11316 - Private Law

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to: - know fundamental notions and concepts concerning private law area; - apply the store of knowledge thus acquired to a wide array of social and economic events.

Course contents

The course aims to provide students with the fundamentals notions of Italian civil law, with special regard to: the sources of law, interpretation of law, validity and effects of law, persons (natural and legal persons, including companies, associations, no-profit organizations), fundamental rights, goods, possession and property, obligations, contracts (including consumer contracts); torts.

Course contents will be analyzed with both theoretical and practical approach, debating relevant cases of law.

Readings/Bibliography

1. Francesco Galgano, Istituzioni di diritto privato, Wolters Kluwer - Cedam, Milano, last edition (with the exclusion of: chapters 24, 25, 26 and par. 1-2 of chapter 27).

2. Only for students who effectively attend the course, selected cases of law debated in class during the course. Debated cases of law will be available on AMS Campus, during the class. These students can omit chapter 18 of the above-mentioned book.

Teaching methods

Traditional lectures, electronics devices and tools, teaching exercises, debate on relevant cases of law

Assessment methods

Oral tests.

Only students attending are allowed to deepen a theme agreed with the teacher (by way of example, on the subject of individual contracts or issues, the subject of case law or legislative innovation), which will then be presented orally (also with assistance slides). This optional activity will be evaluated and will contribute to the assignment of the final vote.

Partial tests are scheduled, both for attending students and non-attending students. The first partial proof is related to the part of the program contained in chapters 1 to 10, as well as chapter 23 (prescription and revocation). The second partial test (which can be accessed only by those who have passed the first partial test), is relative to the part of the program contained in the remaining chapters. For those who have taken and passed the first partial test, it is possible to keep the corresponding assessment up to the January / February appeals of the same academic year in progress. They will be able to take the residual oral test on the remaining part of the program within the same deadline. In the appeal immediately following the final term of the lessons, both the oral tests of the second part, and the oral tests of the whole program (total) will take place. Starting from subsequent appeals, oral tests will be held with evaluation on the entire program.

As for the gradation of the vote, expressed out of thirty, the following general criteria are used: Insufficient: 0-17 Insufficient and inadequate knowledge of the topics contained in the program, gaps in the program, overall incorrect language Sufficient: 18-20 Sufficient knowledge of the topics contained in the program and overall correct language Fair: 21-23 Fair knowledge of the topics contained in the program, fair ability to deepen and analyze some specific parts, overall correct language Good: 24-26 Good knowledge of the topics contained in the program, good in-depth and analysis skills on the different specific parts of the program, good analytical and critical skills, overall correct and technically adequate language Distinguished: 27-28 More than good knowledge of all the topics contained in the program, good in-depth and analysis skills on the different specific parts of the program, good connection skills between the different topics, good analytical and critical skills, overall correct and technically adequate language, with a good command of specific technical terminology Great: 29-30 Excellent knowledge of all the topics contained in the program, excellent ability to deepen and analyze the different specific parts of the program, excellent skills in connecting the different topics, excellent analytical and critical skills, overall correct and technically adequate language, with mastery more than good of the specific technical terminology Excellent: 30L Excellent knowledge of all the topics contained in the program, excellent ability to deepen and analyze the different specific parts of the program, excellent ability to connect between the different topics, excellent ability to analyze and criticize, overall correct and technically adequate language, with excellent mastery of specific technical terminology

 

Teaching tools

Civil code and other educational material in class room

Office hours

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