.- Principles of Roman Law
PROF. LAURETTA MAGANZANI
COURSE AIMS
Through the direct reading of sources the course aims to teach students the
private law basics of the Roman legal system.
COURSE CONTENT
After an ample introduction to the sources of Roman law and in particular the
Justinian Code, the course will be dedicated to a reading of the Institutes of
Justinian, the basic textbook used by first-year students in the Constantinople
faculty of law in the sixth century A.D. A model of simplicity incorporating
academic rigour, the textbook will be the students' first approach to the subject
matter of the course, facilitating their understanding not just of rules and notions
learnt off by heart but the concepts and legal language that are the typical and
exclusive preserve of lawyers today and in the past. The course will conclude with
the reading of a selection of case reports, which will allow students to tackle
concrete legal problems utilising the methods of Roman jurists.
READING LIST
For students attending lectures, in addition to lecture notes and whatever other reading
material will be specified at the beginning of the course:
L. MAGANZANI, Formazione e vicende di un’opera illustre. Il Corpus Iuris nella cultura del giurista
europeo, Giappichelli, Turin, latest edition.
For students not attending lectures:
First part
L. MAGANZANI, Formazione e vicende di un’opera illustre. Il Corpus Iuris nella cultura del giurista
europeo, Giappichelli, Turin, latest edition (Part I – Il Corpus Juris Towards the Past).
Second part
G. NICOSIA, Nuovi profili istituzionali essenziali di diritto romano, latest edition, Libreria editrice
Torre, Catania, excluding the Introduction (Section I – Foreword; Section II – Historical
Constitutional Framework; Section III – Sources) and the chapter on Trials (Foreword, Section
I – Legis actiones, Section II – Agere per formulas, Section III – Cognitive Court Proceedings).
Or alternatively
A.D. MANFREDINI, Istituzioni di diritto romano, latest edition, Turin, Giappichelli, excluding the
Introduction, Chapter I (Why We Study Roman Law, the Justinian Code), Chapter II (Periods
and Sources) and all of Part III (Actions, Chapter I – Basic Concepts on Trials; Chapter II –
Legal Actions; Chapter III – Agere per formulas; Chapter IV – Extraordinary Cognitive Court
Proceedings).
TEACHING METHOD
Lectures and group seminars.
ASSESSMENT METHOD
For students attending lectures, interim oral test and final examination allied to
continuous assessment. For students not attending lectures, oral examination.
NOTES
Further information can be found on the Faculty notice board.
.- History of Law
PROF. LAURETTA MAGANZANI – PROF. STEFANO SOLIMANO
First Part: Principles of Roman Law
PROF. LAURETTA MAGANZANI
COURSE AIMS
The course is designed to give students a solid grounding in private Roman law.
COURSE CONTENT
Study of the sources of Roman law and particular the Corpus Juris Civilis. Specific
links between the structure and characteristics of the various historical components
of the constituent Digest, Institutes and Code will be examined as regards their
special features and from the unifying standpoint of Justinian.
READING LIST
L. MAGANZANI, Formazione e vicende di un’opera illustre. Il Corpus Iuris nella cultura del giurista
europeo, Giappichelli, Turin, latest edition, pages 3-143.
Further reading material may be specified at lectures.
TEACHING METHOD
Lectures and group seminars.
ASSESSMENT METHOD
For students attending lectures there is an interim oral exam, a final written exam and
continuous assessment. For students not attending lectures there is a final oral exam.
NOTES
Further information can be found on the Faculty notice board.