MP106Z Roman Law I

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. JUDr. Pavel Salák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Mgr. Radek Černoch, Ph.D. et Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Jan Kabát (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Pavel Salák, Ph.D.
Department of the History of the State and Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Zuzana Suchá
Supplier department: Department of the History of the State and Law – Faculty of Law
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, PR_) (2)
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV) (2)
Course objectives
Roman law constitutes a propaedeutic basis for the study of positive private law disciplines. It is a basis tfor understanding essential principles of absolute law. The course inform student about a development and character of private Roman law not only in antique Rome, but is focused also on its influence on modern law. The commentaries are formulated in time line and follow also the individual legal institutes. This shows the distinctions between systems of private law, relations between the institutes and their development. The course also deals with an issue of reception and influence of Roman law on the medieval, modern and recent law. Course objectives:
To inform the students about the system of Roman law;
To distinguish an influence of Roman law on a later law and recent law;
To analyze and comprehend to the legal institutes and their development;
To comprehend the distinctions between these institutes;
To analyze and interpret texts (examples) and their solution.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the courcse, students will be able to:
- to summarize the form of Roman law in individual stages of its development
- describe and compare the influences of Roman law on later law
- analyze the individual institutes of private law, their development and interdependence
- compare similarities and differences of individual institutes in Roman and contemporary law
Syllabus
  • Autumn term
  • Development of state
  • Sources of law
  • Perception of Roman law in Middle Ages
  • Status of people
  • Family law
  • Development of Roman procedure
  • Legal acts
  • Possessio
  • Ownership
  • Iura in re aliena
Literature
    required literature
  • KINCL, Jaromír, Valentin URFUS and Michal SKŘEJPEK. Římské právo. 2., dopl. a přeprac. vyd.,. Praha: C.H. Beck, 1995, xxii, 386. ISBN 3-406-40082-5. info
  • URFUS, Valentin. Historické základy novodobého práva soukromého :římskoprávní dědictví a soukromé právo kontinentální Evropy. 1. vyd. Praha: C.H. Beck, 1994, viii, 135. ISBN 80-7049-107-8. info
  • GAIUS. Učebnice práva ve čtyřech knihách [Univerzita Karlova, 1981] : GAIUS (Variant) : Institutionum commentarii quattuor (Orig.). Translated by Jaromír Kincl. Vyd. 1. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1981, 274 s. info
    recommended literature
  • REBRO, Karol and Peter BLAHO. Rímske právo. 4. preprac. a dopl. vyd. Bratislava: Iura Edition, 2010, 522 s. ISBN 9788080783525. info
  • SKŘEJPEK, M. "Texty ke studiu římského práva". ORAC. Praha, 2001. info
  • BLAHO, Peter and Herbert HAUSMANINGER. Praktické štúdie z rímského práva. Wien: Manz, 1993, 220 s. ISBN 80-85719-01-0. info
Teaching methods
Lectures to provide theoretical foundations of the subject, seminars - work with examples and roman law sources, application of theoretical information
Assessment methods
This semester finsh with written test.
The exam is common for the subjects "Roman Law I" (winter semester) and "Roman Law II." . It is combined - the written part is followed by an oral part.
The student must prove the capacity of phrase his or her knowledge in the basic Roman legal concepts, to describe and analyze the function of the Roman legal system, to interpret the legal texts
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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