Learning outcomes

The course aims at introducing the students to the knowledge of the fundamental concepts and legal rules governing relationships between individuals. The students will familiarize with the methodological tools which are needed to analyse and solve private law cases with success.

Program

The Course will cover the following topics:
The legal system. Sources. Private Law. The application of laws. Subjective situations.
Legal relationships and their events. The impact of time on the legal relationship.
Facts and legal transactions. Essential elements of a legal transaction. Invalidity and inefficacy. The contract. Torts.
Publicity of legal facts.
People. Persons. Existential situations. Legal entities and unrecognized entities.
Property and real rights, possession.
Family and family solidarity.
Marriage.
The new discipline of “unioni civili” and cohabitation.
Marital and parental relationships. Filiation and adoption.
Family crisis.
Successions.

Lectures are dedicated to the teaching of the subject basic notions. Throughout all the academic year, individual appointments with the professor are also available. Time and place are indicated on his personal web page. There is no need to set a specific appointment.

Books recommended: F. Ruscello, Compendio di Istituzioni di diritto privato, Edizioni Amon, (2018), limited to the following chapters: I. L’ordinamento giuridico. II. Le fonti. III. Il “diritto privato”. IV. L’applicazione delle leggi. V. Le situazioni soggettive e i rapporti giuridici. VI. Prescrizione e decadenza. VII. I fatti e i negozi giuridici. VIII. La pubblicità dei fatti giuridici. X. Le persone fisiche. XI. Le situazioni esistenziali. XII. Gli enti. XIII. Le obbligazioni (par. 13.1-13.4). XIV. Le vicende delle obbligazioni (par. 14.1-14.4). XV. L’inadempimento e la mora (par. 15.1-15.2). XX. L’invalidità del contratto. XXIV. I fatti illeciti. XXX. La famiglia. XXXI. Il matrimonio. XXXII. I rapporti familiari. XXXIII. La filiazione e l’adozione. XXXIV. Separazione personale e scioglimento del matrimonio. XXXV. Le successioni.

We also recommend the latest edition of a Civil Code which includes, in addition to the main civil laws, the texts of the Constitution and the Treaties of the European Union.

Examination Methods

The exam consists of 30 + 1 quiz with multiple choices, the last of which is evaluated only in case of all previous correct answers, for the purpose of awarding the laude. The grades are measured in thirtieths (0-30 scale). For each correct answer is assigned 1 point and for each incorrect or not given answer 0 points is assigned.
The written test can potentially cover all the topics included in the exam program.
The written test is corrected immediately after delivery. At that point, the student who passed the written test can decide whether to accept the grade, to refuse it or to ask for an integration with an oral exam. The oral exam potentially covers all the topics included in the program; during this exam, the confirmation of the written score or the passing of the exam are not guaranteed.
An additional exam may be required for students who have not attended the lessons established by the teaching regulations (in proportion to the number of hours missing).