HISTORY OF ROMAN LAW
cod. 00942

Academic year 2016/17
4° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Diritto romano e diritti dell'antichità (IUS/18)
Field
A scelta dello studente
Type of training activity
Student's choice
36 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
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Learning objectives

The goal will be to help the student in understanding the process of historical elaboration of concepts and issues that are still being studied by the modern criminal science.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

The course aims to trace the lines of development of Roman criminal law with particular regard to the various procedural models adopted by the Romans in the course of history.
Specific attention will be given to profiles that still animate the debate among scholars, including, for example, the following:
- adversarial and inquisitorial models
- guarantees in favor of the accused
- the problem of relapse
- types of criminal sanctions: the role of incarceration
- the function of the criminal sanction

Full programme

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Bibliography

Attending students will be given handouts.

Non attending students:
VINCENZO GIUFFRÈ, La repressione criminale nell'esperienza romana, Napoli 1998 (pages: XVI-240).

Teaching methods

The course will be taught in a seminar format.

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral examination.

Other information

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