[Abstract] Nowadays, in Italy, the weight of Roman Law in the Faculties of Law – compa-
red with the situation in the past – is greatly curtailed. Given the trend to connect
directly and chiefly the university law studies to the legal professions, Roman Law,
because of being considered a subject of mere theoretical importance, appears, for that
purpose, useless. However, from the debate among Roman Law scholars themselves
emerges clearly that this subject can still play an important rôle in the training of the
European jurist (and of the jurist tout court). The large number of researchers in Roman
Law (many of them are young) and the quality of their works let us hope for its persis-
tent vitality
