Ateneo - UPO

Object of the course is the analysis of Private Law deriving from the EU and the interaction of member States, in an historical and evolutionary perspective.

Gian Antonio BENACCHIO, L'Unione Europea e il Diritto Privato, first edition, 2024, Wolters Kluver - CEDAM, pagg. 3 - 376 - For students attending classes: pagg. 3 - 275

The aim of the course is to provide the students with basic notions, in order to identify the rules regarding private parties' interactions that have been modified or influenced by EU law.

No prerequisites.

Classroom lessons and material uploaded during the course. Special part of the course will be handled with a deeper examination of consumer protection, digital market and product liability tort law. Practical cases will be analyzed and materials provided on the teaching platform.

Students with disabilities or with Specific Learning Disorders (SLD) or with Special Educational Needs (SEN) may request dedicated services and tools by contacting the Career Development and Coordination Services Staff and by consulting the dedicated page on the University website: https://uniupo.it/it/servizi/servizi-studentidisabili-e-dsa Students with disabilities, SLD, or SEN, once they have contacted the University Staff, may also reach out to the course instructor regarding the adaptation of examination methods in relation to teaching aspects.

Oral exam.

GENERAL PART - Introduction to EU law - EU institutions and a brief history of the Treaties; - EU private law - harmonization, approximation and unification; - language issues and translation of concepts; - Sources of law: Treaties, regulations, directives, CJEU judgments; - Alignment of national law to EU law; - circulation of legal models; - State liability for breaches of EU law and remedies. SPECIAL PART - consumer contracts; - digital market law; - product liability; - company law; - antitrust and public contracts law; - legal remedies for the protection of rights.

By the end of the course, students will have gained an understanding of the mechanisms through which legal rules, definitions and principles interact within the European Union legal framework.