37294 - PRINCIPLES OF LAW

Anno Accademico 2021/2022

  • Docente: Francesco Quarta
  • Crediti formativi: 8
  • SSD: IUS/01
  • Lingua di insegnamento: Inglese
  • Modalità didattica: Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza
  • Campus: Forli
  • Corso: Laurea in Economia e commercio (cod. 9202)

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

This course is designed to explore the legal foundations of the market, through the study in comparative perspective of a number of doctrines derived from different legal traditions. Particular emphasis will be placed on the law of obligations and business contracts, with a special focus on the European law of regulated markets. By the end of the course, students have acquired a general understanding of the working of the legal system and grasped the main peculiarities of the different legal traditions, by means of proper legal terminology.

Contenuti

20 classes; 60 hours

  • Basic elements of the law of obligations, contracts and remedies

  • Predictability in legal relationships. The notion of ‘good faith’: pre-contractual liability, contract validity and exact performance
  • Contract Law and the Protection of the Weaker Party

  • The “social dimension” of business
  • Islamic Law & Finance
  • International Investments, Sustainable Development & Applicable Law

  • International Sale Contracts (CISG)

In addition to traditional classes, students will be engaged in a "moot court" competition, acting as legal counsels in defense of either the buyer or the seller in a trans-national dispute (based on real judicial/arbitral decisions).

Testi/Bibliografia

Jan Smits. Contract Law. 2nd edition, Edward Elgar Publishing Inc., 2017 *** (relevant chapters and sections will be specified by the instructor before each class)

*** Students are invited to wait until January 2022 before buying the book.

Other materials will be handed out by the instructor

Metodi didattici

Lectures, open debate on cases and articles.

"Moot court" competition

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

Partial oral exam (March/April) + final oral exam (June/July/Sept). Active class participation will be considered favorably in the overall final grade.

Participation in the "moot court" competition will be graded on an individual basis, too.

Maximum grade: 30L (cum laude).

Minimum grade: 18.

Solid command of "legal English" is considered a "plus".

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

Textbook and other materials (laws, conventions, journal articles, published court decisions) indicated by the instructor.

Power Point presentations.

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Francesco Quarta

SDGs

Istruzione di qualità Lavoro dignitoso e crescita economica Ridurre le disuguaglianze Pace, giustizia e istituzioni forti

L'insegnamento contribuisce al perseguimento degli Obiettivi di Sviluppo Sostenibile dell'Agenda 2030 dell'ONU.