Università Roma Tre

The course analyzes the historical evolution of Roman Private Law from the origins to the Justinian age. The Roman Private Law’s topics are:
- tradition of Roman Law and sources of Roman Law (3 hours)
- political organization of Rome (3 hours)
- civil procedure (18 hours)
- law of persons and family (4 hours)
- law of property and possession (6 hours)
- law of obligations (14 hours).
The following chapters will be not requested:
Cap. VIII.5, nn. 9-9.1-9.2-9.3; 10 (471-486).
Cap. IX.
Cap. X.
The objective of this course is to determine how and how far Roman law and other legal systems provided a framework for, and even perhaps facilitated, economic development, social change and political evolution, and whether that development, change and evolution modified the content and procedures of Roman law and other ancient legal systems; and how the use of legal evidence may lead to a better understanding of ancient societies, and vice versa.

MANNINO V., Introduzione alla storia del diritto privato dei Romani (3a ed.), Torino, Giappichelli, 2018.
The following chapters will be not requested:
Cap. VIII.5, nn. 9-9.1-9.2-9.3; 10 (471-486).
Cap. IX.
Cap. X.

This course has to provide the basic knowledge of Roman private law and civil procedure, with coverage of all key topics, including the Roman systems of the sources of law and the role of the jurists.
The study of Roman law is always connected on the one side to the broader social, political and economic Roman context, on the other side to modern legal systems.
The topics are:
General traits of the different ages of Roman law.
Sources of Roman law.
Legal theory and history of law.
Civil procedure.
Law of persons and family.
Law of property and possession.
Law of obligations.
Law of succession.
The Roman jurists and their methods.

- G. PUGLIESE –F.SITZIA-L. VACCA, MANUALE DI ISTITUZIONI DI DIRITTO ROMANO, GIAPPICHELLI, TORINO 2012, WITH THE EXCLUSION OF THE PARAGRAPHS OF PARTE III NN. 228 TO 235; 256 TO 267; 269 TO 270.3; 272; 287 TO 295; 297-298; 300 TO 310.

The course analyzes the historical evolution of Roman Private Law from the origins to the Justinian age. The Roman Private Law’s topics are:
- tradition of Roman Law and sources of Roman Law (3 hours)
- political organization of Rome (3 hours)
- civil procedure (18 hours)
- law of persons and family (4 hours)
- law of property and possession (6 hours)
- law of obligations (14 hours).
The following chapters will be not requested:
Cap. VIII.5, nn. 9-9.1-9.2-9.3; 10 (471-486).
Cap. IX.
Cap. X.
The objective of this course is to determine how and how far Roman law and other legal systems provided a framework for, and even perhaps facilitated, economic development, social change and political evolution, and whether that development, change and evolution modified the content and procedures of Roman law and other ancient legal systems; and how the use of legal evidence may lead to a better understanding of ancient societies, and vice versa.

MANNINO V., Introduzione alla storia del diritto privato dei Romani (3a ed.), Torino, Giappichelli, 2018.
The following chapters will be not requested:
Cap. VIII.5, nn. 9-9.1-9.2-9.3; 10 (471-486).
Cap. IX.
Cap. X.