European studies

The course will develop through two modules. The first one will be dedicated to European procedural law. In particular, the principles and fundamental legislation of European procedural law will be studied, paying attention to some of the most important European Regulations: from the 1968 Brussels Convention on Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters, to the system created by the Brussels Regulation (Council Regulation (EC) No. 44/2001, so-called Brussels I) and the more recent Regulation (UE) n. 1215/2012. In addition to these, other Regulations will also be addressed: among the others, for example, Regulation (EC) no. 1896/2006, establishing a European order for payment procedure; Regulation (EC) n. 805/2004, which creates a European enforcement order for uncontested credits; Regulation (EU) n. 1783/2020, on cooperation between the Courts of the Member States in the collection of evidence in civil and commercial matters. The second one will deal with the main aspects of international arbitration. In particular, the essential notions will be provided with reference to the topics: relevance of arbitration as an alternative dispute resolution mechanism; forms of arbitration; characteristics of international commercial arbitration; legal nature of the arbitration; arbitration agreements: interpretation and applicable law; selection and appointment of arbitrators and arbitration procedure; award and recognition and enforcement procedure.

Pre-requisits: none.

During the course, didactic materials will be provided to attending students. Teaching materials will also be available on the classroom page of the course.

Attendance: optional.

The final test will be structured as a multiple-choice test with also some open-ended questions. The active participation of the students during the lessons in the exercises aimed at solving concrete cases will be assessed for the final exam grade.

Other bibliography to be prepared for the final exam: - Biavati-Rasia, Civil Procedure in the European Union (2022 Wolter Kluwer); - Nilund-Krans, The European Union and National Civil Procedure (2017 Intersentia); - Born, International Commercial Arbitration (2020 Kluwer Law International); - Zucconi Galli Fonseca-Rasia, Arbitration Law in Italy. Domestic and international perspectives (2020 Wolters Kluwer); - Moses, The Principles and Practice of International Commercial Arbitration (2024 Cambridge).

The subject will be taught both with lectures and through the illustration of cases and jurisprudential pronouncements.