87632 - DIRITTO DEI CONTRATTI DEL TRASPORTO E DELLA LOGISTICA

Learning outcomes

The course is aimed at the knowledge of the contracts for the utilization of the means of transport (by sea, air, road and rail), with particular regard to the different regulation of the liability regime of the carrier, identified according to the means used, and the related transport documentation. A specific attention will also be paid to the study of related contracts, with particular attention to logistics contracts, also in view of the importance it is gaining in the practice of commercial transactions as well as the network contracts applied to the logistics and transport sector. The main objective of the course is to provide an organic framework of the regulation of transport law in terms of the contractual instruments, both typical and atypical, used in today's transport world.

Course contents

The programme will take into consideration the contracts of transport and logistics.

Readings/Bibliography

During the lessons the study material (power point presentations) will be distributed to supplement the following text:
A. Antonini, course of transport law, Giuffrè, 2015.

Teaching methods

Teaching takes place through lectures, also performed through the use of power point presentations, held during the second semester and aimed at soliciting student involvement. Students who have completed their attendance in the academic year related to the entry of the subject in the study plan can then take the exam starting in May. During the course a series of seminars / meetings will be organized aimed at deepening some of the most recent legal problems dealt with during the lessons.

Assessment methods

The students’ knowledge is assessed through a discussion, to evaluate the actual achievement of the learning outcomes. The exam consists in an interview with the appointed commission on the topics included in the programme. The assessment will take into account the knowledge of the relevant institutional framework, the ability to analyse doctrinal and jurisprudential opinions and, to single out connections between the relevant topics, to critical reasoning, as well as the clarity of presentation and critical thinking.

The student's ability to identify, within the normative sources and the reference bibliographic material, the information useful to allow the learning and consequent exposure of the peculiarities and specific features of the discipline will be particularly evaluated. The oral test will be considered outdated in consideration of the correct answer to three main questions related to the topics covered by the exam program, with the clarification that the student's preparation can be evaluated on the basis of further questions aimed at specifying aspects related to the three main questions . During the assessment, the Commission can formulate an evaluation expressed with marks of excellence if, in the presentation of the contents, the student demonstrates that he has acquired an organic and critical vision of the issues addressed, as well as possessing an expressive and specific language mastery. During the test, the use of support material such as textbooks, notes, computer devices is not allowed.

Exam program for non-attending students:

The interview will focus on issues that coincide with those indicated in the "Program and contents" section.

Exam program for attending students:

Attending students, who will have attended assiduously 70% of the lessons, will have to prepare the exam according to the differentiated program that will be indicated in the first lesson of the course.

Teaching tools

With reference to the students attending the course, it should be noted that any additional educational material relevant to the topics covered during the lessons will be made available to students in paper format or in electronic format on the website: http: //campus.unibo. en /. [http://campus.unibo.it/] Access is restricted to students enrolled at the University of Bologna.

Office hours

See the website of Greta Tellarini