The study course aims to complete the student's training in the Civil Procedural Law matters, with a view to his / her insertion in the professional field, taking into account the centrality of the subject itself in many of the job opportunities offered by the degree course.

Knowledge and understanding The student will be provided with the necessary skills in the following areas: general principles of the proceedings; general principles of consensual justice; ordinary cognition proceedings and appeals; enforcement procedure; special and summary procedures. These skills will be acquired through lectures, case law analysis, seminars and experiential learning. The knowledge will be verified through the frequency of seminar activities and the oral exam to be held at the end of the course. 2) Applying Knowledge and Understanding The student will be able to understand the role of judge and lawyer in Italy and in Europe. In this way, the interdisciplinary knowdledge necessary for students who are interested in working professionally in the fields of the classic forensic professions (Lawyers, Judges, Notaries) and consultancy activities in the private sector may be acquired. The knowledge will be acquired through frontal teaching, analysis of case-law, seminar activities and learning by doing. The skills will be verified through the analysis of practical cases and the oral exam to be held at the end of the course. Furthermore, the presence of multimedia content available on the platforms (videos, slides, tutorials, forums, etc.) will give the possibility of creating a permanent interaction between the students and the Professor. 3) Making judgements The student, with the help of the advice given by the Professor and his collaborators during the lessons, will be able to analyze the normative sources and the relevant guidelines in doctrine and case-law, and to independently evaluate these guidelines, making his/her own critical judgment. He/She will also be able to apply the rules studied to specific cases, identifying the legal issues underlying the practical cases analyzed. The skills are achieved through the collection and processing of all information on regulatory innovations, case-law and Scholar’s trends, as well as through a comparative approach. The skills will be verified during the seminar activities, in the interaction with the Professor and through the oral exam to be held at the end of the course. 4) Communication Skills At the end of the course, the student will be able to command, with adequate terminological precision, the technical-legal lexicon proper to Civil Procedural Law. By participating in the various course activities – lessons with classroom discussions, oral exams, seminar activities – the student will learn to practice the communication skills acquired in different contexts, adapting the lexicon to the reference interlocutor, thus acquiring additional skills rhetoric and argumentative, needed for the professional career. Communication skills are acquired through the reading of normative texts, the attendance of seminar activities and the analysis of case-law. The skills will be verified during the seminar activities, in the interaction with the Professor and through the oral exam to be held at the end of the course. 5) Learning skills The technical-legal knowledge acquired during the study course will allow the student to understand and interpret autonomously the regulatory, doctrinal and case-law innovation related to Civil Procedural Law. The student will develop a solid knowledge of the fundamental aspects of the subject that will allow him to continue studying the issues dealt with independently, and to undertake the various post-graduate professional training studies. These skills are acquired mainly through the attendance of seminar activities and the preparation of the oral exam.

The course will focus on the civil procedure subject and in particular on these topics: general principles, ordinary process of cognition, appeals, enforcement (general rules and fundamental principles), special proceedings (except the chambers proceedings and the process for the fair repair of damage for the unreasonable length of the proceeding); mediation and assisted negotiation.

Recommended alternative texts: Auletta, Diritto giudiziario civile, Bologna, Zanichelli, 2026; Balena, Istituzioni di diritto processuale civile, Bari, Cacucci, 2025, voll. 1, 2, 3; Luiso, Diritto processuale civile, Milano, Giuffrè ed., 2025, voll. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Picardi, Manuale del processo civile, Milano, Giuffrè ed., 2025, volume unico; Ruffini (a cura di), Diritto processuale civile, Bologna, Il Mulino, I ed., voll. 1, 2, 3 - su piattaforma pandoracampus disponibile anche audiolibro e versione grafica accessibile). Sassani, Lineamenti di diritto processuale civile, Milano, Giuffrè ed., 2025, volume unico. An updated Code of Civil Procedure and Civil Code must be consulted. In particular reference is made to the Civil Procedure Code edited by E. D'Alessandro and R. Tiscini, ESI, 2025.

-Front teaching -Seminar -Cases Analysis

Oral Examination The examination consists of an oral interview during which students are required to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the institutions and principles of Civil Procedure, as well as their ability to apply them to practical cases submitted by the instructor. Students must be able to independently analyse the relevant legal sources and doctrinal and case-law approaches in civil procedural law and to use the appropriate technical legal terminology, thereby demonstrating that they have acquired the methodological skills and learning capacity necessary to pursue further independent study of the subject. For the purposes of grading on a thirty-point scale, the following assessment criteria will be applied: knowledge and understanding of the institutions and principles of the subject matter, and ability to apply them to concrete cases (60%); proper use of technical legal terminology (25%); knowledge of, and ability to consult and critically assess, the relevant legal sources, as well as acquisition of an appropriate method of study (15%). The presence of significant gaps in the student’s preparation with regard to one or more institutions or principles set out in one or more books of the Code of Civil Procedure shall result in an insufficient grade, even where a basic understanding of the subject matter is otherwise demonstrated.

The assignment of the final paper for the dissertation requires a competence of the institutional elements of Civil Procedural Law.