Academic Year 2021/2022

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Exercise and Sport Sciences (cod. 8512)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student has the basic knowledge and the terminology of private law in particular with regard to the knowledge and to the discipline of private law entities, of the property and of the possession right,of the contract rules, of the sale contracts, of the procurement contract,of the lease contract, of the mandate, of the loan, of the free-loan contract and of the unlawful act.The student also learns the basic knowledge about sports system entities, sports labor contract, sports sponsorship contract, violation of the rules.Finally the students acquires the ability to find legal sources, to see codes and databases and to bring up to date about sectoral legislation.

Course contents

Natural person and legal personLegal capacity and ability to act. The (legally) incompetents. The rights relating to personality. The associations and the foundations. The property and assets. The possession. The ways of buying the property. The rights in rem on other people's stuff. The bonds. The compliance and the non-compliance. The contract and the contractual freedom. The contract requirements. The preliminary contract. The consumer contract. The contract validity and invalidity. The contract effectiveness and the ineffectiveness(nullity). The representation. The effects of the contract between parties and in relation with third parties. The termination and the rescission( cancellation) of the contract. Behavioural criteria of contractors and of interpretation of the contract. The individual contracts. Torts and delicts.
Sports system law: 1)the international Olympic committee; 2)the international sports federations; 3) the italian national olympic committee (CONI); 4) the national sports federations; 5) the associated sporting disciplines; 6) the institutions promoting sporting activities; 7) the sports leagues; 8) the sports associations; 9) the sports societies; 10) the foundations; 11) the Committies organizing sports events; 12) the membership; 13) the athlete; 14) the sports support staff; 15) the sport suitability16)The membership card17) The tied contract; 18) The bound of justice. The amateurism.

Readings/Bibliography

The lessons are based on the following manuals:

F. Galgano, Istituzioni di diritto privato, Cedam, latest edition;

P. Raimondo, Elementi di diritto privato sportivo I, Giraldi, latest edition, pp. 1-286.

The student has the right to choose the most recent edition of any university text based on the aforementioned program, upon notification to the teacher.

Recommended reading:

- Lucio Colantuoni, Diritto sportivo, seconda edizione, Giappichelli editore;

- Margherita Pittalis, Sport e diritto, l'attività sportiva fra performance e vita quotidiana, Wolters Kluwer;

- Giuseppe Liotta - Laura Santoro, Lezioni di diritto sportivo, Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, latest edition.

Teaching methods

The teaching programme is explained through the use of slides. The student is involved to participate to discussions regarding examples and practical cases.

Assessment methods

Lesson will be taught in the first semester.

The assessment of the interview will be carried out taking into consideration:

  • the knowledge of institutional profiles;
  • the ability to analyze the jurisprudential and doctrinal guidelines;
  • the ability to make connections between the different parts of the program;
  • the ability to develop critical arguments;
  • the exposure articulation;
  • the accuracy of the exposure.

Three questions will be made concerning all the topics indicated in the examination programme. The vote will be defined as:

30 and praise, excellent argument and perfect exposure;

from 24 to 30, complete argument and correct exposure;

from 18 to 23, sufficient argument and uncertain exposure.

Registration for the final exam must be done using the Almaesami application ( https://almaesami.unibo.it/almaesami/welcome.htm ).

For students that will satisfy the attendance requirements will be possible to take the exam in all sessions from January 2020.

Degree thesis: the degree thesis will be assigned  after an interview.

Teaching tools

During the lesson is provided the use of slides that make the text comprehension and the organization of the work easier but not the presentation of topics during the exam.

Students which need compensatory tools for reasons of disability or Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) will communicate to the teacher their needs so as to be directed to the dedicated person and arrange on the adoption of the most appropriate measures.

Office hours

See the website of Pierluigi Raimondo