93633 - ELEMENTI DI DIRITTO DELLA NAVIGAZIONE

Learning outcomes

The student knows the main elements of the national, Community and international discipline designed to regulate the activities of companies operating in the sector, knowing how to apply the reference legislation to specific cases. The student is able to discuss the most current aspects of the debate on the contractual regulation of inter-objective relationships and the regime of civil liability. It is aware of the most recent interventions by international and Community bodies aimed at promoting certain aspects of transport in its various forms, promoting transport safety, to regulate aspects of prevention and liability in the field of environmental pollution.

Course contents

The course aims to provide a general knowledge of the main elements of navigation law in the light of the current reality of transport. The lessons will examine the existing national, Community and international regulatory sources in this field, as well as the latest proposals for European transport policy. The most important aspects of the matter will be traced from a private and public point of view: from transport infrastructure and services to transport contracts, from the regulation of state concessions to port authorities and the port safety and environmental pollution regime.


Among the priority objectives of the course are: in addition, to provide students with adequate critical tools to assess and understand the complex reality of transport and to grasp the legal issues underlying the discipline of modern phenomena and practices in the field of maritime/air navigation and transporting.

Readings/Bibliography

The student can refer to the slides that from time to time will be used in the lessons and the materials that the teacher will provide during the same.

Teaching methods

The teaching is carried out through lectures, also carried out through the use of power point presentations, held during the first semester and directed to solicit the involvement of students.

Assessment methods

The verification of the expected knowledge takes place during the examination, aimed at evaluating the achievement of the expected training objectives. The exam consists of an interview with the teacher and the collaborators of the chair, on the topics covered by the course program. The assessment will take into account the knowledge of institutional profiles, the ability to analyse doctrinal and case-law orientations, to link the different parts of the programme and to develop critical arguments, as well as the clarity of the exposure.


The student’s ability to identify, within the normative sources and the reference bibliographical material, the information useful to allow the learning and the consequent exposure of the peculiarities and specificities of the discipline. The oral exam will be considered passed in consideration of the correct answer to three main questions related to the topics provided by the exam program, with the clarification that the preparation of the student can be evaluated on the basis of further questions to specify aspects related to the three main questions. During the evaluation, the Commission will be able to make an assessment with marks of excellence if, in the exposition of the contents, the student demonstrates that he has acquired an organic and critical view of the topics addressed, and to possess a mastery of expression and specific language. During the test it is not allowed the use of supporting material such as textbooks, notes, computer devices.

Teaching tools

The power point presentations used during the lessons and any supplementary teaching material related to the topics covered during the lessons will be made available to students in paper or electronic format on the website: http://campus.unibo.it/. [http:///campus.unibo.it/] Access is reserved for students enrolled at the University of Bologna.

Office hours

See the website of Greta Tellarini