LEARNING OUTCOMES

The aim of the course is The course introduces you to the general issues of commercial law. It is divided into three parts, respectively dedicated to the company, partnerships and insolvency procedures.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Ability to apply knowledge and understanding Students must be able to apply the knowledge acquired and to understand and solve legal problems and problems of interpretation of the rules on business, company, distinctive signs, advertising and competition.
Autonomy of judgment Students must be able to use the acquired knowledge both on a conceptual and operational level with autonomous assessment skills and skills in the various application contexts. This in particular will be solicited as part of the exercises provided within the course. These exercises, which will be held during the lesson time, concern among other things the solution of concrete cases, a technique that is very useful for learning to apply, with autonomy of judgment, the rules studied in view of the solution of controversial cases.

Communication skills Students must acquire the technical language typical of the discipline, to communicate clearly and without ambiguity with specialist and non-specialist interlocutors. This in particular will be solicited as part of the exercises provided within the course. These exercises, which will be held during class time, concern among other things the presentation in the classroom of cases and sentences that the students themselves will analyze, accompanied by a specific assessment by the teacher which will cover four aspects of the presentation:

analytical skills

ability to synthesize

clarity of presentation

correct terminology.

organizational and application skills

Students must develop adequate learning skills that allow them to continue to explore the main issues of the discipline independently, especially in the work contexts in which they will work. This in particular will be solicited through the exercises that will be carried out during the course.

PREREQUISITES

It is required to pass the exams of private law and constitutional law

TEACHING METHODS

Lectures, case analysis, group work.

The course aims to provide the student with the legal and conceptual tools to understand the functioning of business through:

- Frontal lessons

- In-depth seminars held by external experts

- practical exercises that allow you to better absorb and retain the notions provided in class

- group exercises which will have as their objective the design of a real business, the resolution of practical problems, the study of a product market and the preparation of a promotional campaign.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The business and the company;
Business contracts;
The distinctive signs;
Competition;
Advertising.
Part I: The first part will deal with the constitutional and codicistic foundations of corporate law, with particular attention to the general principles regarding freedom of economic initiative, freedom of competition and general interest. The various types of companies, the rules regarding representation and the company will be taken into consideration,

Part II: In the second part, the general principles on business contracts and the company's forms of communication will be addressed with attention to the sectors of distinctive signs and advertising

Part III: The third part of the course is dedicated to the study of competition law and antitrust law, both national and EU.

Furthermore, students will be offered a final group work which will consist in the creation of a company in the area, based on an autonomous choice of product market, geographic market and entrepreneurial structure, in order to prepare a presentation of the company and its products

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