INSTITUTES OF PRIVATE LAW

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2019/2020

Type of Course:

Related/Supplementary

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in SOCIAL WORK

Disciplinary Sector:

Private Law

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

TOCCI Mario

Obligatory attendance:

Yes

Minimum hours of attendance:

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

None.

AF code:

40000611

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Attending students: development of a text regarding one of the topics of the course (of free choice).

Other students: oral examination

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

The course aims to provide students with the basic concepts of the Italian civil law system.

Contents

LAW SOURCES, IN GENERAL;
PRIVATE AUTONOMY: ACTS AND FACTS THAT HAVE LEGAL EFFECTS;
SUBJECTIVE SITUATIONS;
LIMITATION AND PRESCRIPTION PERIODS;
ASSETS;
NATURAL AND LEGAL PERSONS;
LEGAL CAPACITY AND ABILITY TO ACT, LIMITATIONS;
FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS;
MARRIAGE AND SONSHIP;
RIGHTS OF OWNERSHIP AND OTHER PROPERTY RIGHTS;
POSSESSION OF THE PROPERTY;
ADVERSE POSSESSION OF THE PROPERTY;
CONTRACTUAL LIABILITY;
NON CONTRACTUAL LIABILITY;
PUNITIVE DAMAGES (special part).

Recommended Bibliography

Vincenzo Roppo, Diritto Privato - Linee essenziali, Giappichelli, ultima edizione (in order to the general part);
Mario Tocci, Il danno punitivo in prospettiva comparatistica, Filodiritto, 2014 (in order to the special part).
Recommended also the reading of the Italian Constitution and of the Italian Civil Code, avalaible at these links: https://www.studiocataldi.it/codicecivile/e https://www.senato.it/documenti/repository/istituzione/costituzione.pdf.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Lectures.

Contacts/More Information

Foreign students interested in taking the exam in English may also use this book: Cases and Materials on Italian Private Law, authors M. S. Cenini and R. E. Cerchia, published by Giuffrè, year 2016 (chapters 1, 2, 4, 5, 7).
The exam shall consist of a text regarding one of the topics of the course (of free choice).

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