OVERVIEW

The course is focused on the rules governing situations and relationships with an international dimension. Particular attention is devoted to the effects of the private-international-law rules on relations with the public administration.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course, students will acquire the methodological tools and general skills of Private International Law. In particular, they will be able to understand and analyse the legal profiles of the relations between private individuals and public administrations, when characterised by contacts different legal orders, as well as independently develop possible solutions to open issues.


 

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The first part of the course aims to provide basic notions, with particular reference to the following topics

• the notion of private international law
• the sources of private international law,
• the areas of intervention: jurisdiction, governing law, circulation of measures and cross-border administrative cooperation.

In the second part, the teaching focuses in depth on the relations between private individuals and the PA, also through the examination and possible classroom discussion of practical cases.

The teaching is in line with the educational objectives of the degree course, as it contributes to the necessary training in the study and work activities related to politics and administration in the legal disciplines. In addition, the teaching contributes to the basic knowledge for (a) management, development and dissemination of political and institutional communication; (b) reading, understanding and interpretation of current social and political phenomena, with a possible development of intervention strategies; (c) management of national, European and international projects.

Individual study, attendance and participation in the proposed training activities will enable the student component to

•  remember, identify and understand the subjects and fundamental principles that regulate the structure and functioning of Private International Law;
•  identify and analyse the sources of the discipline and apply the relevant rules;
•  identify and concretely apply the main reference rules in the above-mentioned subject matter, also through the analysis of concrete problems faced by practitioners;
•  read and critically examine, with independent judgement, texts of judgments of domestic and international courts;
•  express themselves in appropriate technical legal language;
•  on a voluntary basis, participate in presentation activities, aimed at enabling them to acquire team working and public speaking skills.

PREREQUISITES

None.

TEACHING METHODS

The course consists of face-to-face lectures (36 hours) and will be held in person, with simultaneous broadcasting via TEAMS platform (for the code, see the AulaWeb page of the course) only for those who are included in the ‘PA110 e lode’ programme.
Lectures will not be recorded for deferred use.
During the lectures, the main theoretical notions of private international law will be presented and analysed; practical examples and cases will also be proposed and discussed. Texts of judgments and normative texts of particular relevance and usefulness for the understanding of the topics covered will be made available on AulaWeb.
On a voluntary basis, after theoretical lectures, interested persons (individually or in groups of two) will be able to present judgments assigned by the lecturer in order to deepen general themes and develop team working and public speaking skills, obtaining for this purpose a specific open badge in “transversal skills”.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Private International Law: introduction and delimitation of the subject.
The concept of Private International Law, conflict of laws and conflict of jurisdictions.
The delimitation of the Italian jurisdiction and the distribution of jurisdiction between States.
The identification of the applicable law to legal situations and relationships.
The cross-border recognition of decisions.
The Cross-border administrative cooperation.
In-depth study of a chosen topic, which will be illustrated at the classes' start.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Reference texts for those attending the lectures:

The exam, for those who regularly attend the lectures, will focus on the content of the lectures, to be supplemented with the didactic material (legal instruments and national and EU case-law) made available on the AulaWeb platform.
The reference textbook is, in any case, P. Franzina, Introduzione al diritto internazionale privato, 2nd ed., Turin, 2023 (limited to the topics discussed in class).

Reference texts for those not attending the lectures:

P. Franzina, Introduzione al diritto internazionale privato, 2nd ed., Turin, 2023, part I, part II (chapters I, II and IV only), part III (chapters I, II and III only), part IV (chapters I, II, III and V only) and part V.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Classes will begin during the week of 16 February 2026, in accordance with the DiSPI teaching calendar for semester II.

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The final exam is conducted orally and consists, in principle and without prejudice to the need for further discussion, of three questions.
Those who attend the lectures are also given the opportunity to replace the oral exam with a final pre-examination, to be held in the way that will be clarified during the first meeting, and then indicated on AulaWeb.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The examination interview aims to test the acquisition of the basics of Private International Law, as well as the ability to understand, address and resolve private-international-law issues that may affect, in particular, relations between private individuals and the public administration.
The command of technical terminology is also tested.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Students are requested to register early on the course's AulaWeb page, in order to have access to useful communications and materials.
Students who have duly filed a DSA, disability or other special educational needs certification are advised to contact both the Department contact person (Prof. Aristide Canepa) and the lecturer at the beginning of lessons, in order to reach a proper agreement on teaching and examination methods that, while respecting the teaching objectives, can take into account individual learning methods and provide suitable compensatory tools.