Individual contracts of most common use; business and consumers; family and succession; tort liability; sources of obligations other than contract and tort.Topics covered will be supplemented by exercises and seminars given by experts in the field.
We suggest one of the following books:
- A. TORRENTE-P. SCHLESINGER, Manuale di diritto privato, Giuffré, ult. ed.;
- G. ALPA, Manuale di diritto privato, Cedam, ult. ed.;
- P. PERLINGIERI, Manuale di diritto civile, Esi, ult. ed;
- E. ROPPO, Diritto Privato, Giappichelli, ult. ed.
The program includes the chapters about "singoli contratti, famiglia, successioni e donazioni, responsabilità da fatto illecito"
Please also refer to the materials on the e-learning platform.
It is strongly suggested the use of a uncomtented civil code.
Learning Objectives
To provide the notions and concepts for adequately in-depth knowledge on the topics covered in the course, having as fundamental textual references the Constitution, the Treaty of the European Union and the Civil Code accompanied by the main complementary laws;
Skills:
(a) implementation of the ability to adopt the appropriate technical terminology proper to private law and to use the method of legal-private reasoning;
(b) ability to appropriately use the Civil Code and other special regulations and relate it to the sources of European law;
(c) ability to grasp the principles and connections that organize the main institutions of private law into an articulated system; and
(d) ability, within the limits of acquired knowledge and skills, to apply learned reasoning to the solution of legal problems.
Prerequisites
Capacity to read Italian complex books
Teaching Methods
During the lectures, topics will be covered not only on a theoretical level, but also on a laboratory basis with references to case studies and practice. Seminars by subject matter experts will be held during class time.
Type of Assessment
Oral exam designed to assess learning of course content and indicated texts. For attending students only, an optional midterm written self-assessment test is scheduled halfway through the course.
Indicatively, the oral test will consist of three questions and the following profiles will also be taken into consideration: ability to discursively organize knowledge, critical reasoning skills, quality of exposition, competence in the use of specialized vocabulary, effectiveness and linearity of exposition. Descriptive knowledge, to a greater or lesser extent, but without critical analysis and without reference to the constitutional and jurisprudential context, may result in sufficient evaluation
Course program
Theoretical-practical treatment of the following topics with relevant case studies: individual contracts, typical and atypical most commonly used; enterprise and consumers; family and succession extra-contractual liability in tort; sources of obligation other than contract and tort.