PRINCIPLES OF ROMAN LAW
PRINCIPLES OF ROMAN LAW
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| 2025/2026 | 6 |
| Lecturer | Office hours for students | |
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| Maria Luisa Biccari | After the lesson or on request via email, even online (by meet or zoom). |
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Course entirely taught in a foreign language
English
This course is entirely taught in a foreign language and the final exam can be taken in the foreign language. |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
The course aims to provide students with an in-depth study of the main features of the European legal system from a historical perspective, with a special focus on the fundamental importance of Roman law as the basis for “fundamental principles”.
Program
The course is devoted to the illustration of the role played by Roman law in shaping the rights of individual European legal systems. Specifically, the importance of Roman law today as the basis of “fundamental principles” under both public and private law will be discussed: from Justinian to current legislation.
Bridging Courses
None.
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
Knowledge and understanding: ability to understand the legal phenomenon in its historical development and knowledge of the characteristics and principles of Western and, in particular, European law.
Applying knowledge and understanding: ability to contextualise legal data and to interpret legal systems historically.
Making judgements: the ability to propose interpretations and personal considerations that show autonomy of judgement concerning the profiles considered during the course.
Communication skills: expressing knowledge acquired with adequate legal language, following argumentative paths proper to legal logic.
Learning skills: the ability to update acquired knowledge and to deepen it autonomously.
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Supporting Activities
The lecturer will make supporting teaching materials available within the Moodle platform › blended. uniurb.it
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
Lectures, with the use of slides that the lecturer will make available on the Moodle platform › blended. uniurb.it
Part of the teaching (up to one third of the hours) will also be delivered online, by the provisions of Ministerial Decree no. 1835 of 6 December 2024.
- Innovative teaching methods
The traditional didactics will be enriched with individual and group exercises and in-depth studies, which students will carry out using the University's Moodle platform and digital touchboards. Some course topics will be treated following the practice of Flipped Learning.
- Attendance
Active participation in class activities is highly recommended.
- Course books
P. STEIN, ROMAN LAW IN EUROPEAN HISTORY, Cambridge University Press, 1999.
The lecturer will communicate additional study material during lectures and make it available on the Moodle platform. › blended.uniurb.i
- Assessment
The final exam will consist of an oral examination covering the topics developed in class.
After agreeing with the attending students, the lecturer may propose that each of them write a short essay in English on a topic from the course, and they will discuss the essay in an oral examination.
The evaluation criteria and the scale of marks are as follows:
Less than 18/30: competence level insufficient. The student doesn’t reach the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.
18-20: competence level sufficient. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.
21-23: competence level satisfactory. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding” and “applied knowledge and understanding”.
24-26: competence level good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, and “making judgments”.
27-29: competence level excellent. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments”, and “communication skills”.
30-30 with honours: competence level excellent. The student fully attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments”, and “learning skills”.
- Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.
To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Teaching
The lecture's teaching material (e.g., slides, handouts, scientific essays) is also available to non-attending students by accessing the Moodle platform. › blended.uniurb.it.
A part of the teaching (up to one third of the hours) will also be delivered online, by Ministerial Decree no. 1835 of 6 December 2024.
- Course books
To allow non-attending students to compensate for what is covered during the lectures through self-study, the following materials referring to the duplicate syllabus content are provided to promote complete understanding:
P. STEIN, ROMAN LAW IN EUROPEAN HISTORY, Cambridge University Press, 1999.
The lecturer will communicate additional study material on the Moodle platform. › blended.uniurb.it.
- Assessment
The final exam will consist of an oral examination covering the topics developed in class.
The evaluation criteria and the scale of marks are as follows:
Less than 18/30: competence level insufficient. The student doesn’t reach the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.
18-20: competence level sufficient. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.
21-23: competence level satisfactory. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding” and “applied knowledge and understanding”.
24-26: competence level good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, and “making judgments”.
27-29: competence level excellent. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments”, and “communication skills”.
30-30 with honours: competence level excellent. The student fully attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments”, and “learning skills”.
- Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.
To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.
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