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Semester 1

Trade, Commerce and Society in the Roman Empire (LAWS10174)

Subject

Law

College

CAHSS

Credits

20

Normal Year Taken

3

Delivery Session Year

2023/2024

Pre-requisites

Visiting students must have completed 3 Law courses at grade B or above. We will only consider University/College level courses. This course is only open to visiting students who are nominated to study with us on a Law exchange agreement. Exchange students outside of Law and study abroad students are not eligible to enrol on this course before teaching begins, with no exceptions, and spaces cannot be guaranteed to those students at any time. **Please see Additional Restrictions**

Course Summary

The course offers an introduction to the legal framework of national and international trade and commerce in the Roman Empire of the first three centuries CE. Using primary and secondary sources in translation, it will explore the main features of Roman commercial law within its historical, institutional and societal contexts. The course will focus primarily on the evolution of legal structures (agency, transport, the collection of taxes) with a view to assessing the ways in which the law facilitated the growth of the Roman economy.

Course Description

The course will focus on the development of the main features of Roman commercial law. It will analyse Roman approaches to topics such as: - Transport; - Import and export duties; - Taxes (regional and international); - Agency. This will be done against the backdrop of discussions surrounding the ancient economy and its main features.

Assessment Information

Written Exam 0%, Coursework 100%, Practical Exam 0%

Additional Restrictions

**All 3rd year Law courses are ONLY open to visiting students nominated on an exchange agreement within the School of Law (including Erasmus students on a Law-specific exchange). Exchange students outside of Law, and independent study abroad students, are not eligible to enrol in these courses, with no exceptions.** Please note that 3rd year Law courses are high-demand, meaning that they have a very high number of students wishing to enrol in a very limited number of spaces. These enrolments are managed strictly by the CAHSS Visiting Student Office, in line with the quotas allocated by the department, and all enquiries to enrol in these courses must be made through the CAHSS Visiting Student Office. It is not appropriate for students to contact the Law School directly to request additional spaces. If there is sufficient space for other visiting students to enrol at the start of the semester (which cannot be guaranteed at all), visiting students must meet the pre-requisites listed above.

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