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Name of Lecturer: Prof. dr. Saulius Arlauskas tfk@mruni.lt

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Roman Law<br />

<strong>Name</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Lecturer</strong>: Lector Elena Kosaitė-Čypienė, magister, ekosaite@mruni.<strong>lt</strong>, Tel.<br />

No.: 8-614-84294<br />

Facu<strong>lt</strong>y: Facu<strong>lt</strong>y <strong>of</strong> Law<br />

Department, Contact Details: Department <strong>of</strong> Civil Procedure, V-354, Tel.<br />

No.:+37052714593<br />

Language <strong>of</strong> instruction: English<br />

Level <strong>of</strong> Course Unit: Bachelor’s degree studies<br />

Required prerequisites: Good skills in English language; Italian would be a merit<br />

Learning Outcomes <strong>of</strong> the Course Unit 1 . A student will know/will be able:<br />

A student will have general knowledge on Roman Law and on basic categories <strong>of</strong> law<br />

deriving from Roman Law<br />

ECTS credits: 6<br />

Contact hours per week: 3<br />

Semester: Spring<br />

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods: Classes and individual<br />

tutoring<br />

Assessment methods and Criteria: Tests and oral examination<br />

Course content:<br />

The Roman Law course is a basic Roman law course introducing to the full range <strong>of</strong><br />

legal practices and concepts developed by the lawyers <strong>of</strong> ancient Rome. This course<br />

aims to provide the basic knowledge in ancient Roman Law, which has been one <strong>of</strong><br />

the strongest formative forces in the development <strong>of</strong> what we now think <strong>of</strong> as the<br />

Western legal tradition.<br />

The course is designed in the first instance for students <strong>of</strong> Law, Classics and Ancient<br />

History.<br />

Reading list:<br />

1. Mousourakis, G. The Historical and Institutional Context <strong>of</strong> Roman Law.<br />

Ashgate, 2003<br />

2. Tamm, D. Roman Law and European Legal History. Dj<strong>of</strong> Publishing, 1997<br />

3. Zimmermann, R. Roman Law, Contemporary Law, European Law: The<br />

Civilian Tradition Today. Oxford University Press, 2001<br />

4. van Zyl, D.H. History and Principles <strong>of</strong> Roman Private Law. Durban:<br />

Butterworths, 1983<br />

5. Jonaitis M., Kosaitė-Čypienė E. Conception <strong>of</strong> Roman Marriage: Historical<br />

Experience in the Context <strong>of</strong> National Family Policy Concept //<br />

Jurisprudencija. 2009, Nr. 2 (116). P. 295-316.<br />

1 Knowledge, skills, competences that students can demonstrate/acquires during the course<br />

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