written in German, French or English are requested to contact the lecturer during the lessons. ERASMUS students are kindly requested to contact the teacher at the beginning of the course, in order to agree on the exam’s programme, which consist in the discussion of an assigned paper on a specific subject written in English or in Italian.

Attendance

The course will be held during the first semester and consists of 80 hours of lectures. Attendance is not compulsory but is strongly encouraged to facilitate a better understanding of the subject.

Type of evaluation

The examination will take place for every student both in written form (with the submission of four open questions to which the student must answer in the maximum time of twenty-five minutes), and with an interview, in which, after a brief illustration and comment on the written test, the knowledge of the subject will be further examined. Attending students, if so desire, can make a supplementary reading which will be taken into consideration in the final evaluation. The final grade is expressed in thirtieths (30/30). The evaluation between 18 and 20 corresponds to a sufficient, yet low and basic, knowledge of the subject; the evaluation between 20 and 25 shows a more than sufficient / discreet knowledge of the subject; the evaluation between 25 and 29 shows a good or very good knowledge of the subject as well as a commendable critical skills. The evaluation between 30 and 30 cum laude corresponds to a very good or excellent knowledge along with high critical, analytical and connection skills. ERASMUS students are requested to contact the lecturer at the beginning of the course in order to agree on the syllabus for the examination, which consists of the discussion of a written paper, in Italian or in English, on a specific topic. Language of the oral exam: Italian, German and English. Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given in the following link: https://portalestudente.uniroma3.it/iscrizioni/dsa/

Programme

The course aims to highlight the origins and historical developments in the thought structures of Roman private law. The objective of the course is for the student to acquire a basic knowledge of the categories and language that still underlie the orders of the Romanistic tradition today.

Course subject matter:
1. General characteristics of the different historical periods of Roman law.
2. Sources of production and cognition of Roman law. Jurists and their method.
3. General categories of fact, act and legal transaction.
4. Private process.
5. Law of persons and family.
6. Real rights.
7. Obligations.
8. Successions and donations.

The course offers the student a general overview of Roman legal experience in its privatist profiles. Institutions, which most significantly characterize the European legal culture, will be the subject of a privileged analysis: their in-depth study will also be directed at enhancing their diachronic perspective according to the historical periodization adopted (ancient period, classical period, postclassical period and Justinian period).

Core Documentation

Adopted texts:

- G. PUGLIESE - F.SITZIA - L. VACCA e altri, ISTITUZIONI DI DIRITTO ROMANO, Giappichelli, TORINO, 2012 (The following paragraphs of Part III “The Postclassical and Justinian Period” are part of the examination programme: nn. 206-219; 220; 228-229; 236-239; 256-261; 268; 271; 275; 276; 278; 281; 287-289; 295-296; 298-299; 307-310)
- LE ISTITUZIONI DI GAIO. TRADUZIONE ITALIANA a cura di M. Balzarini, Giappichelli, TORINO, 2000 (obligatory for attending students)

Alternatively, the following manuals can be used (precise instructions on this will be provided by the lecturer at the beginning of the course):

M. MARRONE, ISTITUZIONI DI DIRITTO ROMANO, Palumbo, Palermo, 2006 (ultima ristampa 2021)
M. TALAMANCA, ELEMENTI DI DIRITTO PRIVATO ROMANO, Giuffrè, Milano, 2001

Attendance

Course attendance, although optional, is recommended.

Type of evaluation

The course ends with an examination structured in two compulsory tests for all students (without distinction between attending and non-attending students), one written and the other oral. In order to verify the level of achievement of the learning objectives, the student is asked to answer five open questions on different topics that are the subject of the course; in particular, a question on: “General characteristics of the different historical periods of Roman law” and 'Sources of production and knowledge of Roman law. The jurists and their method' (topics nos. 1 and 2); four questions on the above-mentioned topics (nos. 3-8). The written test lasts 30 minutes. In the oral interview, which follows the correction of the written test in the shortest possible time, knowledge of the topics that make up the programme will be further assessed, if necessary also building on the written test. The final assessment is established in relation to the outcome of the written test and the final interview. At the oral test, students, who have attended the course, will have an opportunity to be heard on the contents of the lectures. Assessment criteria and grade composition: the final grade is expressed in thirtieths (30/30). The grade between 18 and 20 corresponds to a sufficient, albeit minimal and not in-depth, knowledge of the subject; the grade between 21 and 25 highlights a more than sufficient / fair / good knowledge of the contents; the grade between 26 and 29 highlights a good / very good knowledge of the subject and a critical capacity of the student; the grade between 30 and 30 cum laude corresponds to an excellent / very good knowledge of the subject accompanied by excellent / very good critical, analytical and connection skills. ERASMUS students are requested to contact the lecturer at the beginning of the course in order to agree on the syllabus for the examination, which consists of the discussion of a written paper, in Italian or in English, on a specific subject. Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (DSA) who wish to request an adaptation of the examination paper are invited to contact the lecturer and to follow the instructions given on the student portal (https://portalestudente.uniroma3.it/iscrizioni/dsa/).

Programme

The course analyzes the historical evolution of Roman Private Law from its origins to the Justinian age. The Roman Private Law’s main topics are:
1- Sources of Roman Law (14 h);
2- Facts, acts and legal acts (6 h);
3- Civil procedure (18 h);
4- Individuals and family (6 h);
5- Obligations and contract law (18 h);
6- Ownership, possession, other rights in rem (8 h);
7- Donations (2 h);
8- Inheritance law (8 h).

The main purpose of this course is to determine how and how far Roman law and other legal systems provided a framework, which influenced, and perhaps determined, economic development, social change and political evolution. Strictly related to this, the course addresses whether that development, change and evolution modified the content and procedures of Roman law and other ancient legal systems. Ultimately, how the use of legal evidence may lead to a better understanding of ancient societies, and vice versa.

Core Documentation

The study of:

M. MARRONE, Istituzioni di diritto romano, Palermo, 2006 (ultima ristampa 2021)

Alternatively, the following textbooks may be used (more precise directions will be provided by the Lecturer at the beginning of the course):

A. BURDESE, Manuale di diritto privato romano (4a ed.), Torino, 2006

V. MANNINO, Introduzione alla storia del diritto privato dei Romani (3a ed.), Torino, 2018

G. PUGLIESE - F. SITZIA - L. VACCA, Istituzioni di diritto romano, Torino, 2012

A. SCHIAVONE (a cura di), Storia giuridica di Roma, Torino, 2024



Additional reference texts, according to the indications gradually provided in class by the Lecturer:

Le Istituzioni di Gaio. Traduzione italiana, a cura di M. Balzarini, Torino, 1998.

In addition, some guided readings from: D. JOHNSTON, Roman Law in Context, Cambridge, 2004; The Oxford Handbook of Roman Law and Society, ed. by P.J. Du Plessis, C. Ando, K. Tuori, Oxford, 2016; W.W. BUCKLAND, A Text-Book of Roman Law from Augustus to Justinian, 3 ed. revised by P. Stein, Cambridge, 2007.

Type of delivery of the course

Course Outline The teaching method aims to promote learning through frontal lessons in which every legal feature is taken into account with their inseparable logical and systematic correlation. The course material will be uploaded on the Uniroma Tre e-learning platform. Possible conferences and/or seminars of interest, as well as optional tutoring activities and workshops related to the course will be pointed out from time to time during the lectures. Students who wish to study parts of the programme on institutional texts of Roman law written in German, French or English are requested to contact the lecturer during the lessons. ERASMUS students are kindly requested to contact the teacher at the beginning of the course, in order to agree on the exam’s programme, which consist in the discussion of an assigned paper on a specific subject written in English or in Italian.

Type of evaluation

The examination will take place for every student both in written form (with the submission of four open questions to which the student must answer in the maximum time of twenty-five minutes), and with an interview, in which, after a brief illustration and comment on the written test, the knowledge of the subject will be further examined. The final grade is expressed in thirtieths (30/30). The evaluation between 18 and 20 corresponds to a sufficient, yet low and basic, knowledge of the subject; the evaluation between 20 and 25 shows a more than sufficient / discreet knowledge of the subject; the evaluation between 25 and 29 shows a good or very good knowledge of the subject as well as a commendable critical skills. The evaluation between 30 and 30 cum laude corresponds to a very good or excellent knowledge along with high critical, analytical and connection skills. Language of the oral exam: Italian, German and English. ERASMUS students are requested to contact the lecturer at the beginning of the course in order to agree on the syllabus for the examination, which consists of the discussion of a written paper, in Italian or in English, on a specific topic. Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given in the following link: https://portalestudente.uniroma3.it/iscrizioni/dsa/