COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO ROMAN PUBLIC LAW

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HUK 1068 INTRODUCTION TO ROMAN PUBLIC LAW ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Law

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR NILGÜN DINÇER ARAZ

Offered to

Law

Course Objective

A better understanding of Roman Private Law, which is at the base of Continental European Legal Systems, depends on understanding the period that created the reason for these rules. The political history of the Roman State, which transformed from a city-state into a central empire, and its associated doctrines also constitute the subject of Roman Public Law. By taking the "Introduction to Roman Public Law" elective course, the student will understand the social structure and political periods that prepared the rules in Roman Private Law, which is the basis of today's legal system. Thus, they will have a better understanding of the basis of today's legal rules.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to learn the political periods created by the establishment of Rome, which turned into an empire, the developments and the conflicts in the society.
2   To be able to distinguish the creative and effective sources of law in different political periods of the Roman state.
3   To be able to master the reasons that prepared the end of the different political periods of the Roman State and the reasons for the beginning of the new political periods.
4   To be able to distinguish which rules have emerged that affect legal life with the change of the Roman State, which holds different cultures together and is considered the pioneer of the modern state.
5   Being able to learn how each new political period meets the changing new social needs by learning the political history that is the subject of Roman Public Law.
6   To be able to comprehend the changing political structure of the Roman State with its doctrines and to gain the ability to understand the social structure and relations that lay the groundwork for Roman Private Law.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General remarks regarding the course's relevance, founding of the Roma city-state.
2 Political structure and social groups during the kingdom period.
3 Lifestyle of citizens in the first centuries of the Roman State, General outlines of the political structure in the Republican Era, magistratus, cursus honorum.
4 Dictator, people's assemblies
5 Senatus, causes and consequences of the patricius and the plebeian struggle, The Laws of the Twelve Tables
6 Provocatio ad populum, The Roman criminal trial, Stages that ensure patricius-plebeian equality.
7 Censor, quaestor, praetor, the general outlines of the Roman judicial system, aedilis curulis.
8 Positions of the plebeians at the end of the struggle, expansion of the borders of the Roman state and control of the conquered regions, the reasons that led to the end of the Republican area.
9 Efforts to save the Republican regime, senatus consultum ultimum, de facto dictators who prepared the end of the Republic.
10 Structural regulations during the reign Octavius, the political structures of the Principate Period
11 High officials subordinate to the princeps, people's assemblies, the administration of the provinces and Italy, the reasons leading to the end of the Principate period
12 The late imperial period
13 Legal regulations
14 The period of Justinian
15 Midterm

Recomended or Required Reading

ERIŞGIN, Özlem: Roma Kamu Hukukuna Giriş, Ankara 2017.
UMUR, Ziya: Roma Hukuku, Tarihi Giriş-Kaynaklar-Umumi Mefhumlar-Hakların Himayesi, Istanbul 1974.
UMUR, Ziya: Roma Hukuku Lügatı, Istanbul 1975.
DEMIRCIOĞLU, Halil: Roma Tarihi, I. Cilt, 1. Kısım, Ankara 1998.
ECK, Werner (Çev.: Deniz Berk Tokbudak): Augustus Dönemi, Istanbul 2020.
FREEMAN, Charles (Çev.: Suat Kemal Angı): Mısır, Yunan ve Roma, Antik Akdeniz Uygarlıkları, Ankara 2003.
GIBBON, Edward (Çev.: Asım Baltacıgil): Roma Imparatorluğu nun Gerileyiş ve Çöküş Tarihi, 1.,2.,3.,4. Cilt, Istanbul 2019.
IPLIKÇIOĞLU, Bülent: Hellen ve Roma Tarihinin Anahatları, Istanbul 2007.
AĞAOĞULLARI, Mehmet Ali/KÖKER, Levent: Imparatorluktan Tanrı Devletine, Ankara 2011.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Formal education

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE roundKPU + FN,0
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) roundKPU + BUT,0


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm exam grade, final exam grade

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Will be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nilgun.dincer@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 14.00-15.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

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