00221 - Commercial Law

Academic Year 2018/2019

  • Docente: Alberto De Pra
  • Credits: 10
  • SSD: IUS/04
  • Language: Italian

Learning outcomes

At the end of the Teaching Activities related to the course Commercial Law, students will count with a comprehensive understanding of the main institutions accountable for the corporations and the firms, focusing on their basic characteristics and tasks, from the moment certain commercial regulations are conceived until these same regulations and norms expire. Furthermore, students will be able to acquire and grasp the basic notions about all the different types of firms, consortiums and lobbies, in order to assess and verify how these organizations, which are widespread in the Italian Economic scenario, could be profitably used for the practice of the economic activity (principles, structures and organizations). The International approach to the course Commercial Law sets the platform for a continuous comparative evaluation between Italian commercial law and Italian Industrial legislation versus the international directives on this very field (with a special focus on EU regulation on the subject), also considering international agreements, basic concepts of commercial law and industrial law, taking into careful consideration the antitrust legislation, unfair competition and unfair practices like dumping, misleading communication, the regulation of particularities and all creative activities, regulation of know-how and of technologies as well.


Course contents

  1. Introduction: A Brief Account of the History of Italian and European Commercial Law.

  2. Partnerships under Italian, European and United States laws.

    3.Private Companies under Italian, European and United States laws with particular regard to formation, organizational changes, capital structure and fund raising, corporate governance.

    4.Public Companies under Italian, European and United States laws with particular regard to formation, organizational changes, capital structure and fund raising, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions.

    5.Mutual Companies.

    6.Groups of Companies.

    7.Key notions of bankruptcy law.

    8.Securities markets.

    9.Key notions of intellectual property law.

    10. Key notions of competition law.

Readings/Bibliography

Gaetano Presti e Matteo Rescigno, Corso di diritto commerciale, Zanichelli, 2015.

Teaching methods

Each lecture will be dedicated to a specific topic. After introducing the topic and pointing out all relevant issues pertaining thereto, the lecturer will invite the class to actively participate and debate.

Assessment methods

Written examinations in the form of mid-term exams and full exams.

The first mid-term exam (October 30, 2017) will be based on topics addressed during the classes

The second (and last) mid-term exam (December 18, 2017) will be based on the second part of the program.

Mid-term exams contribute to the final grade 50% each to the extent that each of them is taken at the relevant dates and passed with a grade not lower than 18.

Full exams (January/February 2018 onwards) will be based on the whole course program.

Office hours

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