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The Romanist Hans Ankum today defended during his investiture as Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Murcia the importance of the teaching of Roman law in the current curriculum.
"In most European countries, it recalled Ankum, a large number of rules and legal concepts and concepts of private law, have their origins in Roman law", which makes, in his opinion, "that teaching compulsory in schools of European law are certainly warranted. "
Elaborating on this idea, the new honorary doctor said in his inaugural address, in which he exposed reflections of Roman jurists on the interpretation of laws, that universities "can not carelessly leave this monument of legal culture that is Roman law "as important, in turn, for the" formation of the spirit of every lawyer ".
The investiture ceremony, which was held in the hall of degrees of the Faculty of Law, has been marked by the memory of the late Professor of Roman Law at the educational institution Antonio Diaz Bautista, who was the driving force behind the appointment.
Bautista Diaz on behalf of the laudatio was delivered by Professor Juan Ramon Robles, who has defined Johan Albert Ankum, professor at the University of Amsterdam (Netherlands), as "one big romanistas worldwide" who " virtually all subjects studied Roman law and in all times. "
The rector of the University of Murcia, José Orihuela, closed the ceremony with words of congratulations and thanks to Hans Ankum "paradigmatic figure of teacher who has dedicated his life to knowledge and education" - and Juan Ramon Robles, and memory Diaz Bautista "endearing person and one of the great teachers in such a fundamental and complex subject as the Roman law."
Orihuela also thanked the presence of academic and political authorities, including, among others, the former governing Cobacho and Juan Jose Antonio Roca;
the rector of the University of Burgos, Alfonso Murillo;
Minister of the Presidency and Employment in functions, José Gabriel Ruiz, and the Director General of Universities in office, Luis Javier Lozano.
Source: Universidad de Murcia
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