Studying at the University of Verona
Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.
Academic calendar
The academic calendar shows the deadlines and scheduled events that are relevant to students, teaching and technical-administrative staff of the University. Public holidays and University closures are also indicated. The academic year normally begins on 1 October each year and ends on 30 September of the following year.
Course calendar
The Academic Calendar sets out the degree programme lecture and exam timetables, as well as the relevant university closure dates..
| Period | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| 1° periodo di lezioni | Oct 1, 2015 | Dec 16, 2015 |
| Periodo riservato ad eventuali recuperi di lezioni - dicembre 2015 | Dec 17, 2015 | Dec 18, 2015 |
| 2° Periodo di lezioni - febbraio/marzo 2016 | Feb 10, 2016 | Mar 21, 2016 |
| 2° Periodo di lezioni - aprile/maggio 2016 | Apr 4, 2016 | May 7, 2016 |
| Periodo riservato ad eventuali recuperi di lezioni - maggio 2016 | May 9, 2016 | May 10, 2016 |
| Session | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Sessione straordinaria 15/16 - studenti f.c. - dicembre 2015 | Dec 19, 2015 | Dec 23, 2015 |
| 1° appello - Sessione invernale 15/16 | Jan 8, 2016 | Jan 18, 2016 |
| 2° appello - Sessione invernale 15/16 | Jan 29, 2016 | Feb 8, 2016 |
| Sessione straordinaria 15/16 - studenti f.c. - marzo 2016 | Mar 22, 2016 | Mar 24, 2016 |
| 1° appello - Sessione estiva 15/16 | May 12, 2016 | May 23, 2016 |
| 2° appello - Sessione estiva 15/16 | Jun 9, 2016 | Jun 18, 2016 |
| 3° appello - Sessione estiva 15/16 | Jul 7, 2016 | Jul 16, 2016 |
| 1° appello - Sessione autunnale 15/16 | Aug 29, 2016 | Sep 7, 2016 |
| 2° appello - Sessione autunnale 15/16 | Sep 22, 2016 | Oct 1, 2016 |
| Session | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Termine presentazione tesi di laurea - ottobre 2015 | Sep 25, 2015 | Sep 25, 2015 |
| Sessione autunnale 14/15 | Oct 22, 2015 | Oct 23, 2015 |
| Termine presentazione tesi di laurea - febbraio 2016 | Jan 11, 2016 | Jan 11, 2016 |
| Sessione invernale 14/15 | Feb 9, 2016 | Feb 9, 2016 |
| Termine presentazione tesi di laurea - marzo 2016 | Feb 29, 2016 | Feb 29, 2016 |
| Sessione invernale - marzo 2016 | Mar 30, 2016 | Apr 1, 2016 |
| Termine presentazione tesi di laurea - luglio 2016 | Jun 13, 2016 | Jun 13, 2016 |
| Sessione estiva 15/16 | Jul 4, 2016 | Jul 5, 2016 |
| Period | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Festa di Ognissanti | Nov 1, 2015 | Nov 1, 2015 |
| Festa dell'Immacolata | Dec 8, 2015 | Dec 8, 2015 |
| Vacanze di Natale | Dec 24, 2015 | Jan 6, 2016 |
| Vacanze di Pasqua | Mar 25, 2016 | Mar 29, 2016 |
| Festa della Liberazione | Apr 25, 2016 | Apr 25, 2016 |
| Festa dei Lavoratori | May 1, 2016 | May 1, 2016 |
| Festa del S. Patrono S. Zeno | May 21, 2016 | May 21, 2016 |
| Festa della Repubblica | Jun 2, 2016 | Jun 2, 2016 |
Exam calendar
Exam dates and rounds are managed by the relevant Law Teaching and Student Services Unit.
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Academic staff
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Study Plan
The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.
1° Year
| Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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Principles of economics
Roman Law Institutions
History of Medieval and Modern Law
2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2016/2017
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A course to be chosen among the followingA course to be chosen among the following3° Year activated in the A.Y. 2017/2018
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Foreign language4° Year activated in the A.Y. 2018/2019
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A course to be chosen among the following5° Year activated in the A.Y. 2019/2020
| Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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Five courses to be chosen among the following| Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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Principles of economics
Roman Law Institutions
History of Medieval and Modern Law
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A course to be chosen among the followingA course to be chosen among the following| Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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Foreign language| Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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A course to be chosen among the following| Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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Five courses to be chosen among the followingLegend | Type of training activity (TTA)
TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
International private and procedural law (2019/2020)
Teaching code
4S01080
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
6
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
IUS/13 - INTERNATIONAL LAW
Period
1° periodo di lezioni dal Sep 30, 2019 al Dec 14, 2019.
Learning outcomes
The objective of the course is to offer to the audience the conceptual tools needed to understand, analyze and deal with the questions arising out cases having an international element. The course, conducted by promoting critical reasoning and interaction in class, aims at providing students with the ability to navigate through the plurality of legal sources governing jurisdiction, choice-of-law and recognition/enforcement of foreign judicial acts/decisions in the Italian legal system.
Program
Course structure
I. Object, purpose and features of private and procedural international law
- Origin, evolution and purpose of the subject matter
- Legal sources and unification pursued at International and European level
II. International procedural law fundamentals - specific attention will be devoted to Law n. 218/95 and Regulation (EU) No. 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (so called Brussels I bis)
- Allocation of jurisdiction in transnational cases: heads of jurisdiction and choice-of-court agreements
- Coordination of proceedings pending before different national courts: lis alibi pendens
- Mechanism regulating the circulation of decisions: requirement for the recognition and enforcement of foreign decisions.
III. "Choice of law" problem and coordination methods
- Structure and function of choice of law provisions, connecting factors
- Characterization and preliminary questions, renvoi
- Ascertainment and interpretation of foreign law
- Public policy and overriding mandatory provisions
- Overview on the EU choice of law regulations: characteristics and peculiarities of the EU choice of law
- Regulation (EC) No. 593/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I) (so called Rome I)
- Regulation (EC) No. 864/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (so called Rome II).
Teaching method
Each class will be based on lectures - devoted to the transmission of key notions and concepts and supported by PowerPoint presentations - and group discussions on real cases. In order to be able to actively participate in class, students will be required to read in advance the decisions that are going to be analyzed. Legal materials, relevant decisions and further readings will be posted on the e-learning platform.
Language of the course
The course will be taught in Italian.
Textbooks
a) B. Barel e S. Armellini, Diritto internazionale privato. Manuale breve, XIV ed., Milano, 2019
or
b) F. Mosconi e C. Campiglio, Diritto internazionale privato e processuale, Vol. I: Parte generale e obbligazioni, VIII ed., Torino, 2017.
| Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mosconi, Campiglio | Diritto internazionale privato e processuale, Vol. I: Parte generale e obbligazioni. | Utet | 2017 | 9788859815747 | |
| Barel, Armellini | Diritto internazionale privato. Manuale breve. | Giuffrè | 2019 | 9788814211485 |
Examination Methods
Exam for attending students
Students that have regularly attended classes have the option to take an oral exam or a written test. The written text will be held right after the end of the course and will require students to solve two practical cases involving legal questions and issues dealt with during the course. The highest score for each case-solution will be 15,5 points. The final mark will be expressed in thirtieths. The oral exam, on the other hand, will consist of an oral discussion, aims at verifying the knowledge of the fundamentals of Private and Procedural International Law (as explained in class) in the light of the relevant scholarship and national and European case-law. The final mark will be expressed in thirtieths.
Non-attending students
Non-attending students are required to take an oral exam. The exam will consist of an oral discussion, aims at verifying the knowledge of the fundamentals of Private and Procedural International Law as dealt with in the textbooks. The final mark will be expressed in thirtieths.
Erasmus students
Erasmus students that have regularly attended classes are granted the possibility to write an essay on a topic agreed by the instructor.
Type D and Type F activities
Le attività che consentono l’acquisizione dei crediti riservati alle attività formative a libera scelta dello studente (TAF D) sono le seguenti:
• Un insegnamento previsto nell’elenco delle attività formative (TAF D) allegato al piano didattico del corso di laurea Magistrale in Giurisprudenza;
• Un insegnamento attivato nei Corsi di studi afferenti al Collegio di Giurisprudenza;
• Un laboratorio didattico attivato nei Corsi di studi afferenti al Collegio di Giurisprudenza;
• Un laboratorio didattico attivato nei Corsi di studi afferenti al Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche;
• Un insegnamento previsto dall’Offerta Formativa di Ateneo, non impartito nell’ambito dei corsi di studi afferenti al Collegio di Giurisprudenza: il riconoscimento dei crediti acquisiti sarà subordinato alla preventiva presentazione di coerenti programmi formativi valutati dalla Commissione istruttoria per la didattica e approvati dal Collegio didattico.
• Attività formative organizzate dai singoli docenti del Collegio di Giurisprudenza o del Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche: previa approvazione del Collegio ad esse verrà attribuito, dopo un’apposita verifica, un credito per ogni 6 ore di frequenza obbligatoria;
• Attività formative che implicano la partecipazione a convegni o seminari organizzati sotto il “logo” del Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche o dell’Ateneo: devono essere preventivamente approvate dal Collegio di Giurisprudenza indicando un docente di riferimento del Collegio di Giurisprudenza ovvero del Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche. Un credito per ogni giornata di convegno o di seminario si acquisisce dopo apposita verifica che dimostri l’avvenuta fruizione culturale del tema del convegno o del seminario.
Le attività che consentono l’acquisizione dei crediti riservati alle ulteriori attività formative (TAF F) sono le seguenti:
• Informatica (3 cfu)
Al link https://www.univr.it/it/i-nostri-servizi/segreterie-studenti/giurisprudenza#categdoc_7103 la modulistica per l'inserimento di attività non selezionabili in autonomia dallo studente in sede di compilazione del piano degli studi.
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Language skills
In the Study Plan there is the following indication:
“Knowledge of a foreign language (English, French, German, Spanish) - CLA Certification”.
The expected credits (CFU) are 3 in type “E” activities.
The 3 credits can be acquired in the following ways:
i. dedicated teachings of the Degree Course: passing the examination of one of the foreign language teachings organised in the Degree Course + in-person registration of the credits;
ii. certification at the University Language Centre (CLA – Centro Linguistico di Ateneo): minimum required level B1 (complete examination).
Procedure:
Student – enrollment at the University Language Center (CLA) for taking the tests + passing the tests + enrolment in a special list for credit registration.
University – credit registration (without attendance).
iii. recognition of an external language certification as equivalent (procedure: https://cla.univr.it/it/servizi/riconoscimento-delle-certificazioni-linguistiche-esterne).
Further details can be found at the link Competenze linguistiche - Giurisprudenza.
Graduation
Internships
Internships are aimed at enabling students to gain direct knowledge of the world of work and to acquire specific professional skills.
Internships are carried out under the responsibility of an individual lecturer, and can be carried out in professional firms, public administration bodies and companies recognised by the University of Verona.
Any CFU credits gained by doing internships will be recognised and recorded by the University in accordance with the relevant University regulations in force (Regolamento d’Ateneo per il riconoscimento dei crediti maturati negli stage universitari).
For further information on internships, please go to: https://www.univr.it/it/i-nostri-servizi/stage-e-tirocini.
Student mentoring
Tutoring services are managed by the Department of Law and provide the following types of activities:
- welcome and orientation (orientation tutoring)
- support to inclusion and accessibility (specialized tutoring)
- social media management (orientation tutoring)
- support to Panopto for Workers project (facilitator tutoring)
- support to teaching and to thesis drafting (educational tutoring).
For further information, please refer to the webpage Tutorato per studentesse e studenti – Giurisprudenza.
During the course of the year, the Quality Assurance body of the Degree Course continuously monitors the tutoring activities provided.
A ‘mentor’ is identified for each student. Mentors are appointed among the members of the faculty who serve in the Quality Assurance body of the Degree Course.
The following categories of mentors are provided:
A) mentor for orientation –at the request of the students entrusted to him/her, the mentor contributes to the structuring of their study plan, as well as to help familiarise with the university environment and with the specific ways of organizing time and methods for studying;
B) mentor for students whose career is not in line with the Course schedule – this mentoring facilitates the completion of the study plan and graduation; responsibility for this is entrusted to the Quality Assurance body of the Degree Course, which takes the necessary organisational measures.
Dissertation
Gestione carriere
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Modalità e sedi di frequenza
La frequenza non è obbligatoria.
Maggiori dettagli in merito all'obbligo di frequenza vengono riportati nel Regolamento del corso di studio disponibile alla voce Regolamenti nel menu Il Corso. Anche se il regolamento non prevede un obbligo specifico, verifica le indicazioni previste dal singolo docente per ciascun insegnamento o per eventuali laboratori e/o tirocinio.
È consentita l'iscrizione a tempo parziale. Per saperne di più consulta la pagina Possibilità di iscrizione Part time.
La sede di svolgimento delle lezioni e degli esami è il Palazzo e aule didattiche di giurisprudenza
