OVERVIEW

PRIVATE LAW BASIC INSTITUTES

Presentation.

The teaching of Institutions of Private Law has as its object the study of the foundations of the legal discipline applicable to relations between private subjects. The proposed program favors national positive law, but without neglecting to stress the connections with the law of the European Union. It is a fundamental teaching whatever the professional outlet towards which students will orientate.

AIMS AND CONTENT

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

EDUCATIONAL GOALS.

The main purpose of this course is to enable students to acquire a basic knowledge, a method of study and tools for interpretation in order to be able to identify, understand and apply the regulatory provisions that govern the conduct of legal relationships between private individuals.

Teaching program.

• The law.
• The rights.
• The subjects.
• The property rights.
• The obligation and liabilities.
• The contract.
• Tort liability and other sources of obligations.
• The company (basics).

PREREQUISITES

Good knowledge of Italian language.

TEACHING METHODS

TEACHING METHODS.

Teaching is provided with lectures, for a total of 48 hours (equal to 8 CFU), during which the main theoretical notions of the Institutions of Private Law will be presented and analyzed, in which some examples and practical cases drawn from the most recent jurisprudence will also be proposed and discussed. 

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

TEXTS AND BIBLIOGRAFY.

Textbook for attending students (present at least 2/3 of the frequency surveys) is: V. Roppo, Private Law, Giappichelli, Torino, 2016, in the portions corresponding to the subjects being taught.

Textbook for non-attending students: in addition to V. Roppo, Diritto Privato, Giappichelli, Torino, 2016 in the parts corresponding to the subjects covered by Module I (Part I to VIII), students will have to prepare two cases for the exam at their choice among those included in the AM volume Benedetti (ed.), The private law of the United Sections, La Tribuna, Piacenza, 2015.

For everyone: Civil Code, most recent edition (any publisher).

LESSONS

Class schedule

PRIVATE LAW

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

EXAMINATION METHOD.

The exam consists of an oral interview that includes 2/3 questions which can range over the entire program assigned to them: the most general first, and the remaining ones of a more specific nature. In addition to the knowledge of the individual institutions, the student's ability to link the concepts and to reason on applicable cases and rules is appreciated.

At the student's choice the exam can take place in written form.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

ASSESSMENT METHODS.

The exam tends to verify that the student is able to orientate himself in the private legal system, if he knows categories and institutions and its functioning and has acquired the ability to identify and apply specific rules to concrete cases. Through questions of a general theoretical or more specific type, it is verified whether the student is able to:

• identify and define legal concepts using an appropriate technical language.
• Understand and interpret the rules.
• Identify and apply appropriate regulatory provisions to resolve conflicts between individuals.

Exam schedule

FURTHER INFORMATION

OTHER REFERENCES OF THE TEACHER (RECEPTION ETC.).

Prof. Carlo Rossello

e-mail: carlo.rossello@unige.it

Receipt.

• During the period of the lessons: before or after each lesson at the classroom where the lesson takes place.
• Outside the lecture period: by appointment only (by sending an e-mail to the teacher).