Academic Year 2016/2017
- Docente: Maria Giulia Roversi Monaco
- Credits: 9
- SSD: IUS/01
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Business and Economics (cod. 8965)
Learning outcomes
Students are able to understand and identify the main issues and the main principles of public law and private law through the analysis of the meaning and the function of norms and facts. They will learn about the notion of State, of forms of state and forms of government, of property, ownership and contract law. Students are exposed to a comparison between italian civil law and english contract law and to an analysis of the main features of the different legal systems.
Course contents
Rules and norms
Forms of States and forms of goverments
The State
Sources of law
The Constitution
Principles of EU law
Rules of italian contract and tort law
Principles of english contract law
Readings/Bibliography
G. Iudica, P. Zatti, Language rules of italian private law: an introduction, Cedam, Padova,last edition, Chapters 1-20, 22
G. F. Ferrari, Introduction to italian public law, Giuffrè, Milano, 2008 Chapters 1, 2, 3, 11, 13, 14.
OPTIONAL READINGS
E. Finch, S. Fafinsky, Contract Law, Pearson, 2013, 3rd edition: Chapters 1-9 (chapter 2 pp. 48-52 excluded; chapter 5 pp. 106-116 excluded)
K. Davies, Understanding european union law, Routledge paperback, 2012, chapters 1,2 (pp. 1-23); 4, 5 (pp. 53-83).
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons
Cases analysis and solutions
Assessment methods
First Half test: written exam consisting in 1 open question on principles of public law and 1 open question on principles of italian private law
Second Half test: written exam consisting in 1 question on the Italian Civil Law or on the UK Contract Law and in the solution of a case
Full test: 3 questions + solution of a case
Teaching tools
Slides will be provided during the lectures
Office hours
See the website of Maria Giulia Roversi Monaco