EUROPEAN PRIVATE LAW

CODE	55604
ACADEMIC YEAR	2024/2025
CREDITS	6 cfu anno 3 GIURISPRUDENZA 7995 (LMG/01) - GENOVA 6 cfu anno 4 GIURISPRUDENZA 7995 (LMG/01) - GENOVA 6 cfu anno 5 GIURISPRUDENZA 7995 (LMG/01) - GENOVA 6 cfu anno 5 GIURISPRUDENZA 7996 (LMG/01) - IMPERIA 6 cfu anno 3 SERVIZI LEGALI ALL'IMPRESA E ALLA PUBBLICA AMMINISTRAZIONE 10842 (L-14) - GENOVA
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR	IUS/01
LANGUAGE	English
TEACHING LOCATION	GENOVA IMPERIA
SEMESTER	1° Semester
PREREQUISITES	Propedeuticità in ingresso Per sostenere l'esame di questo insegnamento è necessario aver sostenuto i seguenti esami: LAW 7995 (coorte 2021/2022) INSTITUTIONS OF PRIVATE LAW I 64899 2021 EUROPEAN UNION LAW 64933 B EUROPEAN UNION LAW 64933 A EUROPEAN UNION LAW 101501 2021 LAW 7995 (coorte 2022/2023) INSTITUTIONS OF PRIVATE LAW I 64899 2022 EUROPEAN UNION LAW 64933 B EUROPEAN UNION LAW 64933 A EUROPEAN UNION LAW 101501 2022
TEACHING MATERIALS	AULAWEB

OVERVIEW

The course of European Private Law deals with the areas of contract law and tort law that have been harmonized at EU level. In particular, the following topics will be adressed: unfair terms in consumer contracts; sale of consumer goods; unfair commercial practices, product liability, private enforcement of competition law, private enforcement of digital market act and other platforms regulation, corporate sustainability due diligence. All these topics will be adressed both from a substantial and a procedural point of view. In particular, the following issues will be adressed: relations between public and private enforcement, discovery, collective redress mechanisms (inhibitory and compensatory), third party litigation funding, competition between jurisdictions.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

This unit deals with the law of contract and of consumer protection. Objective of the unit is to introduce students to the study of the areas of contract law subject to harmonization or unification by EU law, in particular consumer law. Topics covered include the discipline of unfair contract terms and the sale of consumer goods. This unit deals with tort law in European private law and the private enforcement of EU rights. In particular, it deals with State liability for breach of EU law, product liability and action for damages for infringement of EU competition law. Moreover, it deals with private enforcement of EU rights, through collective injunctions and class actions.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The aim of the course is to provide students with a good understanding of EU private law and of the most relevant decisions of the European Court of Justice. The student should also gain an understanding of the different kinds of harmonisation (maximum and minimum) and of interaction between EU law and national laws. Finally, students should also gain confidence with competition between national jurisdictions and which factors may make one jurisdiction more attractive than another.