- Docente: Giulia Pancioli
- Credits: 6
- SSD: IUS/04
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Management and Economics (cod. 5892)
Learning outcomes
The course aims to provide students with the main principles of business law, company law and competition law. Hence, its focus is on the different ways to carry out business activities regulated by the legal system, such as the different companies that it is possible to establish. In this context, the analysis will include the main principles of civil law jurisdictions in comparison with the principles of common law jurisdictions, and the most important international contracts, which usually are signed by companies while performing their business. A specific focus is devoted to the most important principles of the Anglo-Saxon systems of company law, such as the corporate governance theories and the corporate governance structures of companies, the responsibility of the directors and the position of the shareholders. At the end of the course students are able to: (a) find and choose the best legal solutions to carry out properly and efficiently business activities; (b) use the different types of contracts, both regulated and unregulated, in order to deal with suppliers and clients of the firms; (c) find and choose the best legal form to perform business. This course supplements the labour law course, fulfilling the learning objectives of “labour law and commercial law” integrated course, by providing the necessary legal skills to organize and manage factors of production (labour and capital).
Course contents
- Introduction to Corporate Law and different types of companies
- Partnerships
- Joint stock companies
- Shares and shareholders’ rights
- Directors’ duties and responsibilities
- Limited liability company
- Societas Europea and other forms
- Corporate Groups
- Transformation, merger and demerger
- Winding up
- Emerging trends: sustainability in company law
Readings/Bibliography
- Book: Sabrina Bruno, Foundations of Business and Company Law. US, UK, Italy and the European Context, Torino, 2025. ISBN 9791221108088
-Papers and other reading material listed ahead of the course and made available on Virtuale.
Each topic covered by the course will be further explained through specific presentations, which will be made available to the students before each lecture.
Teaching methods
Traditional lectures held in presence, supported by specific presentations.
Lectures will be held in English.
Proactive participation of the students is warmly welcomed.
Assessment methods
The final examination will consist in a test based on five open-ended questions concerning various topics within the course program.
Each answer would attribute from 0 up to 6 points.
In cases of an outstandingly rich and thorough analysis of the issues submitted, students may be granted an honorable mention (cum laude).
Teaching tools
See the website of Giulia Pancioli
Office hours
See the website of Giulia Pancioli