PRIVATE LAW - 1

The course aims to provide students with basic information concerning the basic legal institutions of modern private law and fundamental legal concepts necessary for an understanding of the dynamics of the legal regulation of property relations between individuals

1. Knowledge and understandings
1.1 Understand the multilevel legal system which governs the today private relationships.
1.2 Knowledge of the private legal institutions object of the program of the course.
1.3 Understand the role of the studied legal institutions and how they govern private relationships and conflicts.

2. Ability to apply knowledge and understandings
2.1 Ability to set human relationship with juridical relevance, both personal and economic, in the legal frame.
2.2 Ability to find the legal provisions applicable to a certain situation.
2.3 Ability to determine which legal provision finds application to solve conflicts or regulate a certain human relationship (both economic and personal).

3. Judgment
3.1 Being able to interpret legal provisions.
3.2 Being able to identify, distinguish, relate different principles and legal provisions belonging to different sources of the multilevel system.
3.3 Facing a hypothetical conflict o private relationship, finding the provisions or the institutions to solve or manage the situation.

None prerequisite is required

• Modern legal systems. Structure, interpretation and application of the legal provision. Sources of law.
• Legal situations. Legal persons: natural and juridical persons.
• Legal goods. Property, possession and other rights in rem.
• Obligations: structure, fulfilment, events, extinction and contractual liability.
• Private autonomy and circulation of goods. Contract law (physiology and pathology of contracts). Specific contracts. Consumer law.
• Civil liability and tort law.
• Obligations' specific sources.
• Inheritance law. Donations.
• Protection of rights.


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“Diritto privato” edited by E. Gabrielli, published by Giappichelli, 2023.
Parts to be studied:

Cap. I si consiglia la lettura integrale comunque studiare sez. II par. da 5 a 8 incluso e tutta la sez. IV
Cap. II tutto
Cap. V par. da 1 a 6 compreso
Cap. VII Sez. I par. da 1 a 10 compreso, sez. II par. da 1 a 12 compreso
Cap. VIII Sez III tutta
Cap. IX tutto (in alternativa: Fondamenti di tecnica contrattuale)
Cap. X par. da 1 a 8 compreso
Cap. XI tutto esclusi il par. 7 e sottonumeri del 7 ed il par. 10
Cap. XII par. da 1 a 8.2 compreso
Cap. XIII, cap. XIV tutto
Cap. XV sez. I par. da 1 a 7 compreso, sez. II tutta, sez. III tutta
Cap. XVI par. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 14, 15
Cap. XVII sez. I par. 1, 2, da 6 a 9 compreso, sez. II par. da 1 a 5 compreso
Cap. XVIII par. da 1 a 8
Cap. XIX tutto
Cap. XX tutto escluso il par. 4
Cap. XXI, cap. XXII, cap. XXIII, cap XXIV, tutto
Cap. XXVI par. 1 e 7
Cap. XXVI tutto esclusi i par. 10 e 11 della sez. I, esclusi i par. 4, 5 e 6 della sez. II
Cap. XXVII par. 1, 2, 3 e 4
Cap. XXVIII par. 2, 3 e 5
Cap. XXX par. 1, 2, 3, 3.2, 3.3, 5, 6, 7, 7.5, 8
Cap. XXXII par. 1, 1.1, 1.2, 3, 3.1, 4
Cap. XXXIII par. 1 (escluso 1.5) e 2
Cap. XXXIV par. 1
Cap. XXXV par. 1 e 10
Cap. XXXVIII par. 1
Cap. XLIV, cap. XLV tutta sez. I, sez. Ii par. da 1 a 5
Cap. XLVIII sez. III par. 2
Cap. XLIX tutto
Cap. L sez. I par. 1, 2, 4, 8 , sez. II par. 1, 2, 4 e 6

or as an alternative

F. Galgano, Diritto privato, Cedam, ed. 2023. Parts to be studied:
chapt. from 1 to 22 included; chapt. 28; 29 paragraphs 1 and 2; chapt. 30 paragraphs 1 e 2; chapt. 31 paragraphs 1 e 3; il 32; chapt.35 par. 1; chpat. 36 and 37, 46; chapt. from 48 to 53.


The student can choose G. SICCHIERO, Fondamenti di tecnica contrattuale, Cedam, 2024, IV edizione instead of law of successions and chapters XXVIII - XXXIII.
The study of the textbook needs to be supported by an ongoing consultation of an updated Italian Civil Code, e-book or hard copy be the 2024 edition.

The exam will be oral only due to the coronavirus emergency
The written exam consists in 15 multiple-choice questions. Each correct answer is worth 2 points. No answer is considered mistake. Succeeding in the written exam is mandatory to be admitted to the oral exam. To pass the written exam, it is required to give 9 right answers out of 15 questions. The written part of the exam aims to test the basic knowledge of the Italian legal institutions.
The oral exam aims to evaluate the knowledge and the comprehension of the most important private law institutions. Also, In this context, the ability of the students to expose the acquired knowledge using a technical and juridical language will be assessed.

The Course is mainly structured in several frontal lessons. In addition, some extra-lessons will be structured in a seminar form focusing on topics of particular interest and complexity.

Accessibility, Disability and Inclusion
Accommodation and support services for students with disabilities and students with specific learning impairments

Ca' Foscari abides by Italian Law (Law 17/1999; Law 170/2010) regarding support services and accommodation available to students with disabilities. This includes students with mobility, visual, hearing and other disabilities (Law 17/1999), and specific learning impairments (Law 170/2010). If you have a disability or impairment that requires accommodations (i.e., alternate testing, readers, note takers or interpreters) please contact the Disability and Accessibility Offices in Student Services: disabilita@unive.it.

written and oral