Study:	Law - 2. semester
Code:	31873
ECTS:	8.0
Course coordinators:	prof. dr. sc. Marko Petrak prof. dr. sc. Ivana Jaramaz-Reskušić izv. prof. dr. sc. Tomislav Karlović izv. prof. dr. sc. Ivan Milotić doc. dr. sc. Henrik-Riko Held
Exam dates:	18. 11. 2020. 12. 02. 2021. 30. 03. 2021. 11. 05. 2021. 23. 06. 2021. 13. 07. 2021. 31. 08. 2021. 14. 09. 2021. Exam registration: Studomat

Literature:

Marijan Horvat; Rimsko pravo; Pravni fakultet u Zagrebu (2019)

Optional literature:

Ante Romac; Rimsko pravo; Pravni fakultet u Zagrebu (2007) Bertold Eisner, Marijan Horvat; Rimsko pravo; Nakladni zavod Hrvatske (1948) Marijan Horvat; Rimska pravna poviest; Knjižara Zlatko Streitenberger (1943) Ante Romac; Izvori rimskog prava: latinski tekstovi s prijevodom; Informator (1973) Marko Petrak; Traditio iuridica I - Regulae iuris; Novi Informator (2010) Marko Petrak; Traditio iuridica II - Verba iuris; Novi Informator (2016)

Description:

Historical development of Roman private law and public law. Status law. Family law. Property law - introduction. Individual property rights. The law of obligations - general part. Special part - individual obligations. Inheritance law. Roman civil procedure.

Cognitive Skills:

Knowledge and understanding

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

- identify and distinguish basic aspects of Roman law (subjects, objects, procedures) as the foundation of modern European legal systems in historical and comparative context;

- define basic concepts and principles of private law on the basis of Roman law;

- explain basic institutes in different branches of private law on the basis of Roman law and

- recognise thier connection in an integral system of private law built on the foundations of Roman legal tradition and lgeal science.

 

Application

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

- group and describe basic institutes of private law on the basis of Roman law;

- demonstrate the influence of rules and principles of Roman law to the development of private law in Europe;

- apply principles, rules and solutions of Roman law in practical problem tasks;

- illustrate the meaning of Roman legal tradition for the identity and stability of modern legal systems.

 

Analysis

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

- analyse processes of origin and development of rules and principles of private law on the basis of Roman law;

- distinguish between basic concepts, institutes and branches of Roman private law, and compare their similarities and differences;

- categorise concepts, institutes and branches of Roman private law in the historical and comparative context as a prerequisite for a critical analysis of modern private law;

- examine the application of principles, rules and regulations of Roman private law to concrete facts within practical problem tasks in the form of training students for case study technique of the analysis of legal problems.

 

Synthesis

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

- reconstruct the connection between individual legal institutes within private law on the basis of Roman law;

- formulate conclusions about the significance of Roman law for modern private law systems, legal practice and science.

 

Evaluation

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

- evaluate the significance of Roman law for modern private law orders, their identity and stability;

- estimate the relation between basic concepts, institutes and branches of private law on the basis of Roman law and their mutual influence;

- evaluate the importance of Roman law for modern private law systems in the context of large European legal tradition and legal traditions of the world;

- assess the influence of traditional private law principles and rules on the development of important aspects of social life as a whole.

 

Practical and Generic Skills:

After successfully completing the course, students will gain competences that will enable them to analyse basic concepts, institutes and branches of private law on the basis of Roman law and to evaluate them adequately. At the same time, students should be able to solve practical problem tasks related to private law by the application of adequate rules and principles of Roman law. Acquired skills enable students to be trained adequately for the study of modern private law disciplines and legal practice.

Matching Assessments to Learning Outcomes:

Knowledge is tested by an written and oral examinations. seminar mid-term examinations and written seminar papers.

Written examination consists of testing the understanding of important concepts, institutes and branches of Roman private law, explanation of its basic rules and principles and their application within simpler problem tasks.

Oral examination consists of testing understanding important concepts, institutes and branches of Roman private law, and providing explanation of its fundamental rules and principles. Connection and comparison of legal rules and institutes is expected, as well as evaluation of the significance of traditional private law principles and rules that originate from Roman law for social life as a whole.

Seminar mid-term is a written form of testing knowledge about selected issues and chapters that were analysed in detail within seminar classes. The student has to show that he/she can define basic private law concepts based on Roman law and explain relevant Roman law institutes, rules and principles. It is also expected that teh students knows how to solve certain hypothetical cases.

Through writing a seminar paper, the student has to get acquainted with the methods of scientific-professional work in the area of Roman private law. Synthetic analysis of a certain classical private law topic based on research and study of appropriate literature and relevant Roman legal sources in critical comparison with modern regulation is expected.

Consultations schedule:

• prof. dr. sc. Marko Petrak :

  Tuesday, 17h

  Location: Ćirilometodska 4, room 30
• prof. dr. sc. Ivana Jaramaz-Reskušić :

  Friday, 14h

  Location: Ćirilometodska 4, room 40
• izv. prof. dr. sc. Tomislav Karlović :

  Tuesday, 17h.

  Location: Ćirilometodska 4, room 36
• izv. prof. dr. sc. Ivan Milotić :

  Wednesday, 14:45h

  Location: Ćirilometodska 4, room 39
• doc. dr. sc. Henrik-Riko Held :

  Tuesday, 17.00h

  Location: Ćirilometodska 4, room 38