OVERVIEW

The course will analyze some main topics of Italian general private law: i.e. property right, law of succession, torts, family law

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Classification of contracts (sales, lease, building contracts, mandate, agency, transport, deposit, security, settlement, insurance, consumer contracts, subcontrating). Torts and remedies. Other obligation sources different than contract and torts (negotiorum gestio, restitutions, unjust enrichment, unilateral promises, negotiable instruments). Law of property (with reference to Italian Constitution, Italian Civil Code, statutes); co-ownership, iura in re, possession; family law; inheritance mortis causa.

LEARNING OUTCOMES (FURTHER INFO)

Students are expected discuss and solve legal problems within the area of the course

TEACHING METHODS

Ex cathedra lectures 

Individual and collective work in the class on case and materials is mandatory

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

1. Torts

2. Sources of obligation different from contracts and torts

3. Law of succession and Wills

4. Family law

5. Specific contracts

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

I. Students attending the course: 

(i) V. Roppo, Diritto privato, Torino, Giappichelli, ultima edizione (circa 350 pp.). 

(ii) Cases and materials on AulaWeb (circa 30 pp.) 

(iii) A.M. Benedetti (a cura di), Il diritto privato delle Sezioni unite, Piacenza, La Tribuna, 2015 (on AulaWeb futher informations: circa 30 pp.)

Suggested reading: N. Irti, Un diritto incalcolabile, Torino, Giappichelli, 2016, pp. 214.

II. Students not attending the course: 

(i) V. Roppo, Diritto privato, Torino, Giappichelli, ultima edizione (circa 350 pp.) 

(ii) Cases and materials on AulaWeb (circa 30 pp.)

(iii)  A.M. Benedetti (a cura di), Il diritto privato delle Sezioni unite, Piacenza, La Tribuna, 2015 (on AulaWeb further informations: circa 30 pp.)

(iv)  N. Irti, Un diritto incalcolabile, Torino, Giappichelli, 2016, pp. 214

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

MAURO GRONDONA (President)

ALESSANDRA PINORI (President)

FRANCESCA BARTOLINI

ALBERTO MARIA BENEDETTI

MASSIMO DI PAOLO

DIEGO SCHIESARO

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Class will start at the beginning of the II semester (from March 1 to May 19).

The course (6 CFU, 36 hours) will end not after the last week of April.

Class schedule

OBBLIGATIONS AND CONTRACT GENERALLY

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The filal exam is written

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Discuss in a written text some legal problem on the topics analyzed in the class and at home

Exam schedule

FURTHER INFORMATION

Please contact me via e-mail: mauro.grondona@unige.it