Learning outcomes

The main purpose of the course is to develop the student’s ability of reasoning on significant topics in the frame of European Private Law. In order to properly deal with these issues, an analysis of continuities and discontinuities in the historical progression of these matters will be necessary. This analysis shall move backwards from the last significant developments of European Private Law to the roots of the ideas stemming from Roman legal system.

Moreover, the student is expected to: understand and reconstruct the basic outlines of several figures emerging from Rome’s historical experience; recognise the Roman principles still existing in current legal experiences, both in Civil and Common Law; develop analysis and connection skills, also from an historical-comparative perspective; expound the results of his/her critical evaluation in a coherent manner and with appropriate language proficiency; deal with concrete cases and propose legally correct solutions.