The teaching aims to form a modern jurist, who is supposed to know values and interests involved in the legal norms. The exposition of main public and constitutional legal institution of ancient Roman law intends to strenghten historical and juridical background and, moreover, to stimulate a deep and wide intellectual journey so that critical thinking skills can be developed towards law, its proposals, methods and solutions.
Course Prerequisites
It’necessary to know the main facts and events of Roman history. In order to do it, we suggest AA.VV., Nuove questioni di storia antica, Milano 1969, 926 ss. Any additional information will given during the lessons and published on the e-learning platform.
Teaching Methods
The course will take 55 hours of frontal lessons in the second semester.
Assessment Methods
The verification consists in a final oral examination based on three questions (moving from a general topic towards a 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 skill 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 students can alternatively choose, as final verification, a written examination, which will be ruled in the same way as the oral one.
Contents
Given few hints about the utility of Roman law for a modern jurist, the course analyzes public and constitutional ancient Roman law, including the sources, starting from the foundation of Rome to the reign of emperor Justinian (VI century). The final part will be dedicated to the juridical history of Roman city of Como, from its from foundation to the Plinian era.
Course Language
Italian
More information
The professor is always available after the lessons. To get an appointment, mail to: marco.migliorini@uninsubria.it. For the thesis, it’s required a solid classic preparation.
