Duration
60h Th
Number of credits
| Bachelor in law | 5 crédits | |||
| Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculty of Law, Political Science and Criminology) | 6 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The Romans invented the Law. They were the first to separate law and religion. Therefore they were also the first to criticise the rule of law, in order to improve it.
So one could say that Roman law has the same importance for the jurist, as the Pythagoras Theorem for the mathematician or Aristotle for the philosopher... It is impossible to seriously pretend to do without them.
Study Roman law helps to understand much better the rules we deal with today. Many rules can only be understood with help of the Roman law.
It is impossible to speak of the whole Roman law the Romans developed over more than a millenary in only 60 hours. Therefore, most of the lectures will be about private law. It is indeed in private law that the Roman Roots of our law appear to be the most evident.
The evolution of Roman law will not be neglected. The students will have to make sure that they are aware of the historical perspective.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Help future jurists understand their legal system and particularly the mechanisms of private law. By learning the origins of today's rules of law, one can understand them much better. It is useful that the rules of law can be understood also when it has not the form of a law written in a modern code.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The Roman Law course relies on a MOOC. The Roman Law MOOC is divided in 10 modules and the students must watch these modules before the lectures.
Each module of the MOOC is followed by a quiz designed to assess the learner's understanding of its content. Completion of this quiz is mandatory in order to be eligible to take the course's final examination.
The material learned in the MOOC modules will then be the subject of interactive discussions on the Roman legal texts included in the syllabus, following the scripts of each MOOC module.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Blended learning
Further information:
During the first two weeks, students will be required to watch and understand the first four modules of the MOOC. They will also be required to complete the quizzes that follow these modules.
Thereafter, the course will progress at a pace of approximately one module every one or two weeks.
Teaching activities will be organized in two parallel groups, with two 90-minute sessions per week for each group.
Review sessions will also be organized by the student tutors and the assistants.
Course materials and recommended or required readings
A syllabus containing the scripts of the video capsules, as well as the texts that will be the subject of the presencial teachings, is available at the Presses de l'Université de Liège (PULg).
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
Out-of-session test(s)
Further information:
Throughout the academic year, students are required to complete the quizzes available at the end of each module on the Roman Law MOOC.
Completion of these quizzes is mandatory in order to be eligible to sit the final examination.
The final examination is a written, in-person exam during which students must demonstrate their understanding of the reasoning employed by the Roman jurists. They must also show that they are capable of applying this reasoning to practical cases.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
The distribution of student groups will be based on alphabetical order.
Group 1 will be that of students whose surname initial is from A to J.
Group 2 includes students whose surname initial is from K to Z.
Contacts
Professors : Jean-François Gerkens (jf.gerkens@uliege.be) et Francesco Saverio Tavaglione (FS.Tavaglione@uliege.be)
Association of one or more MOOCs
The MOOC entitled 'Les Romains, un peuple de juristes : introduction au Droit romain (D5)' is associated with this course.
Additional information:
The Roman Law MOOC (in French) has 10 modules:
Module 1 : Histoire du Droit romain
Module 2 : Sources du Droit romain
Module 3 : La deuxième vie du Droit romain
Module 4 : Procédure et monde romain
Module 5 : Le droit de propriété
Module 6 : Les démembrements du droit de propriété
Module 7 : Les droits de créance
Module 8 : Les délits
Module 9 : Les contrats
Module 10 : Les obligations de sources diverses
Items online
Only in french so far
Only in french so far.
Roman Law Syllabus
This syllabus contains the scripts of the Roman law MOOC, but also the legal texts that will be discussed during the lectures, the definitions of Roman law, the biographies of Roman jurists...