Università Roma Tre

The course of Roman law has monographic approaches and it is directed to explore the techniques of legal reasoning developed by Roman jurisprudence and their contribution in the construction of modern legal science.
To this end, the course is divided into two modules, one general and one monographic.


The general module focuses on the study of the sources of Roman law, from the ancient period to the compilation of Justinian, in their dual role as sources of knowledge and sources of law.

The attention will be particularly focused on the role of Roman jurisprudence, as a driver of productive law and a filter between the sources of law and practice. Specific insights you have on the methodology of interpretation of ‘creative jurisprudence’ with the analysis of the method by studying the texts of the Roman literature .
The special module, focusing on the analysis of one or more ' institutions ' or ' problem areas ', will focus on the analysis of the solutions, as a kind of case law, on liability for eviction or defective performance in emptio venditio and locatio conductio which reports that becomes relevant the interdependence of bonds and parts’s bona fides.

The program for attending students will deal with the content of lectures and seminars, with the support of the following texts:


L. VACCA, La giurisprudenza nel sistema delle fonti del diritto romano, Seconda edizione riveduta ed ampliata, Giappichelli, Torino, 2012.
L. VACCA, Garanzia e responsabilità, Nuova edizione ampliata a cura di Barbara Cortese, Giappichelli, Torino, 2015.


The description of the parties that will not be the subject of study will be carried out during the course.
Class attendance is recommended.

The program for non-attending focuses on the study of texts :

L. VACCA, La giurisprudenza nel sistema delle fonti del diritto romano, Seconda edizione riveduta ed ampliata, Giappichelli, Torino, 2012.
L. VACCA, Garanzia e responsabilità, Nuova edizione ampliata a cura di Barbara Cortese, Giappichelli, Torino, 2015.

Programme of activities

The programme has a special feature and is intended to deepen, through the reading of the sources, techniques of legal reasoning developed by Roman jurisprudence and their influence on European scientia iuris. From this point of view the analysis of specific ‘institutions’ of Roman Law assumes particular importance.


Course Programme
The couse consists of two parts: a general part and a specific part. Frequency is recommended, given the nature of the course.
General Part
This part will focus on the analysis, through the reading of the sources, of the structure of production of sources of law in different historical periods of the evolution of Roman Law, particularly with regards to the activities of Jurists and to their argumentative techniques, with particular attention to casistic method, ‘analogia’ and ‘aequitas’ .

Specific Part
This part is intended to deepen, through the reading of the sources, techniques of legal reasoning developed by Roman jurisprudence in the fields of Roman Law of property, with specific attention to the concepts of ‘possessio’ and ‘tempus’ and their influence on the purchase of property. The following ‘institutions’ will be deepened: dominium, actio Publiciana, possessio, traditio, derelictio, usucapio, longi temporis praescriptio, ius in provinciali solo.

Prerequisites
The course contents and the place it has in the first half of the fourth year of the Master of Science in Law (Class LMG/01) implies that the students have adequate institutional knowledge of the sources of Roman Law with specific attention to the activity of jurisprudence is mandatory, as well as the private procedural system and the structure of Roman Law of property and of real rights. Frequency is recommended, given the nature of the course.