DOTPV_PRP Sources of Roman Law

Faculty of Law
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
JUDr. Mgr. Radek Černoch, Ph.D. et Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Pavel Salák, Ph.D. (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
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! DO1RIPR02 Sources of Roman Law I.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is focused on the ancient sources of Roman Law of the preclassical, classical and postclassical period. Apart from legal sources, it also deals with non-legal ones. The course focuses mainly on written sources.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students will be able to;
Gain an overview of legal and literary sources of the period in question;
Find appropriate sources for their thesis topic;
Analyse specific sources;
Determine the credibility of sources;
Apply the knowledge about sources in order to find materials for their thesis topic.
Syllabus
  • 1.Leges regiae and LDT
  • 2.Pre-classical sources
  • 3.Classical law and it´s sources
  • 4. POst-Classical law and it´s sources
  • 5. Iustinian codifiction
  • 6. Codex
  • 7. Institutiones
  • 8. Digest
  • 9. Byzantin´s sources of law
  • 10. Narativ sources of law
Literature
    required literature
  • HEYROVSKÝ, Leopold. Dějiny a system soukromého práva římského. 4. opr. vyd. V Praze: Nakladatelství J. Otto, 1910, 1243 s. URL info
    recommended literature
  • NÜTEL, Rolf. Corpus Iuris Civilis: Text und Übersetzung. Heidelberg: C.F. Müller Verlag.
  • RICCOBONO, Salvatore. Fontes iuris romani antejustiniani. Pars prima, Leges. Florentiae: G. Barbèra, 1908.
  • JUSTINIÁN a Paul KRÜGER. Corpus iuris civilis. Volumen secundum., Codex Iustinianus. Editio stereotypa nona. Berolini: Apud Weidmannos, 1915.
  • JUSTINIÁN, Theodor MOMMSEN a Paul KRÜGER. Corpus iuris civilis. Volumen primum., Institutiones,. Editio stereotypa quinta decima. Berolini: Apud Weidmannos, 1928.
  • JUSTINIÁN, Theodor MOMMSEN a Paul KRÜGER. Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Vol. II. Berolini: Apud Weidmannos, 1870.
  • JUSTINIÁN, Theodor MOMMSEN a Paul KRÜGER. Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Vol. I. Berolini: Apud Weidmannos, 1868.
  • OTONDI, Giovanni. Leges publicae populi romani: elenco cronologico con una introduzione sull'attivita legislativa dei comizi romani. Milano: Società editrice libraria, 1912.
  • Fontes iuris romani antejustiniani. Pars altera, Auctores, Leges saeculares. Florentiae: G. Barbèra, 1908.
  • JUSTINIÁN, Rudolf SCHÖLL a Guilelmus KROLL. Corpus iuris civilis. Volumen tertium, Novellae. Editio stereotypa quarta. Berolini: Apud Weidmannos, 1912
Teaching methods
As a teaching method, there is an individual study of assigned expert literature and eventually individual expert consultations with lecturers.
Assessment methods
The research of sources on the given topic and discussion over these sources.
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
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