37302 - DIRITTO PRIVATO

Academic Year 2024/2025

  • Docente: Angelo Riccio
  • Credits: 12
  • SSD: IUS/01
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Ravenna
  • Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Law (cod. 5903)

Learning outcomes

The student deepens the fundamental Institutes of Private Law, with particular attention to the subject of obligations and contracts, in order to understand the mechanisms through which one obtains a right to the property of others belonging to others or the right to the execution of others' services.

Course contents

Private law
Sources of private law
The application of private law
Subjects of law
The natural person and the legal person
Associations, foundations and committees
Personality rights
Assets and property
Possession
Ways to buy property
Real rights over other people's property
Communion
The Bond
Fulfilment and non-fulfilment of obligations
the Contract

Validity and invalidity of the contract
Effectiveness and ineffectiveness of the contract
Representation
The effects of the contract
Termination and Termination of the Agreement
Criteria for the conduct of contractors and interpretation of the contract
Unlawful acts
Other acts or facts giving rise to an obligation
Debtor's liability and creditor's guarantee
The circulation of credit and contracts
Contract of sale

Lease Agreement
Rental contract
Procurement contract
Mandate contract
Loan agreement
Mortgage agreement
The family
The Wedding
The Marital Relationship
Property relations in the family
Filiation
Succession due to death (succession by law and testamentary succession)

The donation
The Transcript
The Evidence
Prescription and forfeiture

Please note that the program for those who take the supplementary exam (up to 3 credits) is as follows:

Rolli, Private Law in Societies 4.0, Wolters Kluwer, 2021.

Only the following parts:

- Chapter IV: Rights in Rem

- Chapter V: The Contract

- Chapter VI: The Unlawful Act.

Examination methods: oral exam.



 

Readings/Bibliography

Francesco Galgano, Private Law, Cedam, Padua. Latest edition, limited to the parts covered by the program;

To prepare for the exam, it is recommended to read the following text, containing references to the judgments analyzed during the course:

Rita Rolli, Private Law in Society 4.0, Cedam-Wolters Kluwer, 2nd ed., 2021.

It is also advisable to consult the following texts:

Guido Alpa, Manual of Private Law, latest edition, Cedam,Wolters Kluwer, Padov

Luigi Balestra, Introduction to Contract Law, Il Mulino, Bologna, limited to the parts covered by the program;

Massimo Franzoni, From Gross Negligence to Professional Liability, fourth edition, 2023, Giappichelli, Turin;

Michele Sesta, Manual of Family Law, Cedam, Padua, latest edition, limited to the parts covered by the program;

It is also necessary to consult an uncommented civil code, of any publishing house, as long as it is of the most recent edition.

Teaching methods

Lecture. Discussion of cases and judgments. The attendance of the lectures is functional to the learning of the method of study of private law and to the in-depth study, in the light of the most significant judgments, of the most relevant and current aspects of private law, subject to evaluation during the oral exam.

Assessment methods

The exam consists of an oral exam consisting of an oral question on the entire course program.

The evaluation will take into account the knowledge of institutional profiles, the ability to make connections between the various parts of the programme and to develop critical arguments, as well as the clarity of the exposition.

In parallel with the lessons, one or more face-to-face exercises will be held, lasting about 2 hours, consisting of the concise illustration of a topic by the teacher and the administration of an open-ended question to the students, in the drafting by the students of a written text following the instructions previously set out (within the time limits and according to the extent indicated by the person in charge of the exercise),finally, in the self-correction by the students following a description by the teacher of the methods and optimal contents of the written answer, leaving space for questions, in-depth analysis, request for verification of any errors made.

Dissertation

The degree thesis is assigned by the teacher after an interview with the same. The dissertation must be delivered to the lecturer at least twenty days before the date scheduled for the submission of the paper to the secretary's office.

Teaching tools

During the course, the most relevant materials examined during the lectures will be made available.

Students who, for reasons related to disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), need compensatory tools can communicate their needs to the teacher in order to be directed to the referents and agree on the adoption of the most appropriate precautions.

Office hours

See the website of Angelo Riccio

SDGs

Quality education Decent work and economic growth Industry, innovation and infrastructure Reduced inequalities

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.