PRIVATE LAW INSTITUTIONS

Course objectives

Knowledge and understanding: students will be able to understand the main institutes of private Italian law, understood as a set of rules concerning the relationships between private individuals, taking as a fundamental reference the civil code. Applying knowledge and understanding: students will be able to apply the institutional notions, to interpret a legal text, to read and understand a judicial decision, to verify the legal consequences deriving from a certain conduct of private individuals. Making judgement: students will develop a critical perspective of legal issues, problematically reflecting on the orientations of doctrine and jurisprudence. Communication skills: students will develop the ability to display legal problems, through the conceptual categories and the technical language of the sector Learning skills: students will develop the aptitude for legal reasoning and will acquire the functional bases for the study of the other subjects of the disciplinary field.

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MARCO FRANCESCO CAMPAGNA Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
The course is aimed at exploring the main institutions regulating legal relations between private individuals. Particular attention will be devoted to the concept of the person, real rights, the regulation of obligations and that of contracts, also with a view to understanding the various problematic profiles of legal transactions. The main objective of the course is to develop the student's critical capacity with regard to the theoretical analysis of the institutions and their practical application.
Prerequisites
There are no particular prerequisites.
Books
To the student's choice, one of the following manuals: - Andrea TORRENTE, Piero SCHLESINGER, Franco ANELLI, Manuale di diritto privato, Edition XXVII, 2025 Chapters excluded from the programme: Capitolo L (I contratti agrari) - Capitolo LII (La cambiale) - Capitolo LIII (Gli assegni) – Capitolo LVI (L’impresa e l’azienda) - Capitolo LVII (Lo statuto generale dell’imprenditore) - Capitolo LVIII (Lo statuto dell’imprenditore commerciale) - Capitolo LIX (Il rapporto di lavoro subordinato) - Capitolo LX (L’impresa collettiva) - Capitolo LXI (Le società di persone) - Capitolo LXII (Le società di capitali) - Capitolo LXIII (La società cooperativa) - Capitolo LXIV (Le procedure concorsuali). Only the main notions contained in the Chapters from LXV to LXXIII-bis (I rapporti di famiglia). - (edited by) Enrico GABRIELLI, Diritto privato, Edition III, 2024 - ISBN/EAN 9791221102680 Chapters excluded from the programme: Capitolo XXXVII (I contratti bancari, i titoli di credito, gli strumenti finanziari) - Capitolo XXXIX (I contratti agrari ed agroalimentari) - Capitolo XLII (I contratti della Pubblica Amministrazione) - Capitolo XLVI (Impresa, lavoro e società) - Capitolo XLVII (La crisi d’impresa). Only the main notions contained in the Chapter VIII (La famiglia). - The Civil Code is an essential tool for preparing for the exam, which must be purchased in any of its editions; - The student is invited to have any more recent editions of the suggested manuals; in any case, it remains the student's right to adopt a different manual than those recommended.
Frequency
Attendance is recommended but not compulsory.
Exam mode
he exam is held in presence. The student's level of achievement of the expected learning outcomes is ascertained through an end-of-course exam in written and oral form. The written exam will be done on Moodle with multiple choice questions, in front of a commission chaired by the professor in charge of the course. The student who has achieved a sufficient score in the written part will be asked an oral question. This level of achievement is graded out of thirty and the determination of the final grade takes into account both the outcome of the written and oral exam.
Lesson mode
Frontal teaching with the use of IT supports.
  • Lesson code1013717
  • Academic year2025/2026
  • CourseManagement and corporate law
  • CurriculumSingle curriculum
  • Year1st year
  • Semester2nd semester
  • SSDIUS/01
  • CFU9