OVERVIEW

The course aims to offer an in-depth overview (thanks also to the use of doctrinal and jurisprudential materials that will be published on aulaweb) of the subject traditionally pertaining to the area of civil liability.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Objective of the course is to explore in details the law of torts in its evolutionary dimension, with reference both to the major kinds of torts, and to recoverable damages, pecuniary and non-pecuniary.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Individual study, attendance and participation in the proposed educational activities will allow the student to:

Understand and remember the main legal provisions that regulate the discipline of civil liability;

Identify the main application problems, in relation to the progressive acquisitions of doctrine and jurisprudence;

Understand the structure and functioning mechanism of the civil liability system, with particular reference to the evolution of the area of damage;

Read and critically examine, with autonomy of judgment, scientific articles and texts of judgments, in particular of the Court of Cassation;

Set up and carry out a legal argument relating to the subject matter of the course.

PREREQUISITES

The provisions of the didactic regulations with reference to the preparatory course apply.

TEACHING METHODS

Frontal lessons

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The matter governed by articles 2043-2059 of the Italian civil code, in addition to some institutions governed by special laws (the liability of the producer and the liability of the magistrates)

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Cesare Salvi, La responsabilità civile (third edition), Milan, Giufffrè, 2019 (all: about 300 pages), in addition to the materials that will be uploaded to the web classroom.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Classes will be held in the second semester

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The exam is written (10 open-ended questions, aimed in particular at verifying the argumentative ability of students)

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The exam is directed not so much to a mnemonic exposition of the notions acquired in class and through individual study, but above all to the argumentative use of these notions, also in relation to the analysis of practical cases discussed in class.

FURTHER INFORMATION

mauro.grondona@unige.it

valentina.digregorio@unige.it