History of Roman Law

The course is aimed at illustrating the fundamental institutions of Roman public law by studying the various forms of the ancient Roman constitution (monarchy, republic, principate, dominate) within the context of its traditional historic periodization.

- Capacity for synthesis and for coordinating the issues of Roman legal history within a dynamic view of the legal phenomena;
- Capacity for making links through recovery of the historical roots of various modern legal institutions;
- Capacity for deepening the acquired knowledge, also through a direct comparison with the main legal and literary sources;
- Learning and using concepts and an appropriate legal language.