CODE 59825 ACADEMIC YEAR 2025/2026 CREDITS 9 cfu anno 1 AMMINISTRAZIONE, FINANZA E CONTROLLO 11873 (LM-77 R) - GENOVA 6 cfu anno 3 SERVIZI LEGALI ALL'IMPRESA E ALLA PUBBLICA AMMINISTRAZIONE 10842 (L-14) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR IUS/01 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 1° Semester 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 TOMMASO ARRIGO Ricevimento: At the end of each lesson and by appointment each Tuesday, at 2:45 pm, in Darsena, second floor Also with Microsoft Teams software Email address: arrigo@economia.unige.it 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