- 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
At the end of the course students are able to understand, analyse and apply sources of the law and civil law in specific by studying meaning and function of norms, facts, deals, property and ownership, contracts and commercils.Students are exposed to a comparison between Italian law and European law.
Course contents
Rules and norms
Forms of States and forms of goverments
The State
Constitutions and constitutional principles
The Sources of law
EU and national laws relation
Principles of italian contract and tort law
Principles of english contract law
Readings/Bibliography
R. Wacks, Law - A very short introduction, Oxford 2008 or 2015 edition
J. M. SMITS, Contract law - A comparative Introduction, Edward Elgar, Paperback, 2015 or 2017, Chapters 1; 2 (pp. 16-17, 27-36); 3; 4 (pp. 63-83); 7; 8 (pp. 136-137; 142-155); 9; 11; 12 (pp. 209-211, 214-216, 220-227); 13 (pp. 229-231, 235-242).
G. F. Ferrari, Introduction to italian public law, Giuffrè, Milano, 2008 Chapters 1, 2, 3, 11, 13, 14.
G. Iudica, P. Zatti, Language rules of italian private law: an introduction, Cedam, Padova, last edition, Chapters 1-5 (pp. 1-36), 9-10 (pp. 55-68) , 11: I and II (pp. 69-80), 12-13 (pp. 85-102); 14 paragraphs 1-7 (pp.103-108), 15-16 (pp. 113-124); 18-19 (pp. 131-138)
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 private law
Second Half test: written exam consisting in 1 question on 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