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B8239 - Law of Socially Responsible Organisations and of Legal Relations with Public Authorities

Academic Year 2026/2027

                
                        Docente:
                        Alceste Santuari
                    
                        Credits:
                        12
                    
                        SSD:
                        GIUR-03/A
                    
                        Language:
                        Italian
                    
                        Teaching Mode:
                        In-person learning (entirely or partially)
                        
                            Campus:
                            Forli
                        
                            Corso:
                            Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
                            Management for Social Economy (cod. 6802)

                                    Course Timetable
                                
from Sep 15, 2026 to Dec 11, 2026

Learning outcomes

The Course is intended to provide students with an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the instititutional, legal and organisational aspects of non profit organisations and co-operative societies.

Lectures will also give students the legal framework relating to the special relationships with public authorities in the supply of services of general interest.

Course contents

The Course will deal with the legal and organisational aspects of non profit organizations and of co-operative societies also in the light of EU law.

The contents that will be analysed during classes are the following:

Legal and historical evolution of the non profit sector in Europe and Italy
The different legal forms of non profit organisations
The 2017 Third Sector Organisations Reform Act and its impact on non profit organisations
Co-ops carrying out services of general interest
Shared administration

Readings/Bibliography

Compulsory text book

Alceste SANTUARI, Diritto delle organizzazioni socialmente responsabili. Manuale degli Enti del Terzo settore, delle cooperative, delle società benefit e dei loro rapporti con la P.A., Franco Angeli, Milano, 2024.

Further readings may be suggested during classes.

Teaching methods

Lectures, discussion and analysis of courts' rulings.

Assessment methods

Students are requesed to sit two written examinations, consisting of both multiple choice and open questions.

The final grade will be the result of the sum of the grades of the two exams.

Should a student fail the first written examination or decide not to accept the grade of one of the two written examinations, he/she will have to take the final examination, which will be an interview on tyhr whole programme.

Teaching tools

Papers, articles, links to relevant research projects and official documents, as well as power point presentations, will be made available to students on the course's website.

Students are kindly requesed to access the Course's webpage on a regular basis since it is the main communication tool between Professor Alceste Santuari and the class

Links to further information

https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/alceste.santuari

Office hours

See the website of Alceste Santuari

SDGs

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.