NOT ATTENDING STUDENTS:
the not attending students may use, at their option, one of the following texts:
1) F. Lamberti, La famiglia romana e i suoi volti. Pagine scelte su diritto e persone in Roma antica, Giappichelli, 2014
or
2) A. Corbino, Diritto privato romano. Contesti fondamenti discipline, 3a edizione, Cedam, 2014, pp. 173-384.
Learning Objectives
Analytical reading of the family law of ancient Rome, observed along the lines of its historical evolution, but also marked in the systematic breakdown of its main aspects: the organization of the kinship system, the discipline of marriage, the regime of natural and adoptive sonship; relationships between spouses and between parents and children, in a rigidly patriarchal authority context.
Prerequisites
To take the exam must have passed: General Constitutional Law, Private Law I, Institutions of Roman Law.
Teaching Methods
Lectures: 48 hours.
Further information
WARNING: the program here indicated regards the exam of 6 CFU.
For exam of 12 CFU, consult "schedule" and "books" aa 2011-2012 (cod. course 005411).
Type of Assessment
Final exam: oral examination.
Course program
The course offers an overview of the system of the family relationships in ancient Rome, with specific reference to the matters concerning the discipline of marriage and the relationships between spouses. It includes also the more general problem concerning the statutes of legal subjectivity in the Roman world, in particular the status of women.