Gułtowy/Poznań, 26-28 May 2026
STUDENTS AND ACADEMICS TOGETHER – PERIODIC MEETINGS OF RESEARCHERS INVOLVED IN ROMAN LAW AND PRIVATE LAW
26 May 2026
16.20 – 17.00 reception of participants
17.00 – 17.15 opening of the conference
FIRST SESSION – PROPERTY LAW
session chair: prof. Konstantinos Vlahos
17.15 – 17.30 Noemi Resciniti (IT), From Roman specificatio to recent case law: ancient ideas for solving new problems
17.30 – 17.40 discussion
17.40 – 17.55 Panagiotis Papakrivos (GR), The interpretation of usucapio (acquisitive prescription) in Greek jurisprudence as seen through the lens of Roman and Byzantine law
17.55 – 18.05 disussion
18.05 – 18.20 Chiara Donnini (IT), An extensive debate on the abdicative renunciation of property right: from Roman derelictio to recent case law
18.20 – 18.30 discussion
18.30 – 18.45 Ilias Antoniou (GR), Dead but not legally silent: human remains as res religiosae in Greek jurisprudence
18.45 – 18.55 discussion
19.00 – 21.00 DINNER
27 May 2026
SECOND SESSION – CONTRACT OF SALE
session chair: prof. Éva Jakab
9.30 – 9.45 Boglárka Tóth (HU), From Rome to today: central price controls and their Influence on modern legal thought
9.45 – 9.55 discussion
9.55 – 10.10 K.P. Růžička (CZ), Bona fides as an interpretative principle: Continuity between Roman emptio venditio and contemporary private law
10.10 – 10.20 discussion
10.20 – 10.35 Gino Dessolis (PL/SWPS), Protection of the buyer's interests in ancient Rome and in Polish law: a comparative analysis of the warranty for physical defects
10.35 – 10.45 discussion
10.45 – 11.15 COFFEE BREAK
THIRD SESSION – CONTRACTS second part
session chair: prof. Bronisław Sitek
11.15 – 11.30 Karolina Jarząbek (PL/SWPS), From locatio conductio operarum to the employment contract: due diligence, risk, remuneration and subordination in Roman law and contemporary labour law
11.30 – 11.40 discussion
11.40 – 11.55 Jana Ezzeddine (DE), Contribution burden in statutory health and accident insurance for employees
11.55 – 12.05 discussion
12.05 – 12.20 Rita Lengyel (HU), Games, gods and grants: a case study on annual donations
12.20 – 12.30 discussion
13.00 – 15.00 LUNCH
FOURTH SESSION – OBLIGATIONS – general issues and non-contractual duties
session chair: prof. Federico Procchi
15.00 – 15.15 Marco Manna (IT), The forseeability of damage: a short journey between codified norms, Roman Law and judicial interpratio
15.15 – 15.25 discussion
15.25 – 15.40 Szymon Nowak (PL/UAM), The historical argument and the expansion of non-pecuniary damages in Polish tort law: family bonds as a protected legal interest
15.40 – 15.50 discussion
15.50 – 16.05 Sebastian Taddei (IT), The evolution of limited liability: from Roman law to the present day
16.05 – 16.15 discussion
16.15 – 16.30 Luisa Janousch (DE), Damages for personal injury
16.30 – 16.40 discussion
16.40 – 16.55 Kata Horváth (HU), Unjust enrichment in Roman law and selected European legal systems
16.55 – 17.05 discussion
18.30 – 21.00 GARDEN PARTY GRILL
28 May 2026
FIFTH SESSION – FAMILY AND INHERITANCE LAW
session chair: doc. JUDR. Pavel Salák
9.00 – 9.15 Konstantinos Vitsios (GR), The aftermath of the abolition of dowry in Greek law and jurisprudence: an intriguing field of historical interpretation
9.15 – 9.25 discussion
9.25 – 9.40 Martina Pirochtová (CZ), Optional church marriage under the 2012 Civil Code
9.40 – 9.50 discussion
9.50 – 10.05 Dorina Illés (HU), The right to burial in ancient Rome and in Hungarian law
10.05 – 10.15 discussion
10.15 – 10.30 Mateusz Piszczatowski (PL/UAM), The experience of Roman indignitas as a basis for proposals to reform unworthiness to inherit
10.30 – 10.40 discussion
10.40 – 11.10 COFFEE BREAK
SIXTH SESSION – LEGAL METHODS AND LEGISLATION
session chair: prof. Christoph Becker
11.10 – 11.25 Fabian Pospisil (DE), Interpretation principles of the General Land Law for the Prussian states
11.25 – 11.35 discussion
11.35 – 11.50 Raffael Fischer (DE), Dealing with limitation periods after a change in the law
11.50 – 12.00 discussion
12.00 – 12.15 David Marhold (CZ), Introductory provisions of the Civil Code in interwar legal discourse
12.15 – 12.25 discussion
12.25 – 12.40 Ioannis Dramalis (GR), The interpretation of bona fides in the jurisprudence of Areios Pagos, the Supreme Civil and Criminal Court of Greece
12.40 – 12.50 discussion
12.50 – 13.05 Saskie Dobešová (CZ), Historical tradition as an argument in the recodification of the Czech private law. Simple legitimation or real normative relevance
13.05 – 13.15 discussion
13.20 – 15.00 LUNCH
FINAL PANEL
moderators: prof. Aldo Petrucci, prof. Wojciech Dajczak
15.00 – 15.45 panellists: Raimund Anwald (DE), dr Maria Christidou (GR); dr Ewa Pietrzak (PL/SWPS), dr Justyna Skwierowska (PL/SWPS)
15.45 – 16.00 closing of the conference
19.30 – 21.00 DINNER
Financed by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange NAWA in the frame of the Welcome to Poland project „Science Communication i doskonalenie standardów obsługi doktorantów i naukowców cudzoziemców na UAM”, BNP/WTP/2023/1/00059