The course is aimed at the study of company law and, in particular, that of companies and is intended to be completed with the further course of Business Law 2. The objective is to highlight the role of commercial law for the development of businesses and the economy, between rules and the autonomy of private individuals.

Knowledge and understanding: the student – by taking part in the lectures and in the practical activities – will acquire full knowledge of the general categories of business law and of the legal concept characterising the course, such as individual and collective enterprises, partnerships and corporations, and the fundamental rules of corporate organisation, also in the light of the supranational framework. The acquisition of such knowledge will be verified through intermediate checks, also using the "Luiss Learn" platform and written exercises such as, for example, the drafting of a deed of incorporation of a joint stock company, the drafting of a meeting resolution report, the simulation in the classroom of an extraordinary assembly, the analysis of concrete jurisprudential cases; all by providing an oral exam at the end of the course. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: the student, acquiring the correct tools and method, will be able to interpret and apply, also in the light of the concrete cases dealt with, the principles and fundamental legal concept of business law. The student will be able to correlate a concrete case with the rules that may or may not be applicable with a case by case approach. The student will also be able to analyse national legislation on company law in the light of supranational principles and in the light of the international legal framework that each time will be illustrated. The presence of online content on the "Luiss Learn" platform relating to the specific course and the performance of practical workshops will make it possible to verify in real time the skills acquired by the students. Autonomy of judgment: students, through the use of methodologies and tools acquired during the course, will be able to collect data and materials indispensable to analyse the sources of law and the relevant and predominant orientations in both literature and case law, with reference to the discipline of business law and will acquire the ability to independently assess these data and the adequacy or otherwise of the legal concepts that the legislature provides the legal operator for the regulation of enterprises and companies. Communication skills: at the end of the course the student will be able to master, with precision and adequate terminology, the technical legal vocabulary of business law. These acquired communication skills will also be used to solve concrete cases that will be brought to the students' attention during practical exercises and laboratory activities. Students will acquire mastery both in the management of institutions and in the terminology to be used in the reference regulatory context, acquiring further rhetorical and argumentative skills. Learning ability: the technical and legal knowledge acquired during the course of business law 1 will enable students to understand and interpret autonomously the new regulations, literature and case law relating to the specific course. Nevertheless, students will also be able to read the current and contingent scenario in the light of the notions and legal concept analysed. The student will be able to master the next course, business law 2, and will be able to independently deepen the topics covered.

The entrepreneur and the company. Society in general and partnerships. Capital companies and the reform. The joint-stock company: the financial structure and the organization. Amendments to the bylaws and extraordinary operations. The limited liability company and the limited partnership by shares. The dissolution. The groups of companies. The European Company.

G.F. Campobasso, Commercial law 1. Company law, UTET, Turin, 2022, 8th ed. edited by M. Campobasso, p. 1-154. G.F. Campobasso, Commercial law 2. Company law, UTET, Turin, 2024, 11th ed. edited by M. Campobasso, p. 1-250, 285-441, 451-606, 649-703. Alternatively, students can use: G. Presti-M. Rescigno, Commercial law course. Single volume, Zanichelli, Bologna, 2023, 11th ed., p. 1-55, 391-406, 415-656, 709-782.

Frontal teaching

The examination consists of an oral test. The student will have to demonstrate that he/she understands the principles and notions of business law 1 and the institutions characterising the course, such as individual and collective enterprises, partnerships and corporations, and the fundamental rules of corporate organisation, also in the light of the supranational framework. The student will also have to demonstrate that he/she can correctly interpret and apply theoretical notions to practical cases. The student is required to correctly use the technical-legal vocabulary of the subject, thus demonstrating that he/she has achieved the necessary study method and learning ability to continue to study the subject independently. The grade is expressed in thirtieths. Forms of monitoring and intermediate verification of the preparation of course participants are possible, it being understood that the attribution of the grade will only take place at the outcome of the final exam which will take place, at the end of the course, according to the methods and evaluation criteria specified above.

Course attendance and successful passing of the examination