MP Roman Law and the Civilian Tradition (2023W)

The MP Roman Law and the Civilian Tradition is a 120-minute written exam focusing on the Roman law of property and obligations, selected areas of Roman legal history, and comparative law (the “Civilian tradition”). Students will be expected to write analyses (‘exegeses’) of case-law decisions by Roman jurists, solve Roman private-law cases, and answer factual questions on aspects of Roman legal history and civil procedure as well as parallels/differences between Roman law and modern European legal systems.
The requisite skills can be acquired in two non-obligatory courses, Case Studies in Roman Property Law (offered from winter term 2021/22 onwards) and Case Studies in Roman Law of Obligations (offered from summer term 2022 onwards), both of which provide hands-on practice and targeted exam preparation. In addition, students are expected to familiarise themselves with the basics of Roman legal history and its links to modern Civil-law systems on the basis of the literature below.
Recommended reading:
N. Benke/F.-S. Meissel, Roman Law of Property (2019)
N. Benke/F.-S. Meissel, Roman Law of Obligations (2021)
H. Hausmaninger/R. Gamauf, Casebook on Roman Property Law (2012)
H. Hausmaninger/R. Gamauf, Casebook zum Römischen Vertragsrecht (8th ed. 2021; in German)
H. Hausmaninger, The Civil Law Tradition, in: H. Hausmaninger, The Austrian Legal System (4th ed. 2011, pp. 269–292)