- Docente: Caterina Del Federico
- Credits: 6
- SSD: IUS/01
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Rimini
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Economics of Tourism (cod. 8847)
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from Mar 01, 2024 to May 23, 2024
Learning outcomes
The course is divided into two parts: the first, general and introductory part is devoted to the sources of private law and to general institutions of private law (such as property law, law of contract, basic notions and structure of international contracts, law of legal bodies, law of obligation). The second part is specifically dedicated to the analysis of new phenomena, such as IoT, A.I., GDPR and smart contract and their impacts in business and society. This course will help student to acquire ability with the use of basic legal principles necessary to business operators acting at the national and international level and the ability to understand the rules of private law and to apply them to resolve legal problems.
Course contents
The course will provide, in the first and general part, an overview of the different approaches available to identify the rules governing cross-border commercial relations, given the existence of relevant differences in domestic legal systems. In this respect, it will provide an overview of:
- civil law and common law;
- sources of law;
- contracts;
- international contracts in the field of tourism;
- concepts of trust and property;
- data protection, privacy and tourism;
- personal rights and information society;
- private law issues and technology in the field of tourism
- artificial intelligence and its connection to tourism
The second part is specifically dedicated to the analysis of the EU legislation in the field of tourism. This course will help students to acquire ability with the use of basic legal principles necessary to business operators acting on a national and international level (especially the field of tourism and hospitality) and the ability to understand the rules of private law and to apply them to resolve legal problems.
Readings/Bibliography
Alpa- Zeno- Zencovich, Italian Private Law, Routledge, 2007;
NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS: pp.1-18; 19-26; 29; 41-46; 79-83; 93-100; 107-118; 157-177; 214-225; 231-233.
ATTENDING STUDENTS: 9-10; 29; 41-46; 107-112; 157-161; 200-203; 214-222; 231-233.
Suggerito: Sirena, Introduction to Private Law, Il Mulino, 2021;
NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS: Chap. 1: par. 1, 2, 3, 4; Chap. 4; Chap. 6; Chap. 8.
Teaching methods
The class format will combine a short lecture-style introduction and subsequent discussion. A Socratic method will primarily be adopted and students are thus expected to prepare for and to participate in individual or group class discussions on a regular basis.
The course is also based on a case law method.
Assessment methods
Attending students grades will be based on participation in class discussion with a mandatory case presentation during the course, as well as on a final exam.
Attending students: case presentation in class and final closed book written exam. The closed book written exam will consist of:
15 multiple choice questions (20 minutes).
Every correct answer counts 2 points, every missing or wrong answer counts 0 points.
The final score will consist of the average between the score of the presentations and the score of the final written exam.
Attendance will be checked randomly during the lssons.
Non-attending students’s grades will be based on a written exam.
The closed book written exam (20 min.) will consist of 15 multiple choice questions.
Every correct answer counts 2 points, every missing or wrong answer counts 0 points.
Only the students that correctly answer at least 9/15 questions will pass the exam.
Grade rejection
Students can reject the grade obtained at the exam. To this end, he/she must email a request to the instructor within 24 hours of the publication of the final results on the website ("Avvisi" section).
Teaching tools
Excerpts, handouts, slides, contracts, case law, papers can be found on Virtuale.
Students needing compensatory tools due to disabilities or learning disabilities (SLD) should inform the Professor about their needs. Therefore, they will be addressed to their representative to arrange the adoption of the proper devices.
Office hours
See the website of Caterina Del Federico