00221 - Business Law

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course students will achieve an in-­depth knowledge of the law governing entrepreneurial activities and business organizations. They will know the general legal framework in which entrepreneurial activity takes place. They will know the different types of business organizations, understand the main governance problems of each of them and the solutions offered to such problems by the law.

Course contents

 

The regulation of entrepreneurial activity, with specific focus on the following topics:

• The legal notion of "entrerprise" and "firm"
• Competition law
• Joint ventures, firm associations and networks
• European economic interest grouping

The law of business organizations, with specific focus on the following topics: 

• The business organization in general
• Partnerships
• The joint stock company
• The limited liability company
• Cooperatives
• Societas Europaea
• Transformations, mergers, spin-offs
• Corporate groups

The main features of bankruptcy law and the major bankruptcy procedures

Readings/Bibliography

Students of the Laurea Magistrale may use the following textbooks:

1) G.F. Campobasso, Diritto commerciale, collana Il sistema giuridico italiano, Torino, Utet, last ed., volumes I, II, III

2) F. Vella e G. Bosi, Diritto dell'impresa e dell'economia, Bologna, Il Mulino, last ed.; F. Vella e G. Bosi, Diritto ed economia delle società, Bologna, Il Mulino, last ed.

3) F. Galgano, Diritto commerciale - L'imprenditore, Bologna, Zanichelli, last ed.; F. Galgano, Diritto commerciale - Le società, Bologna, Zanichelli, last ed.

4) G. Presti e M. Rescigno, Corso di diritto commerciale, volumes I e II, Bologna, Zanichelli, last ed.

Textbooks 3) and 4) do not cover bankruptcy law, which therefore must be studied from textbooks 1) or 2)

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Students of the course in Giuristi di impresa e delle amministrazioni pubbliche may use the following textbooks:

1) G.F. Campobasso, Manuale di diritto commerciale, compact edition in one volume, Torino, Utet.

2) F. Vella, G. Bosi, Diritto dell'impresa e dell'economia, Bologna, Il Mulino, last ed. (for the study of the law of entrepreneurial activity); F. Vella e G. Bosi, Diritto ed economia delle società, Bologna, Il Mulino, last ed. (for the study of the law of business organizations)

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Students seeking a credit integration are requested to:

a) study the bankruptcy law part of the Laurea Magistrale program

b) study the regulation of publicly traded companies using the following textbook: R. Costi, Il mercato mobiliare, Torino, Giappichelli, last ed.

Teaching methods

Classes held by the course teacher. Active class participation is strongly encouraged.

Assessment methods

Oral examination at the end of the course.

Teaching tools

Textbook and slides. For an active and fruitful class participation, use of an updated civil code, complemented with the most important business legislation, is encouraged.

Office hours

See the website of Sergio Gilotta