The course aims to provide the student with knowledge and understanding of the main institutes of private law through the study of the textbook, the Civil Code and the main laws in the field. In particular, the objectives of the training consist of the acquisition of knowledge and skills of the private law system as well as the ability to concretely understand the legal institutions related to the subject of private law. In addition, the course aims to stimulate the student's ability to reason and autonomy of judgment, who, through the study of a practical case, should be able to reason independently and mature communication skills and language property. Finally, during the course, direct reading of the most important judgments dealing with the private matter will be suggested.
Course Prerequisites
The course of Principles of Private Law, placed in the first grade, doesn't require any particular prerequisite. It's necessary, however, that since the beginning the student shows his ability of reasoning, of reflection and of systematic coordination among the differents private law's principles.
Teaching Methods
The course awards 9 CFUs and will last 63 hours, distributed as follows: Delivered Didactics (DE) equal to 45 hours; Interactive Didactics (DI) equal to 18 hours. Materials (judgments, legal norms, slides) will be provided during the course that can be used for exam preparation.
Assessment Methods
Oral examination on the topics covered in class and the examination text. The purpose of the oral examination is to test learning of the subject content and acquisition of the ability to interpret the principles and rules of the private law system. Method of formulating the final evaluation: examination grade in thirtieths. Evaluation criteria: 1. knowledge and ability to understand: knowledge of the sources and legal discipline related to the rules of private law; 2. applied knowledge and understanding: application of acquired notions to concrete cases and ability to propose coherent solutions to concrete legal issues; 3. autonomy of judgment: ability to rework the principles and rules under study, analyze the scope of application, and formulate critical conclusions; communication skills: 4.clear and coherent exposition; 5. learning skills: mastery of the method of analysis of legal rules in the private law subject matter.
Texts
G. IORIO, Corso di diritto privato, ediz. Giappichelli, Torino, VI edition, 2024. The chapters to be studied are as follows: Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 4, Chapter 10, Chapter 12, Chapter 14, Chapter 16, Chapter 22, Chapter 23, Chapter 24, Chapter 25, Chapter 26, Chapter 27, Chapter 28, Chapter 55, Chapter 58, Chapter 59, Chapter 68, Chapter 69, Chapter 70, Chapter 74, Chapter 77, Chapter 78, Chapter 79, Chapter 80, Chapter 81.
Contents
The course covers the basic institutes of private law. In particular, it covers: legal capacity and capacity to act, institutions for the protection of weak persons, general discipline of obligations (basics), general discipline of contracts (basics), tort, some topics of family law (marriage, separation and divorce, civil union, de facto cohabitation), some topics of succession law (testamentary, necessary, legitimate succession).