Università Roma Tre

The course aims to initiate a critical interpretation of Roman political and legal history, in particular through the reading of ancient sources and the examination of modern historiographical interpretations.
The course is intended to be a synthetic exposition of the law-legal phenomenon relating to the historical-political reality of Rome, from the origins of the primitive civitas to the empire of Justinian
Topics covered:
1. Main characteristics of the periods of development of Roman public law (10 h.);
2. Constitutional right and administrative law in the various periods of Roman history (20 h.)
3. Criminal law (10 h.)
4. Sources of Roman law (10 h.)
5. Medieval, modern and contemporary publicistic juridical categories (6 h.)

L. FASCIONE, Manuale di diritto pubblico romano (2a ed.), Torino, 2013.