law

PAOLO GAGGERO

The course aims to illustrate and deepen the foundations and content of the legal discipline of the main institutions and specific typical legal constructs which, together with the interinstitutional relations that bind them, are structural elements of economic reality and the phenomena in which it is articulated, with particular regard to the so-called regulated sectors; to provide students with conceptual and methodological tools for learning and critical analysis of such legal discipline, functional to foster a thoughtful knowledge of it; to encourage the accurate study of the basic institutions peculiar to it; and to the understand, treat and resolve legal issues and problems that affect economic law.

The specific aims of the course are developing knowledge and understanding, but also the acquisition of skills (applying knowledge and understanding; making judgements; communication skills; learning skills) through exercises and seminars.

The course aims to illustrate and deepen the foundations and content of the legal discipline of the main institutions and specific typical legal constructs which, together with the interinstitutional relations that bind them, are structural elements of economic reality and the phenomena in which it is articulated, with particular regard to the so-called regulated sectors; to provide students with conceptual and methodological tools for learning and critical analysis of such legal discipline, functional to foster a thoughtful knowledge of it; to encourage the accurate study of the basic institutions peculiar to it; and to the understand, treat and resolve legal issues and problems that affect economic law.
The specific aims of the course are developing knowledge and understanding, but also the acquisition of skills (applying knowledge and understanding; making judgements; communication skills; learning skills) through exercises and seminars.

The course is for students who have already reached a sufficient university-level knowledge of the law of obligations with particular regard to contract law and tort law, as well as of both commercial law with particular regard to the law of enterprise and company law, and constitutional, administrative and EU law.
It is necessary to have passes the exams of Institutes of private law and Institutes of public law.

The syllabus (course and exam) includes the following subjects and topics: law and market (12 hrs); competition (12 hrs); banking and financial transactions and services (12 hrs); investment services and activities (12 hrs); insurance contracts (12 hrs); consumer contracts (12 hrs). For each topic, a part will be dedicated to the examination of general and contextual concepts (3 hrs) and another part will be of detailed study.

The textbook that can be used to prepare the exam is “Diritto dei consumatori” edited by G. Alpa e alt., Il Mulino, last edition, combined with the analytical and critical study of the sources of the discipline covered by the course, since the exam is intended to ascertain the knowledge of such a discipline with regard to the subjects and profiles included in the syllabus. The textbook mentioned is only to support the learning of the content of the sources; legislative updates must be taken into account in the study; and, in the preparation, different textbooks can be freely chosen.

The ulterior bibliography of reference, useful to the continuation of autonomous studies on part of students interested in analysing the subject in depth, is recommended during the course. The study of such further bibliography is not required for the purposes of passing the final exam.

Lectures intended to achieve the various aims of the course, as well as exercises and seminars functional to obtaining the different skills consisting of both applying knowledge and understanding and learning skills (exercises), much like making judgements and communication skills (exercises and seminars).

Attendance is elective.

Oral examination, which concurs in the proportion of 100% to the final grade: the exam will be intended to verify the knowledge and understanding of the legal regulation pertaining to the subjects which are part of the programme, as well as the skills the acquisition of which constitutes a specific aim of the course, with particular regard to the ability to solve legal cases and critically analyse legal sources.
Attending students can be offered alternative examination formats to arrange with the professor, which will be explained in class.

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