There are no prerequisites. A basic knowledge of the rudiments of ancient Roman history is useful for attending the course. This knowledge will be reviewed in the first lessons of the course.

The study of ancient sources concerning the Roman legal experience, with main regard to private law, will lead the student to the knowledge of the rudiments of the historical experience of law and to the understanding of the key profiles of the private legal system. Students will be guided to an awareness of the origins of legal institutes of the Romanistic tradition through the analysis of the context in which they developed. Comparative insights into contemporary legal experience will also be provided.
It is also aimed at encouraging the acquisition, by the aspiring jurist, of the applicative profiles of the subject.

After a historical introduction, the course will be devoted to the examination of the foundations of private law in the Roman legal experience, from the archaic age to the post-classical and Justinian age. The following themes will be analysed: I. Roman Law and Its Intellectual Context. - II. Law Making. - III. The Evidence of Roman Law. - IV. Private Law in Roman Society. - V. Elements of Public Law. - VI. The Legacy of Roman Law.

• 1.  (A) D. Johnston The Cambridge Companion to Roman Law Cambridge UP, Cambridge, 2015 » Pagine/Capitoli: chapters 2, 3, 6, 8, 9-18, 21

• - Frontal teaching activities of a historical-theoretical nature.
  - Supporting teaching activities, in seminar form, also with the participation of guest scholars from Italy and abroad.
  - These activities will enable students to gain a more in-depth understanding of topics relating to political institutions and private law and to develop their knowledge and understanding, learning, independent judgement, application and communication skills.
  
  

• The examination is oral and consists of various levels of testing: knowledge and understanding and the ability to apply them; independent judgement; learning ability; communication skills. The minimum pass mark for the examination (18/30) requires the student to achieve a sufficiency in all the levels of assessment indicated. The maximum pass mark (30/30 with possible award of honors) will apply in the event of excellence at all the levels considered. The intermediate marks between the minimum and maximum will be graded according to the assessment for each of the levels considered.

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