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 lezioni (1A) | Sep 16, 2021 | Oct 30, 2021 |
| 1° periodo lezioni (1B) | Nov 5, 2021 | Dec 16, 2021 |
| 2° periodo lezioni (2A) | Feb 14, 2022 | Mar 26, 2022 |
| 2° periodo lezioni (2B) | Apr 4, 2022 | May 20, 2022 |
| Session | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Prove parziali 9/12 CFU - Prove finali 6 CFU del periodo 1A | Nov 2, 2021 | Nov 4, 2021 |
| 1° appello invernale - dicembre 2021 | Dec 17, 2021 | Dec 23, 2021 |
| Sessione invernale - 2 appelli | Jan 8, 2022 | Feb 12, 2022 |
| Appello riservato a studenti fuori corso | Mar 28, 2022 | Apr 2, 2022 |
| Prove parziali 9/12 CFU - Prove finali 6 CFU del periodo 2A | Mar 28, 2022 | Apr 2, 2022 |
| Sessione estiva - 3 appelli | May 23, 2022 | Jul 27, 2022 |
| Sessione autunnale - 1 appello | Aug 25, 2022 | Sep 17, 2022 |
| Session | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Sessione autunnale - ottobre 2021 | Oct 21, 2021 | Oct 23, 2021 |
| Sessione invernale - febbraio 2022 | Feb 11, 2022 | Feb 11, 2022 |
| Sessione invernale - aprile 2022 | Apr 26, 2022 | Apr 28, 2022 |
| Sessione estiva - giugno 2022 | Jun 23, 2022 | Jun 25, 2022 |
| Period | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Festa di Tutti i Santi | Nov 1, 2021 | Nov 1, 2021 |
| Festa dell'Immacolata Concezione | Dec 8, 2021 | Dec 8, 2021 |
| Vacanze di Natale | Dec 24, 2021 | Jan 6, 2022 |
| Vacanze Pasquali | Apr 15, 2022 | Apr 19, 2022 |
| Festa della Liberazione | Apr 25, 2022 | Apr 25, 2022 |
| FESTA DEL LAVORO | May 1, 2022 | May 1, 2022 |
| Santo Patrono | May 21, 2022 | May 21, 2022 |
| Festa della Repubblica | Jun 2, 2022 | Jun 2, 2022 |
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
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Roman Law Institutions
History of Medieval and Modern Law
Foreign language2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2022/2023
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3° Year activated in the A.Y. 2023/2024
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4° Year activated in the A.Y. 2024/2025
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5° Year It will be activated in the A.Y. 2025/2026
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Roman Law Institutions
History of Medieval and Modern Law
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1 MODULE BETWEEN THE FOLLOWING| Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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5 MODULES TO BE CHOSEN AMONG THE FOLLOWING DURING THE 3RD, 4TH AND 5TH YEAR (IN DETAIL: 1 MODULE IN THE 3RD YEAR; 1 MODULE IN THE 4TH YEAR; 3 MODULES IN THE 5TH YEAR)Legend | 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 (2023/2024)
Teaching code
4S01080
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
6
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
IUS/13 - INTERNATIONAL LAW
Period
2° periodo lezioni (2B) dal Apr 3, 2024 al May 23, 2024.
Courses Single
Authorized
Learning objectives
The objective of the course is to offer to the audience the conceptual tools needed to understand, analyse 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.
Prerequisites and basic notions
None
Program
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).
Bibliography
Didactic methods
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.
EACHING - METHODS OF DELIVERY
The lessons, in compliance with the University guidelines, will be held in the presence. The video recordings will be made available only to attending students and, upon request, to students who are in particular situations of fragility due to disabilities or learning disabilities as well as to those in isolation due to Covid-19.
Learning assessment procedures
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.
Erasmus students
Erasmus students that have regularly attended classes are granted the possibility to write an essay on a topic agreed by the instructor.
Evaluation criteria
Both the written test and the oral exam aim 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.
Criteria for the composition of the final grade
Written test
The grade will be calculated by awarding 9-15,5 points for the solution of each case.
Oral test
Every answer will be graded on a 10 point scale (with 10 point scores being the maximum and 6 point scores the minimum).
In both cases the final grade will be expressed in thirtieths.
Exam language
Italiano
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)
• Stage;
• 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.
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.
| years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4° 5° | The fashion lab (1 ECTS) | D |
Caterina Fratea
(Coordinator)
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| 4° 5° | The fashion lab (2 ECTS) | D |
Caterina Fratea
(Coordinator)
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| 4° 5° | The fashion lab (3 ECTS) | D |
Caterina Fratea
(Coordinator)
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| 4° 5° | Paradigm Shifts Beyond COVID-19: Individual v. Society and Private v. Public? | D | Not yet assigned |
| years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4° 5° | Economics, financial statement and control of Italian healthcare and social care organizations | D |
Paolo Roffia
(Coordinator)
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| 4° 5° | The fashion lab (1 ECTS) | D |
Caterina Fratea
(Coordinator)
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| 4° 5° | The fashion lab (2 ECTS) | D |
Caterina Fratea
(Coordinator)
|
| 4° 5° | The fashion lab (3 ECTS) | D |
Caterina Fratea
(Coordinator)
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| 4° 5° | Paradigm Shifts Beyond COVID-19: Individual v. Society and Private v. Public? | D | Not yet assigned |
| years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4° 5° | Banking law | D |
Giovanni Meruzzi
(Coordinator)
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| 4° 5° | CRISIS AND INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS LAW | D |
Valentina Baroncini
(Coordinator)
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| 4° 5° | Roman Law and Civil Law Tradition - Training | D |
Marta Beghini
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| 4° 5° | Roman Law and Civil Law Tradition - Trainingand Moot Court Competition | D |
Carlo Pelloso
(Coordinator)
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| 4° 5° | Law of the digital economy | D |
Matteo Ortino
(Coordinator)
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| 4° 5° | Safety and social security | D |
Sylvain Giovanni Nadalet
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| 4° 5° | Sociology of law | D |
Carlo Lottieri
(Coordinator)
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| years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4° 5° | Safe and security law | D |
Marco Peruzzi
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| 4° 5° | Roman Law and Civil Law Tradition - Training | D |
Marta Beghini
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| 4° 5° | Roman Law and Civil Law Tradition - Trainingand Moot Court Competition | D |
Carlo Pelloso
(Coordinator)
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| 4° 5° | Legal Medicine | D |
Domenico De Leo
(Coordinator)
|
Career prospects
Module/Programme news
News for students
There you will find information, resources and services useful during your time at the University (Student’s exam record, your study plan on ESSE3, Distance Learning courses, university email account, office forms, administrative procedures, etc.). You can log into MyUnivr with your GIA login details: only in this way will you be able to receive notification of all the notices from your teachers and your secretariat via email and also via the Univr app.
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
Student login and resources
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
