76578 - Roman Public Law (FF)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course students know:
- the basic structures of the roman criminal trial (iudicia publica);
- the characterics of the inquiring system and of the accusatory system;
- the ways of planning of the law cases, with special attention to the role of the Defense and of the Public Prosecutor;

- the basis and the tecniques of the legal rhetoric for the elaboration of the harangue;
- the fundamental principles of the legal profession Ethics.

Course contents

- The basic structures of the roman criminal trial (iudicia publica)

- The "aequum iudicium"

- The legal rhetoric

- The kinds of cases

- The ways of planning of the law cases: the 'status causae'

- The role of the Defense and of the Public Prosecutor

- The fundamental principles of the legal profession Ethics

Readings/Bibliography

Anna Bellodi Ansaloni

Scienza giuridica e retorica forense, II edizione, ed. Maggioli, 2017, parte II.

Other bibliography will be given at lesson.

 

Anna Bellodi Ansaloni

L’arte dell'avvocato, actor veritatis. Studi di retorica e deontologia forense, 2016, Bononia University Press, cap. II § 3; cap. IV; cap. V.

Teaching methods

Lessons will be held in the second six-month period and the exam can be taken from May.

Exam can be taken only after the exams 'Istituzioni di diritto romano', Diritto costituzionale' and 'Diritto privato'.

Assessment methods

The check of objectives will be made by oral exam.

Tesi di laurea

Thesis will be set taking care of student’s interest. So, students are suggested to propose a subject and time wished for the degree. Thesis is an extensive discussion that reveals self-sufficient ability of research, maturity of method and of judgment and legal interdisciplinary knowledge. Thesis has no limit of pages, but the average number of pages extends from 100 to 150. A thorough bibliography will be appreciated.

Teaching tools

At lesson juridical and rhetoric texts will be read and explained.

The texts are available in the book; others will be given by the teacher.

Office hours

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