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02589 - Social Security Law

Academic Year 2017/2018

  • Moduli: Alberto Pizzoferrato (Modulo 1) Alessandro Lima (Modulo 2)
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Law and Economics (cod. 0899)

Learning outcomes

The aim of this course is to familiarise the student with the legal aspects of national and trans-national social security systems.

Course contents

This course deals with the basic techniques and principles of national and European social security law and refers to: i) The subject, the system and the sources of Social Security Law; ii) The fundamental principles of Social Security Law; iii) The functions of Social Security Law; iv) The legal relations of Social Security; v) The pension insurance, including the complementary pension schemes; vi) The health insurance; vii) The sickness insurance - persons covered, matters covered, the different benefits; viii) The unemployment insurance - companies and workers covered, matters covered, different benefits; ix) The administrative and inspective bodies; x) Judicial remedies.

Readings/Bibliography

- M. Persiani, Diritto della previdenza sociale, Cedam, Padova, latest edition;

- F. Carinci, A. Pizzoferrato (a cura di), Diritto del lavoro dell'Unione europea, Giappichelli, Torino, 2015, only chapters I.1, II, III, X.

Assessment methods

Oral examination 

Teaching tools

Summaries, text and slides will be provided on Internet website campus.unibo.it

Office hours

See the website of Alberto Pizzoferrato

See the website of Alessandro Lima