Roman Law

The Course aims to:
-provide students with more advanced knowledge of the Roman law of obligations, with particular reference to obligations arising from delicts and to the question of wrongful damage to property (lex Aquilia);
-introduce students to the legal reasoning typical of the Roman jurists and thereby develop their own problem-solving skills;
-examine the historical development of the legal institutions involved;
-improve their command of English legal Language.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:
-display a deeper knowledge of the Roman law of obligations, of obligations arising from delicts and of the liability for wrongful damage to property;
-analyse and interpret Roman legal sources;
-understand secondary literature essential for developing a critical approach;
-autonomously elaborate the acquired notions and find solutions to legal cases through juridical reasoning;
-use legal language in an appropriate way.