ROMAN LAW, THEORY OF LEGAL SYSTEMS AND PRIVATE LAW OF MARKETS

Call for application 42nd cycle

Bando ordinario

Applications for participation in the competition, together with the corresponding payment, must be duly completed no later than 14:00 CET on 17 June 2026.

Educational goals and objectives

ROMAN LAW, THEORY OF LEGAL SYSTEMS AND PRIVATE LAW OF MARKETS

CURRICULUM IN ROMAN LAW: The project is aimed to increase individual researches of the participants in the field of the history of ancient societies and their legal systems. Fundamental objective is to promote research concerning Roman law in the historical context of ancient societies. Relevant fields of investigation and reflection, in addition to an essential consideration on the rationale of Roman law, will be jurisprudential law, the analysis and resolution of controversial cases (Roman law as case law), the construction of theoretical schemes and the definition of the ideals that move jurists and inspire their choices.
CURRICULUM IN THEORY OF LEGAL SYSTEMS
The curriculum of Theory of Legal Systems consists of two distinct routes deeply connected for theoretic questions as regards the thematic system: a rout concerning philosophy law and a route concerning canon and ecclesiastical law.
As to the first one, the expected formative task is of a value both general and specific, it aims at promoting the acquisition of high qualification crititical and scientific within cultural ambits essential for the research in the field of legal and political philosophy and, at the same time, of great interest in the practice of juridical professions, involved in problems involving the reflection upon technical structural and theoretic reasons connected with juridical institutes.
CURRICULUM IN CONTRACT LAW AND ECONOMICS OF BUSINESS: The thematic areas dealt with the private law are aimed to the strengthening of national and international integration of university systems by promoting initiatives in the cultural, scientific and educational fields through the study of legal and economic sciences, even in the framework of European Institutions of law and policies; the whole aimed to build up the basis for the creation of an European legal area and for a perfect integration within the common market.

Number of positions available

Sapienza Scholarships	Affliliated Institutions or Excellence	Industrial PhD	Without scholarship
5	0	0	1

Themes, curriculum and specific competence

Sapienza scholarships: 5

Admission Procedure

Qualifications assessment	In addition to the research project, candidates’ final degree marks and any publications submitted will be assessed.

Research project	For the purposes of selection for the PhD, the candidate must present a project that can assess his/her propensity for research and his/her ability to independently design and organize the different phases of the project. The project, written in Italian or English, must expressly indicate on the title page the curriculum in which the candidate intends to carry out the PhD and the scientific disciplinary sector on which the project focuses (chosen between GIUR-01/A Private Law, GIUR-02/A Commercial Law, GIUR-04/A Labour Law, GIUR-07/A Law and Religion, GIUR-15/A Roman Law and the Foundations of European Law GIUR-17/A Philosophy of Law). Projects without this indication will not be evaluated. The project must not exceed a maximum length of 8000 characters (including spaces, excluding bibliography). The project will not necessarily concern the topic of the candidate's doctoral research (if admitted); the research project to be carried out during the course will be agreed with the tutor and approved by the Teaching Board. The research project, mandatory, must be uploaded by the deadline of the call (self-produced PDF).
language	ITALIANO

Oral interview	Candidates who have obtained a score of at least 40/60 in overall the evaluation of their qualifications and project are admitted to the oral test. The oral exam is aimed at verifying the candidate's aptitude for scientific research and his/her general preparation on topics related to the chosen scientific disciplinary sector and includes, among other things, the presentation and discussion of the research project. The oral exam is held in Italian (foreign candidates may optionally take it in English); during the oral exam, knowledge of one of the following foreign languages will be ascertained: English, French, German, Spanish. The test is considered passed with a minimum score of 40/60.
language	ITALIANO

contacts and info

E-mail: dip.dei@uniroma1.it; sito web: https://dei.web.uniroma1.it/it/dottorato

Curriculum studiorum

Graduation date and grade of the Master's degree
detailed list of exams including completion dates and scores of Masters's degree
History of Scholarships, Research Grants (or similar)
Certificates of Foreign Languages
Certificates of participation in post-graduate university courses
certificates of Participation in research groups

Required documentation

§ research project

mandatory, the file must be uploaded within le ore 14:00 del 17/06/2026

§ List of publications

optional, the file must be uploaded within le ore 14:00 del 17/06/2026

§ Curriculum Vitae et Studiorum

optional, the file must be uploaded within le ore 14:00 del 17/06/2026

Language Skills

the candidate must know the following languages

ITALIANO

the candidate will have to know one among

INGLESE

TEDESCO

FRANCESE

Exam Schedule

Qualifications assessment

day	01/07/2026
notes	none
publication on notice board	NO
publication on the web site	Yes
web site	https://phd.uniroma1.it/web/DIRITTO-ROMANO-TEORIA-DEGLI-ORDINAMENTI-E-DIRITTO-PRIVATO-DEL-MERCATO_nD3493.aspx
date of publication	01/07/2026
contacts	dip.dei@uniroma1.it

Altra tipologia (Research project)

day	01/07/2026 1.00.00
notes	none
time	09:00
classroom	---
address	---
publication on notice board	NO
publication on the web site	Yes
web site	https://phd.uniroma1.it/web/DIRITTO-ROMANO-TEORIA-DEGLI-ORDINAMENTI-E-DIRITTO-PRIVATO-DEL-MERCATO_nD3493.aspx
date of publication	01/07/2026
contacts	dip.dei@uniroma1.it

Oral interview

day	15/07/2026
notes	none
time	12:00
classroom	Navarrini
address	Via del Castro Laurenziano 9, presso facoltà di Economia
publication on notice board	NO
publication on the web site	Yes
web site	https://phd.uniroma1.it/web/DIRITTO-ROMANO-TEORIA-DEGLI-ORDINAMENTI-E-DIRITTO-PRIVATO-DEL-MERCATO_nD3493.aspx
date of publication	16/07/2026
contacts	dip.dei@uniroma1.it

Evaluation scale

Qualifications assessment

Valutazione titoli

Punteggio massimo complessivo per la prova/overall max score: 20

Valutazione titoli
Evaluation Titles

Punteggio massimo/max score: 10

Voto di Laurea
Vote Degree

110 e lode 110 cum laude	10,0
110 110	9,0
109 109	8,0
108 108	7,0
107 107	6,0
106 106	5,0
105 105	4,0
104 104	3,0
103 103	2,0
102 102	1,0
<101 <101	0,0

Per gli studenti laureandi la griglia "Voto di Laurea" è sostituita dalla seguente:
For students who will discuss the thesis after submitting application and before 31 October 2026, the “Vote Degree” grid is replaced by the following:

29.5 - 30 29.5 - 30	10,0
29 - 29.49 29 - 29.49	9,0
28.75 - 28.99 28.75 - 28.99	8,0
28.50 - 28.74 28.50 - 28.74	7,0
28.25 - 28.49 28.25 - 28.49	6,0
28.00 - 28.24 28.00 - 28.24	5,0
27.75 - 27.99 27.75 - 27.99	4,0
27.50 - 27.74 27.50 - 27.74	3,0
27.25 - 27.49 27.25 - 27.49	2,0
27.00 - 27.25 27.00 - 27.25	1,0
<27 <27	0,0

Pubblicazioni
Publications

Punteggio massimo/max score: 10

Pubblicazione ISI (primo autore) ISI (author)	5,0
fino a 5 punti up to 5 points
Pubblicazione ISI (co-autore) ISI (co-author)	2,0
fino a 2 punti up to 2 points
Libro o Capitolo di libro (solo autore) Book or chapter in book (author)	5,0
fino a 5 punti up to 5 points
Libro o Capitolo di libro (co-autore) Book or chapter in book (co-author)	2,0
fino a 2 punti up to 2 points
Contributo a convegno Contribution to a lecture/ congress	5,0
fino a 5 punti up to 5 points

Altra tipologia (Research project)