BUSINESS LAW

The purpose of the course is to provide students with the fundamentals of the Law civil principles involved in commerce. A particular attention will be paid to the socalled statuto giuridico del imprenditore. Among other topics this course will deal with contract Law, Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law and Intellectual Property. The legal regime of Business Companies and corporations in particular will be studied. The last part of the course will be devoted to the study of the Bankruptcy legal regime.

Expected learning outcomes
1.- Knowledge and comprehension skills
2.- Knowledge of what the Law is
3.- Understanding of how contracts are made, the consequences of entering into a contract in relation to how obligations are to be performed and the consequences resulting from non performance
4.- Knowing and understanding the legal consequences of being an imprenditore
5.- Ability to identify problems and solutions when deciding on the type of business company to run a business.
7.- Knowing the legal consequences and treatment of business persons’ insolvency

European Private Law (https://www.unive.it/pag/21218/ )

Contents
.- The Law
.- Patrimonial Legal relations
.- Exchange of goods and services
.- Businesspersons
.- Antitrust, Unfair Competition and Intellectual Property
.- Business Companies
.- Corporations

De Luca, N., European Company Law. Texts, Cases and Materials, Cambridge University Press, 2017

Assessment methods
.- The student will have to seat a written ex
.- The exam consists in a 15 open questions. Each question to be assessed over 2 points.

.- Frontal lectures.
.- Course materials will be uploaded to the moodle e- learning platform.
.- Active student participation during the lectures will be encouraged.

English

1. THE LAW. 1.1. The Law. 1.2. Legal rules. 1.3. Law and economics. 1.4. Private property and free enterprise.
2. PATRIMONIAL LEGAL RELATIONS. 2.1 Patrimonial legal relations. 2.3. I diritti reali.
3. EXCHANGE OF GOODS AND SERVICES. 3.1. Obligations. 3.2. Guarantees. 3.3. Contracts.
4.- BUSINESSPERSONS. 4.1.- L’impresa e l’imprenditore. 4.2.- L’impresa come attività economica e come attività professionale con animo de lucro. 4.3.- Impresa e piccola impresa. 4.4.- L’impresa familiare. 4.5.- L’impresa Agricola. 4.6.- Lo statuto dell’imprenditore commerciale. 4.7.- Gli ausiliari dell’imprenditore .
5. ANTITRUST LAW, UNFAIR COMPETITION AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. 5.1. The duty to compete. 5.2. Antitrust Legal Regime. 5.3. Unfair competition practices. 5.4. Trademarks and other distinctive signs. 5.5.Patents.
6. BUSINESS COMPANIES. 6.1. Companies. 6.2. Features of the Company contract. 6.3. Companies’ types. 6.4. Partnerships.
7. CORPORATIONS. SOCIETÀ PER AZIONI (S.P.A.). 7.1. General features of the Società per azioni. 7.2. The incorporation of the s.p.a. 7.3. The nullity of the s.p.a.. 7.4. Shares (li azioni). 7.5. Corporation Governing Bodies. 7.6. The board of statutory auditors (il collegio sindacale). 7.7. Amendments of the articles of association. 7.8. Shareholders’ withdrawal rights. 7.9. Winding up and liquidation procedures. 7.10. Companies’ structural changes.

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This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Circular economy, innovation, work" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development