Checking date: 10/07/2020


Course: 2020/2021

Daily life and norms in Rome
(11229)
Bachelor in Law (Plan: 397 - Estudio: 206)


Coordinating teacher: CARRASCO GARCIA, MARIA CONSUELO

Department assigned to the subject: Private Law Department

Type: Courses of humanities
ECTS Credits: 3.0 ECTS

Course:
Semester:




1. Specific competences (because of the legal-historical character of the subject matter to be treated) - The student is capable of working with other sociological-legal realities than the present, and can identify both what remains and the changes that have occurred, and learn the difference. - The student is aware of the law as a product of history, subject to the changing social reality for which it is created. - The student has acquired a basic legal terminology, applicable to all european continental law. - The student has acquired a broad view on judging any social and legal reality, with the consequent relativization of the conclusions drawn. 2. General competences (for the way in which to proceed to teaching and subsequent evaluation) - The student has practised his/her ability to correctly communicate in oral and written form. - The student has developed his/her ability to share ideas. - The student has acquired a capacity for analysis and synthesis.
Description of contents: programme
Module I. Political organization and sources of law. Does the political organization of a society determine its legal norms? The example of Rome during its thirteen centuries of history 1. Monarchy: customary law and leges regiae (laws of the kings) 2. Republic: Law of the Twelve Tables, laws of the comitia and plebicites, edicts of the magistrates, case-law 3. Principate: Decisions of the Senate and imperial constitutions 4. Dominate or Bas-Empire: general laws 5. Justinianic epoch: Corpus Iuris Module II. The family in Rome. Social institution regulated by law? 1. Meanings of the word familia 2. Categories of persons according to their position in the family 3. Marriage: requisites and impediments to get married 4. Types of marriage 5. Evolution of life as a couple 6. Dissolution of the bond of marriage: divorce and repudiation 7. Children and education Module III. Religion in Rome What to believe in and why? From a utilitarian religiosity to another, with a strong ethical content 1. Own and foreign Deities 2. The official cult, priests and rituals 3. Mystical and oriental cults 4. Appearance and spreading of Christianity Module IV. Work in Rome Who worked and under which legal regime in Rome as lawyers, doctors, shoemakers or farmers? Who had the political functions? 1. Social and economical organization of Rome 2. Social and legal view of work 3. Liberal arts and crafts Module V. Free time in Rome How did the Romans spend their free time? 1. Care for body and spirit in the baths 2. Death in the Afternoon: Amphitheatre and gladiatorial fights 3. Gentlemen, place your bets!: The circus and the chariot races 4. The best decoration for the best banquet: Trimalchio invites us 5. Plays and mimes: The theatre in Rome 6. Laborious free time: Latin literature
Learning activities and methodology
- Reading and commenting literary and legal texts. - Watching and commenting scenes from movies. - Solving practical cases. - Writing papers summarizing the contents of the course. - Developing concepts.
Assessment System
  • % end-of-term-examination 50
  • % of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 50

Basic Bibliography
  • ARIAS RAMOS, J.- ARIAS BONET, J.A.. Derecho romano, vols. I y II. Madrid. 1997
  • ARIAS RAMOS, J.-ARIAS BONET, J. A.. Derecho público romano e historia de las fuentes. Valladolid. 1979
  • Auget, R.. Cruelty and civilization. The roman games.. London-New-York. 1972
  • Beard, M.. Laughter in ancient Rome. On joking, trickling and cracking up. London. 2013
  • Beard, M.. SPQR. Great Britain. 2016
  • Beard, M. ¿ J, North. ¿S. Price,. Religions of Rome. Volume 1, A History. Cambridge. 1998
  • Beck, R.. The religion of the Mithras cult in the roman Empire. Mysteries of the unconquered Su. Oxford. 2006
  • Bennett, C.. "The early augustan calendars in Rome and Egypt". Zeitschrift für papyrology und epigraphik, vol. 142, pp.221-240. 2003
  • Bowman, A.- Wilson, A., (eds.). Quantifying the roman economy: methods and problems. Oxford. 2009
  • CARCOPINO, J.. La vida cotidiana en Roma en el apogeo del Imperio. Madrid. 2001
  • CASTILLEJO, J.. Historia del Derecho romano. Política, Doctrinas, Legislación y Administración. Madrid. 2004
  • CASTRESANA, A.. Catálogo de virtudes femeninas. Madrid. 1993
  • CHURRUCA, J.-MENTXAKA, R., . Introducción histórica al Derecho romano. Deusto. 2015
  • Culham, P.. ¿Women in the roman republic¿. The Cambridge Companion to the roman Republic, H.I. Flower (ed), Cambridge. 2004
  • D'ORS, A.. Ensayos de Teoría Política. Pamplona. 1979
  • D'ORS, A.. Derecho privado romano. Madrid. 2006
  • DÍEZ-PICAZO, L.. Familia y Derecho. Madrid. 1984
  • Eck, W. . The age of Augustus. United Kingdom. 2007
  • Evans Grubbs, J.. Woman and the law in the roman Empire. A source book on marriage, divorce and widowhood. London-New York.. 2002
  • FAYER, C.. La familia romana. Roma. 2005
  • GABBA, E.- FORABOSCHI, D.- MANTOVANI. D. - LO CASCIO, E.- TROIANI, L.. Introduzione alla Storia di Roma. Milano. 2003
  • GIARDINA, A.- NICOLET, C.- ANDREAU, J.. El hombre romano. Madrid. 1991
  • GRIMAL, P.. La letteratura latina. Roma. 1994
  • Hersch, K. K.. The roman wedding. Ritual and meaning in antiquity. Cambridge. 2010
  • PAOLI, U. E.. Vita romana. Usi, costumi, istituzioni, tradizioni. Firenze. 2004
  • SORDI, M.. Los cristianos y el Imperio romano. Madrid. 1988
  • Thomas, P. . ¿Gladiatorial games as a mens of political communication during the roman republic¿. Fundamina, vol. 16, nº 2, pp. 186-198. 2010
  • ÉTIENNE, R.. La vita quotidiana a Pompei. Firenze . 2004
Additional Bibliography
  • . Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum. http://cil.bbaw.de/cil_en/index_en.html.
  • . Perseus Digital Library. www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/collections.

The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.