Ateneo - UPO

The course covers the main institutions of Roman Private Law in their historical evolution and their relationship with modern civil law.

The examination must be prepared on the following texts: - M. MARRONE, Manuale di Diritto privato romano, Giappichelli editore, 2004, or, alternatively, M. MARRONE, Istituzioni di diritto romano, Palumbo Editore, Palermo, 3rd ed. 2006. The latter is the extended version of the manual.

Knowledge of the aforementioned institutions, in their historical dimension and in their relationship with modern civil law; knowledge of the skills of modern legal professions.

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Lectures and tutorials. Attendance is not compulsory.

In order to enrich the training offer of the course by also giving due space to the professional dimension, the testimony of a legal practitioner (lawyer, magistrate, notary (lawyer, magistrate, notary or corporate lawyer) who will illustrate in practical terms what it means to be a legal practitioner today. Students with physical disabilities, Learning Disabilities or Special Education Needs can request specific services and tools via the Staff Sviluppo e Coordinamento Carriere e Servizi alle Studentesse e agli Studenti, consulting the University webpage: https://www.uniupo.it/en/services/servicesstudents-physical-or-learning-disabilities Students with disabilities, learning disabilities or special education needs, once they have contacted the University Staff, can refer to the tutor in charge of the course to define the examination modalities, concerning academic aspects.

In the final assessment, the acquisition of the aforementioned knowledge and skills expected at the end of the course, by means of by means of a question lasting approximately twenty minutes. indicative, as it is closely related to the expositive abilities of each student.

The topics covered in class will follow the traditional articulation of the subject: (a) Roman law and its sources; (b) private process; (c) negotiation acts; (d) persons and family; e) property, rights in rem and possession; f) obligations; g) donations; h) successions mortis causa. During the lessons, constant attention will be paid to the relations of derivation or separation between Roman legal experience and current law, and the skills required in modern legal professions will be illustrated.

Knowledge of the main institutions of Roman private law in their historical evolution and their relationship to modern civil law.