International Seminar „Issues of Roman Law and Roman Maritime Law”
March 27, 2026
An accompanying event to the 14th National Maritime Law Conference, Gdańsk, March 26, 2026
Department of Roman Law
Chair of Civil Law and Legal Tradition
Faculty of Law and Administration
University of Gdańsk
Prof. Marii Janion 5
80 309 Gdańsk
Room 2042
Paulus libro secundo sententiarum. Lege Rhodia cavetur, ut si levandae navis gratia iactus mercium factus est, omnium contributione sarciatur quod pro omnibus datum est. „ Paulus in second book of Sentences. It is provided by the Rhodian Law that where merchandise is thrown overboard for the purpose of lightening a ship, what has been lost for the benefit of all must be made up by the contribution of all.”
Digesta Iustiniani 14.2.1
Seminar Program
10:10-10:35
Welcome and Opening Speeches
Wojciech Zalewski, Associate Professor, Dean of Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Gdańsk
Jacek Wiewiorowski, Associate Professor, Head of Roman Law Department, Chair of Civil Law and Legal Tradition, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Gdańsk
10:10-10:35
Sacral and magical approach to the perils of the sea in Roman times
Anna Tarwacka, Professor, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw
10:35-11:00
Stationes and custodiae – notes on the Lex portus Asiae
Lyuba Radulova, Assistant Professor, Sofia University “Sv. Kliment Ohridski”
11:00-11:25
Admiralty jurisdiction in the eyes of an English civil lawyer: the case of Arthur Duck
Łukasz Marzec, Associate Professor, Jagiellonian University
11:25-11:50
The Rhodian Principle of Shared Loss: Roman Origins and Modern Reflections in Czech Civil Law
Petr Dostalík, Associate Professor, Palacký University Olomouc – Karl Pierre Ružicka, JUDr, Palacký University Olomouc
11:50-12:20
Discussion / Coffee Break
12:20-12:45
The juridical status of Constantinople between Constantine and Julian
Benet Salway, Professor, University College of London
12:45-13:10
Testamentary practice in the 4th century: New documents
Peter Rothenhoefer, Professor, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou
13:10-13:35
Sea fish ponds (piscinae) in Varro’s treatise: lucrative businesses or caricatures of former villas?
Zuzanna Benincasa, Associate Professor, University of Warsaw
13:35-14:00
Dog and Romans – never ending issue
Jacek Wiewiorowski, Associate Professor, University of Gdańsk
14:00-14:30
Discussion
14:30
Closing speech
Jacek Wiewiorowski, Associate Professor, University of Gdańsk