B019304 - PRIVATE LAW I

Italian

The Course focuses on the study of the juridical sources, interpretation of the law and personal matters; juridical acts and facts; prescription and forfeiture; evidence and public filings of juridical facts; natural persons and legal persons; constitutional rights of the person; debtor’s liability; sources of obligations and discipline of obligations; torts; general and special discipline of contracts

Text Books.
The students can use at their discretion, one of the following text books, for the sole portions referring to the program:oggetto del corso
F.ALCARO, Diritto Privato, Cedam, Padova 2013
G. ALPA, Manuale di diritto privato, Padova, ultima edizione;
F. GALGANO, Diritto Civile, Padova, ultima edizione;
E. ROPPO, Diritto Privato, Torino, ultima edizione
A.TRABUCCHI, Istituzioni diritto civile, Padova, ultima edizione
A.TORRENTE- P. SCHLESINGER, Manuale di diritto privato, Milano, ultima edizione,
P. ZATTI, Manuale di diritto civile, Padova, ultima edizione

Purpose.

Knowledge.
Provide the notions and the concepts for a basic, but in-depth, introduction to the private law system in Italy, with basic references to the Constitution, the European Union Treaty and the Civil Code, together with the main complementary laws, including the Consumer Code; with specific references to the system of sources of Private Law, the interpretation of the regulations, the active personal matters and the discipline of contracts in general (basic contracts and main types of contracts).
Skills:
a) learn the appropriate technical terminology used in Private Law and use the method of the conceptualization of the juridical-private process as a fundamental basis to approach the law;
b) ability to appropriately use the Civil Code and other special laws and to begin to relate them with the European Law sources;
c) ability to understand the principles and connections which complexly compose the main concepts of Private Law;
d) ability, within the knowledge and skills acquired, to apply the method acquired for the solution of legal issues.

Lesson Format.
A total of 80 hours of lectures.

Mid-term exam to verify understanding: for attendees a written non-mandatory mid-term exam is provided. Final exam: oral.

The course gives notions and concepts for a basic, but in-depth, introduction to the Private Law System. There will be some lessons dedicated to the system of sources of Private law, interpretation of the law, personal matters. Specifically, the discipline of contracts will be analyzed (including with reference to the most recent laws) both with reference to the general rules and to the laws concerning the most important contracts.
Part of the program will be focused – and some non-mandatory workshops and simulations will be held – on the following subjects: juridical sources, interpretation of the law and personal matters; juridical acts and facts, prescription and forfeiture, evidence and public filings of juridical facts; natural persons; legal persons; Constitutional rights; debtor’s liability; sources of obligations – in general – and discipline of the obligations; general and specific discipline of contracts; torts; unilateral promises and other sources of obligations besides contracts;. The basic texts are the Constitution, the European Union Treaty and the Civil Code, together with the main complementary laws included the Consumer Code.