Course Details

PRIVATE LAW

EC0361

Course
PRIVATE LAW
Code
EC0361
Academic Year
2026/2027
Curriculum Year
2026/2027
Degree Programme
LAW
Curriculum
000 - GENERICO
Course coordinator
Credits
10
Lecture Hours
75
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
GIUR-01/A - Private Law
Course Type
Single-subject learning activity
Course Delivery
OBB - Obbligatoria
Year
1
Teaching period
Annuale
Campus
NOVARA
Teaching language
Italian
Course Contents
The course is about the institutional foundations of Italian private law,
taking into account the interventions of the European Law maker in the
national legal system.
Reference Texts
Given that, for the purposes of adequate preparation, the notes taken in
class are in no way substituting the study of a university book of private
law, we recommend the following texts:
a) The latest edition to the choice of the Italian Civil Code and the Code of
consumption.
Modalità di verifica
dell'apprendimento
b) A. TORRENT and P. SCHLESINGER, Manuale di diritto privato, Giuffrè,
latest edition. The book is available in the library
c) Text of exercises (optional): P. CENDON, L. GAUDINO, P. ZIVIZ, How to
deal with and pass the exam of private law, Giuffrè, latest edition. The
book is available in the library
Learning Outcomes
the aim of the course is to provide students with adequate preparation in
the basic legal private-sector (property law, contract law, tort law, consumer law) and the conceptual tools necessary to
interpret the law.
Teaching Methods
Lectures, analysis of case law and exercises of cases.
Additional Information
The attendance is optional.
Students with physical disabilities, Learning Disabilities or Special Education Needs can request
specific services and tools via the Staff Sviluppo e Coordinamento Carriere e Servizi alle Studentesse
e agli Studenti, consulting the University webpage: https://www.uniupo.it/en/services/services-
students-physical-or-learning-disabilities
Students with disabilities, learning disabilities or special education needs, once they have contacted
the University Staff, can refer to the tutor in charge of the course to define the examination
modalities, concerning academic aspects.
Assessment Methods
The exam is in written form and consists of 6 questions that require students to apply the legal concepts covered in the course to practical cases. Each answer will be marked on a scale of 1 to 5. The final mark is calculated by adding up the marks awarded for each individual questionThe candidate who has passed the written exam, can choose to undergo an optional oral exam; The vote obtained in the oral exam will average with that obtained in the written exam. The students who attend the lectures of avv. Fabiani will be able to undergo a short written test at the end of the module, the result of which (score from 0 to 3) will be added to the vote obtained at the general exam (provided that the latter is sufficient).Students who have not passed the exemption with avv. Fabiani will have to answer a question on faily law in the final written exam.
Detailed Syllabus
The law and the legal system. Public law and private law. The sources and formants of law. The civil code. The time limits of the laws. The application and interpretation of the law. The analogy. Entitlement of legal rights and legal interests. Publicity and proof of legal facts. Time limits and foreclosure of rights. Natural persons and legal persons. Personal rights. The object of the legal rights (the goods). Property law. Communion. The possession The obligation. Modification of the parties of the obligation Extinctions of obligation. Failure to comply the obligation. The liability of the debtor. The legal instruments of conservation of the patrimonial guarantee. Real and personal guarantees. Contracts: the contract in general, essential and accessory elements. Formation of the contract. The negotiations. precontractual liability. The preliminary contract. Standard contracts and abusive clauses. The consumer code. The contrast between will and declaration: the simulation. The agency. Invalidities of contracts (nullity and voidability). Termination and rescission. The contract of sale, of agency, of lease, of mortgage and sureties. The donation. The tort law (non contractual liability for fault and strict). The other sources of obligations (The obligations arising from the law, the unilateral promises, credit instruments). In the second semester, the lawyer Marzia Fabiani will hold a teaching module of 2 CFU on family law.
Expected Learning Outcomes
Acquisition of technical legal terminology, knowledge of the main institutes of private law and the hermeneutic tools needed to read and apply the legal norm in general
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