ELEMENTI DI DIRITTO PRIVATO
- Overview
- Assessment methods
- Learning objectives
- Contents
- Bibliography
- Teaching methods
- Contacts/Info
Prerequisites: -
Assessment methods
Students will take an oral test aimed at verifying the knowledge and understanding of the topics treated with particular attention to the connections between the various legal institutions.
Objectives of the course and expected learning outcomes
The course of Elements of Private Law aims to provide students with the basic knowledge of private law.
The second module provides students with an overall knowledge of the Italian private legal system, its fundamental institutes and relative discipline. The main objective of the teaching is to allow students to acquire a frame of legal concepts, notions and terminology based on an in-depth understanding of scopes and functions of legal institutes.
Course contents and programme
The topics that will be specifically treated during the lessons are the following:
The course of Private Law focuses on fundamental legal concepts and notions typical of the Italian legal system.
The program, in particular, is structured as follows:
1. legal system and interpretation of the law. 2. Physical and legal persons. 3. Goods and property law. 4. Introduction on obligations. 5. Sources of obligations. 6. Tort law. 7. Contract law.
Textbooks
F. Galgano, Istituzioni di diritto privato, Cedam, Padova, last edition available, or P. Trimarchi, Istituzioni di diritto privato, Giuffré, Milano, last edition available.
It is essential to consult an update edition of the Italian Civil Code and the Complementary Legislation (for example the Civil Code edited by G. De Nova, Zanichelli, Bologna).
Teaching Methods
The course includes 30 hours of classroom teaching.
Other Information
Professor’s office hours are posted on the Notice Board page of the Department’s website. Professor is available at any time to address individual student questions at:
letizia.casertano@uninsubria.it