At the end of the course, a greater knowledge of public and criminal law of the Roman era is expected as well as a significant improvement in the students' oratory skills.
Course Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of italian language.
Teaching Methods
Frontal lectures are held as interactively as possible to try to spark an immediate discussion on the topics covered. Attending lectures is highly recommended, as it allows both easier learning of theoretical notions and direct experimentation of oratory through practical exercises that can only be carried out in person.
Assessment Methods
For students attending lectures, only one of the following two alternative methods: A) Speech of maximum 10 minutes carried out, without reading, on a topic agreed with the teacher and followed by a question on knowledge of the contents of the topics covered in class or of parts of the texts for students non attending lectures specified in the classroom; B) Interview on knowledge of the topics covered in class or in the parts of the texts for non-attending students specified during lectures. For strudents not attending lectures, through an interview on knowledge of the topics covered in the 3 texts indicated in this Syllabus.
Texts
For students attending lectures: notes from lectures and some parts of texts hereinbelow indicated for students not attending lectures that will be specified during lectures. For students not attending lectures: 1) A. Petrucci, Fondamenti romanistici di diritto pubblico, Giappichelli, Torino 2022, pp. 159; 2) S. Liva, Bene dicendi scientia. L'arte retorica, Giappichelli, Torino 2023, pp. 114; 3) G. Sposito, Manuale di retorica forense, Intra editore, II edizione, Pesaro 2023, pp. 211.
Contents
The teaching, in a first part, aims to provide brief notes on Roman public and criminal law, useful for understanding the structure and dynamics of some modern legal concepts and institutions, and, in a second part, aims to make known the oratory techniques through which in Roman times politicians convinced the people and lawyers convinced the judges.
Course Language
Italian
More information
For further informations, write to the teacher at: gianluca.mainino@unipv.it For students who request it, it is possible to arrange an appointment with the teacher via email, in person or remotely, even after 6.00 pm.
