OVERVIEW

The teaching refers the most important institutes of business contract law in his theoretical and applicative aspects.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims to provide the fundamental notions of the law of business contracts with particular regard to the new models and the status of the contractors, so as to enable students to evaluate the different contractual alternatives according to the specific contexts. It is divided into three parts dedicated to the study of the sources and general principles of B2B and B2C contracts, to the analysis of the main types of contract, to the in-depth analysis of specific issues relating to fiduciary activities and to the contractual networks of companies. The first two parts also constitute the program for the 6CFU course.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The knowledge of the fundamentals of business contract law. The student will be able to make the choise of the correct business contract to use in the different economic transaction to be regulated.

PREREQUISITES

The knowledge of fundamentals of private law.

TEACHING METHODS

Lessons, discussion of case studies, project works. 

Students who have valid certification of physical or learning disabilities  and who wish to discuss possible accommodations or other circumstances regarding lectures, coursework and exams, should speak both with the instructor and with Professor Serena Scotto (scotto@economia.unige.it<mailto:scotto@economia.unige.it>), the Department’s disability liaison.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The course aims at offering notions about contract law with particular attention to
new models of business contracts and to the status of contractors.
The course gives knowledge and conceptual tools to understand traditional and new
contractual models in the business world.
The goal is to let students to be able to evaluate the contractual alternatives in
different contexts.
The course is organized in three parts: I) B2B and B2C contracts; II) Types of
contracts and their applications; III) Business networks contracts and fiduciary
contracts.
9 ECTS refer to the whole three parts (I, II, III); 6 ECTS refer to part I and part II.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Textbooks and teaching materials for both 9 and 6 ECTS programs are provided at the beginning of the lectures.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

I semester 

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral exam and for attending students also a partial written test with open questions in the last part of the lessons; in case of a positive result, the specific parts of program are excluded from the oral exam.  

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The assessment is based on an overall evaluation of the written and oral exam.

FURTHER INFORMATION

For further information contact the theacher at the following address: arrigo@economia.unige.it