DOTPV_RVER Roman Public Law

Faculty of Law
Spring 2026
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. JUDr. Pavel Salák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Pavel Salák, Ph.D.
Department of the History of the State and Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Zuzana Suchá
Prerequisites (in Czech)
!DO6RIPR02 Roman Public Law
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Abstract
The course focuses on the aspects of Roman law which would today be part of the public law – especially the administrative law, criminal law and international public law.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to;
explain how the transformation of Rome from magistrate state into empire had influenced the organization and functioning of the state apparatus;
understand the influence of Christianity on the Roman state institutions;
analyse the impact of the contacts with barbarians on the Roman state institutions;
understand the patterns of the rise and development of the criminal law.
Key topics
  • Roman Constitution and state
  • Roman Criminal Law
  • International Relationships in Ancient World
Study resources and literature
    required literature
  • URFUS, V. Římskoprávní vzdělanost a její vklad do vývoje státoprávních představ : od středověku do konce feudalismu. 1. vyd. Brno: Univerzita Jana Evangelisty Purkyně, 1978. 134 s.
    recommended literature
  • MOMMSEN, Theodor. Römisches Staatsrecht. 3. Aufl. Leipzig: S. Hirzel, 1887. Handbuch der römischen Alterthümer.
  • MOMMSEN, Theodor. Römisches Strafrecht. Leipzig: Verlag von Duncker & Humblot, 1899. Systematisches Handbuch der Deutschen Rechtswissenschaft. Dostupné také z: https://archive.org/details/rmischesstrafre00mommgoog/page/n7
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
As a teaching method, there is an individual study of assigned expert literature and eventually individual expert consultations with lecturers.
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
Analysis of a chosen fragment and a discussion.
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2027.
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