PRINCIPLES OF CIVIL LAW

The course introduces the students to the Italian legal system and other major legal systems, with special regard to private law issues. It allows students to become familiar with the fundamental categories and principles of said area of law in a global perspective, developing at the same time a proper knowledge of legal terminology, so as to enable participants to cope with an international context.

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At the end of the course, the students will have developed the ability to understand the principles and categories of Italian Consitutional e Private Law dealt with during the course. The student - acquiring the correct tools and method - will be able to apply those principles and categories to practical cases. The student, through the use of the methodologies acquired during the course, will have acquired problem analysis skills and the ability to identify the information necessary for their solution, being able to find it directly or to ask for the counsel a legal specialist. Specifically, critical thinking, problem solving, self-management, teamwork, relationship and communication skills will be adequately developed, which enhance and make the said skills more usable. At the end of the course the student will be able to use the legal vocabulary, addressing the legal issues at hand with terminological accuracy. Through the various activities that will take place during the course – lessons with discussion, moot courts, presentations – the student will be able to put these communication skills into practice in various contexts, by adapting the terms used to the interlocutor in the specific case, thus gaining advanced rhetorical skills necessary for his/her professional career. The technical-legal knowledge acquired during the course will allow the student to autonomously understand and adapt the principles and categories above mentioned to the specific reference context. The student will develop a solid knowledge of the fundamental aspects of the subject that will allow him to continue to deepen the topics addressed independently and to undertake the various post-graduate professional training courses always keeping in mind the relationship between law and economics.

See below.

1) Study materials provided by the teacher; 2) G. Iudica e P. Zatti, Language and Rules of Italian Private Law: An Introduction, latest ed., Cedam.

Socratic method.

The student will be evaluated on the basis of the individual scores achieved on a final written exam. The written test consists of six open questions to be answered in two-and-a-half hours., with which the student has to demonstrate knowledge of the theoretical notions of the subject, knowing how to apply them in practical cases demonstrating that she has achieved the method of study and the learning ability necessary to continue the study of the subject autonomously. The failure to achieve at least the score of 18/30 will result in failure to pass the exam. An excellent level of preparation in all open questions will result in a score of 30/30 cum laude.

Passion for the subject; preferably, a mark of at least 27/30.