FF:LJMgrB05 Law Documents I - Course Information

LJMgrB05 Reading Roman Law Documents I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2007

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Jarmila Bednaříková, CSc. (seminar tutor)

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Timetable

Wed 15:00–16:35 A32 stara

Prerequisites

The basic knowledges of Latin.

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

there are 13 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The development of the Roman law, reading and historical interpretation of the constitutions of Romans rulers.

Syllabus

1) Relations between fas and ius. 2) Leges XII tabularum. 3) The sources of law in the age of Roman Republic. 4) The development of law in the age of principate. 5) The law in the later Roman Empire. 6) The Theodosian Code and Corpus iuris civilis. 7) How the barbarians and the middle ages received Roman law. 8) Reading of soma sources -- (now the reading of the constitutions about the taxes in the 5th century. 9) The historical interpretation of the sources. The influence of the tax policy on the situation in the later Antiquity.

Literature

SKŘEJPEK, Michal. Římské právo v datech. Vyd. 1. V Praze: C.H. Beck, 1997, xii, 116 s. ISBN 80-7179-123-7. info
BARTOŠEK, Milan. Dějiny římského práva : (ve třech fázích jeho vývoje). Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1988, 302 s. info
URFUS, Valentin. Obecné dějiny státu a práva : římské právo soukromé. Vyd. 1. Brno: Univerzita Jana Evangelisty Purkyně, 1979, 95 s. info

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Dějiny římského práva a překlad vybraných pasáží ze zadaných pramenů (ústní zkouška).

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.