THE ROMAN LAW AND EUROPE

Abstract

Th e EU is built, legally, by a growing number of singular dispositions. Th ese are ultimately based on two legal traditions that conventionally were more diff erentiated than they are today. In any case, those iura propia need to approach. The Roman law, for its medieval formulation as Ius Commune with regards to the ‘closed’ systems and for its dual nature, casuistic and jurisprudential, typical of the “open” systems, can today play an important role in this aspect, as it has already shown throughout history its ability to harmonize unity and diversity.