Upon successful completion of this course, students will achieve the fundamental notions of Private Law with regard to its main areas of application (natural and legal persons, property rights, obligations and contracts, torts). They will be able to understand the rationale of legal provisions and the role played by the courts and the other actors of the legal system. This enables students to develop the following skills: - Basic understanding and use of legal language - Knowledge of the fundamental elements of the legal system - Ability to analyse elementary cases - Ability to solve basic legal questions and cases These skills will increase students' awareness of the legal issues concerning contractual agreements, innovation management, product liability, entrepreneurial activities, tort liability and risk management.

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The first part of this course focuses on legal systems, dealing with their comparative and historical main features. This introductory part outlines the scenario in which legal principles and notions must be placed and underlines the interaction between the different forces that contribute to shaping a legal system. The second part deals in detail with the main areas of private law, according to the following partition: - Subjects - Individual rights and their safeguard - Property and property rights - Contract in general - Civil and commercial contracts - Tort law and product liability.

The course is not based on the traditional academic lesson model but on a continuous interaction between teacher and students and the use of case studies. This gives students the opportunity to better understand the rationale of the different legal provisions. Students attending the course are therefore required to actively participate and lessons focus primarily on key elements of private law. Students will independently study minor technicalities and provisions, which do not require in-depth analysis.

The course is taught in Italian. Students can use the following learning materials to prepare for the exam: - Zatti-Fusaro, Diritto privato. Corso istituzionale, CEDAM, ult. ed. - Lecture notes Additional resources are available online in the "materials" folder, but these materials do not replace the textbook and lecture notes.

Lecture slides; Lecture notes;

Exam: Computer lab-based test; Written test; Computer-based written test in class using POLITO platform;

The assessment is based on a written exam which can be carried out on the basis of one of following models: (1) Simplified mode (default choice) (2) Open-ended questions exam In both the cases, students may use the Italian Civil Code during the examination. The code should not have any kind of comment, diagram or annotation. There is no complementary or alternative oral examination. On exceptional basis, due to limited number of candidates, an oral examination can replace the written exam when considered appropriate by the professor. (1) SIMPLIFIED MODE (45 mins) Structure The examination is based on two cases to be solved and a general question about one of the course main topics. The cases are equivalent in terms of complexity and are organised in multiple-choice questions (two questions per case and four possible answers to each question). The general question has an open-ended structure. Evaluation criteria Cases This is the score for the four possible answers: • Correct answer: 5 points • Partially correct answer: 3 points • Wrong answer: 0 points There is only one correct answer, two partially correct answers and one wrong answer. General open-ended question Score range: 0-10 points (2) OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS EXAM (60 mins) Structure The exam is divided into three open-ended questions and the answers should be provided using a given form. The maximum score of each question is based on its level of complexity: - First question (a case with a medium-high level of complexity): max 12 points - Second question (a case with a medium level of complexity): max 10 points - Third question (a general question on one of the course main topics): max 8 points To pass the exam, students have to obtain the following minimum scores in the different questions: - First question: 6 - Second question: 5 - Third question: 4 In any cases, the overall mark should be equal to or greater than 18/30. Prerequisites A specific request sent by email to the professor by the deadline for online registration. The email has the following content: Email Subject: “iscrizione modalità a domande aperte” Message: - Student’s name and surname - Student’s ID number - Exam date - text: "intendo sostenere l’appello con modalità a domande aperte".

In addition to the message sent by the online system, students with disabilities or Specific Learning Disorders (SLD) are invited to directly inform the professor in charge of the course about the special arrangements for the exam that have been agreed with the Special Needs Unit. The professor has to be informed at least one week before the beginning of the examination session in order to provide students with the most suitable arrangements for each specific type of exam.