The course aims to provide students with a knowledge of the historical features of commercial law in the Roman legal experience, with particular attention to the institutions used by the Romans in the commercial transactions.

The course will be articulated in a first part in which a synthesis of Roman commercial law will be traced in its historical evolution.

In the second part the course will examine the following themes:

- aspects of commercial transactions in the ancient Rome (negotiationes and negotiatores),

- actiones adiecticiae qualitatis,

- banking activities,

- maritime activities,

- agricultural activities.

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A) KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: knowledge of the fundamental principles of Roman law.

B) APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:  ability to find, understand and apply the Roman sources in relation to the legal cases and specific episodes.

C) MAKING JUDGEMENTS: ability to develop a legal discourses about obligations and contracts, real rights and economy and market activities.

D) COMMUNICATION SKILLS: ability to explain and argue the thought of the Roman jurists.

E) LEARNING SKILLS: ability to expand the knowledge through individual detailed studies.

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

Exercises and self-assessment tools available in the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Teaching

Lectures; working class.

Attendance

None

Course books

A.M. GIOMARO, Quadernoni di diritto romano 2. Impresa commercio economia nel diritto romano, Arasedizioni 2014.

Assessment

Oral exam.

The evaluation criteria and the scale of marks are as follows:

•  less than 18: competence level insufficient. The student doesn’t reach the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”;

•  18-20: competence level sufficient. The student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”;

•  21-23: competence level satisfactory. The student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding” and in “applied knowledge and understanding”;

•  24-26: competence level good. The student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding” and “making judgments”;

•  27-29: competence level very good. 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.

Attendance

None

Course books

A.M. GIOMARO, Quadernoni di diritto romano 2. Impresa commercio economia nel diritto romano, Arasedizioni 2014.

Assessment

Oral exam.

The expected learning results will be evaluated by means of an oral exam, based on three questions or more. 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 in “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 very good. 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.