- Docente: Francesco Quarta
- Credits: 8
- SSD: IUS/01
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Economics and business (cod. 9202)
Learning outcomes
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.
Course contents
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
- Financial Stability in the Eurozone.
- The “social dimension” of businesses
- Islamic Law & Finance
- International Investments, Sustainable Development & Applicable Law
Readings/Bibliography
1) Jan Smits. Contract Law. 2nd edition, Edward Elgar Publishing Inc., 2017
2) Peter Hay. Advanced Introduction to Private International Law and Procedure. Edward Elgar Publishing Inc.,2018
(relevant chapters and sections for each book will be specified by the instructor before each class)
Teaching methods
Lectures, open debate on cases and articles.
Assessment methods
Partial oral exam (March/April) + final oral exam (June/July/Sept). Active class participation will be considered favorably.
Teaching tools
Open access texts, journal articles, published court decisions, newspapers, official press releases, Power Point presentations.
Office hours
See the website of Francesco Quarta