Index of Lectures

Fall 2023

Roman Law

CLASS OUTLINES, READINGS, LECTURES

The following table gives class outlines for each class linked to the date of the class, below that you will find links to the readings in the Materials (in a pdf packet) for the class, references to the secondary readings for the class (which may be found on the Canvas site for the course under ‘Files’, where a full set of the Materials may also be found), to the recorded lecture, if any, for the class, and to the PowerPoint slides that accompany the lecture.

Right now what is there is from when I last gave the course in 2021, with the dates changed to correspond to this year’s dates. The outlines all have 2021 on them. If I update the outline, I’ll change it to 2023. The Lectures are the ones that I recorded in 2020. There are a few glitches, mostly bumbling as I get started. I hope to get the glitches out before the class, but the substance will be the same.

The subjects of each class and what to focus on in the Lectures and in the Materials can be found in the Syllabus, which is more explicit about which part of which Lecture goes with each class. The references to the Materials listed below are more specific than those in the Syllabus and give the pages that are the focus of the class.

For the 13th through the 16th classes (Wed., 18 Oct. – Mon., 30 Oct.), the Materials are included with the outlines, and there are no recorded lectures for these classes. There is a recorded lecture for the 17th class (Wed., 1 Nov. , Lecture 13), with an outline. Students may give papers in these classes, and in the past a number have.

Scheduling in 2021 proved to be something of a problem for the last classes, which depend on what the students chose for papers. The outlines do not necessarily cover everything in the class. Linked references for the Materials are given for all classes, sometimes simply using the word ‘Materials’ or ‘Mats.’ and sometimes with a more specific reference, e.g. ‘Frier Dowry’.

Wed., 6 Sep. 2023 Mats, p. vii, 1, 13–16 Wolff, 7–48 Nicholas, 1–14 Lecture 01 – Republic Slides01	Mon., 11 Sep. 2023 Mats, p. 1–5, 35–39, 73–115 Lecture 02 Slides02 Lecture 03 Slides03	Wed., 13 Sep. 2023 Mats, p. 35, 39–42, 132 Wolff, 49–126 Nicholas, 14–37 Includes material from Lecture 03 Lecture 04 Slides04	Mon., 18 Sep. 2023 Mats, p. 6–13, 16–18, 52–67 Includes material from Lectures 02 and 04
Wed., 20 Sep. 2023 Mats, p. 18–34 Wolff, 127–75 Nicholas, 38–45 Lecture 05 Slides05	Mon., 25 Sep. 2023 Mats, p. 18–19, 26–28 Wolff, 177–225 Nicholas, 45–54 Lecture 06 Slides06	Wed., 27 Sep. 2023 Mats, p. 131–134, 183–187, 256–257 Nicholas, 54–97 Lecture 07 Slides07 Lecture 08 Slides08	Mon., 2 Oct. 2023 Mats, p. 134–144, 187–197, 257 Nicholas, 54–97 Continuation of Lecture 08
Wed., 4 Oct. 2023 Mats, p. 145–150, 197–208, 257–258 Nicholas, 98–157 Lecture 09 Slides09	Mon., 9 Oct. Holiday	Tue., 10 Oct. 2023 Mats, p. 150–170, 208–236, 258–260 Nicholas, 234–270 Lecture 10 Slides10	Wed., 11 Oct. 2023 Mats, p. 170–180, 236–255, 260–261 Nicholas, 158–233 Lecture 11 Slides11
Mon., 16 Oct. 2023 Mats, p. 36–66 Lecture 12 Slides12	Wed., 18 Oct. 2023 Watson, 125–133, 96–97, 168–169 Paper by Jennifer Ding	Mon., 23 Oct. 2023 Marriage Outline Succession Outline Watson, 3–51, 166–186, 52–80 Papers by Sam Delmer and Ryane Liao	Wed., 25 Oct. 2023 Watson, 81–124 Paper by Kelli Baker
Mon., 30 Oct. 2023 Watson, 125–165 Table X GI 4.10–39	Wed., 1 Nov. 2023 Watson, 1–3, 166–186 Gortyn Code Lecture 13 Slides13 Paper by Jim Pennell	Mon., 6 Nov. 2023 Marriage and Family Property Materials Revised Outline (2023) Papers by Andrea Kerndt, Isabelle Pride, Farrah Kalach	Wed., 8 Nov. 2023 Marriage (cont’d) Frier Dowry Laudatio Turiae Papers by Alleah Thornhill, Jessica Liu
Mon., 13 Nov. 2023 Contract and Commerce Crook on Commerce Frier Sale Frier Societas Frier Quasi-contract Papers by Kristen McEnroe and Leon Yang	Wed., 15 Nov. 2023 The Poor and the Praetor Materials Papers by John Lowry and Madison Wolf Elbich	Mon., 20 Nov. 2023 Lex Aquilia Materials Paper by Sam Quillen Lex Iulia maiestatis Materials TBD Paper by Sheila Panyam	Mon., 27 Nov. 2023 General Juristic Ideas Notes Paper by Nicholas Wilson Jurists and Orators Materials
Wed., 29 Nov. 2023 Jurists and Orators (cont’d) Materials Summary Notes
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