Requisites: AND Pre-requisite: Obligations 1 (LAW07110); Obligations 2 (LAW08124); Property Law (LAW08118); Family Law (LAW07112) AND Pre-requisite: [Module LAW07110] Obligations 1

• The sources of Roman law in the republic and empire;• The Roman classification of law;• Roman legal procedure;• The emergence of jurists as a profession;• Law of Persons;• Family Law;• Property Law;• Law of Contract;• Law of Delict (inc. praetorian delict);• Roman Law in the European legal tradition;• Roman Law in Scotland now and historically.

Upon completion of this module you will be able to

LO1: Critically analyse and synthesise the disparate sources of Roman law.

LO2: Critically evaluate the concepts and principles underlying the Roman law of persons, property and obligations.

LO3: Conceptualise and interpret the Roman system of actions.

LO4: Critically evaluate the ways in which Roman law is still used in modern Scotland.

LO5: Conduct independent research and communicate complex legal concepts in writing.