PRIVATE LAW OF COMMUNICATION

Course objectives

1) The purpose of the course is to impart to the students the knowledge of the main institutes of private law and to inform them about the juridical problems that involve the world of communication also in comparison to the digital sector, to whom is dedicated a specific book to study. These knowledges allow the students to understand the decisions adopted by jurisdictional authorities by a critical approach. 2) The students that will have attended the course and succeeded their exam will be able to know the system of sources of national, European and international law, as well as the main juridical problems that involve the world of communication. Students will be able to implement the knowledges acquired to understand the matters that involve the privacy, the balance between the freedom of the press and the right to be forgotten, the relationship between big data and individual rights, the fake news, etc. 3) Over the course, the students will be called to think about the decisions adopted by the Italian and European jurisprudence to implement the autonomy of judgement about the specific cases in-depth studied, as well as the ability to marry and criticize. 4) The final exam consists in an oral test and for students it represents the opportunity to show the knowledge learnt, the acquired ability to communicate and marry and the technical and expositive speech. 5) Over the course the students will be called to examine jurisprudential and bibliographic materials so that they learn an adequate knowledge of the subjects studied.

Channel 1
FABRIZIO CRISCUOLO Lecturers' profile
Channel 2
GIOVANNI BRUNO Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Prerequisites
No prerequisites are foreseen. Although knowledge of the institutional features of private law is desirable, the course is designed - both for attending and non-attending students - in order to allow the recovery and/or acquisition of the fundamental tools of legal discourse. In any case, the teachers and collaborators are available to each student for any adjustments to the program that may be necessary.
Books
1) Vincenzo ROPPO, Il contratto del duemila, Giappichelli (ultima edizione); 2) Fabrizio CRISCUOLO, Autonomia negoziale e autonomia contrattuale, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, 2008; 3) Giovanni BRUNO, Diritto delle Comunicazioni, Giappichelli (ultima edizione)
Exam mode
Oral interview. Attending students have the option of taking an intermediate test in the manner illustrated in the previous box.
Lesson mode
Attendance at lessons is a free choice of the student. The attending student, subject to the teacher's consent, can choose to study an ad hoc program, which can be further personalized in harmony with his interests and thematic preferences. Attending students are given the possibility of accessing an intermediate test, located in the second half of the course, consisting of the presentation in the classroom of a project work - group or individual - agreed with the teacher among the topics related to the exam program. By way of example but not limited to, analysis of practical cases that have been the subject of decisions of Italian or European jurisprudence. Attendance is ascertained by signing by students on a special sheet distributed by the teacher during each lesson. Absence equal to or less than 30% of the total hours of lessons is considered irrelevant.
  • Lesson code1041912
  • Academic year2025/2026
  • Coursecorso|33615
  • CurriculumSingle curriculum
  • Year1st year
  • Semester2nd semester
  • SSDIUS/01
  • CFU9
  • Subject areaDiscipline giuridiche, storico-politiche e filosofiche