Contracts and Sustainable Development in Comparative Legal Systems
A.Y. 2025/2026
Learning objectives
Undefined
Expected learning outcomes
Undefined
Lesson period: Second trimester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
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Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second trimester
Course syllabus
The following topics will be covered during the course: legal comparison, characteristics and problems of legal translation, the role and interaction of legal formants in different legal experiences; the main contemporary legal systems, with specific attention to Europe, China, Latin America, and Islamic countries.
damages from
The analysis of the comparative legal systems will be closely linked to sustainability issues in private law. The following topics will be explored in a comparative perspective: the programmatic value of the sustainability principle; the interrelations between unlawfulness, the object impossibility, and the sustainability of the contract; and sustainability issues in unfair commercial practices.
The above-mentioned topics will be explored regarding the role of the consumer in the market, especially taking into consideration: sustainable consumption and legal remedies; civil liability and compensation for eco-abuse damages; advertising, ethics, and green claims.
damages from
The analysis of the comparative legal systems will be closely linked to sustainability issues in private law. The following topics will be explored in a comparative perspective: the programmatic value of the sustainability principle; the interrelations between unlawfulness, the object impossibility, and the sustainability of the contract; and sustainability issues in unfair commercial practices.
The above-mentioned topics will be explored regarding the role of the consumer in the market, especially taking into consideration: sustainable consumption and legal remedies; civil liability and compensation for eco-abuse damages; advertising, ethics, and green claims.
Teaching methods
The course is carried out through traditional lectures and innovative teaching tools. It encourages the better learning of comparative private law topics as well as the development of students' argumentative skills. For each academic year, at least two seminars are organized with foreign guests to delve deeper into some of the topics covered in the course.
Teaching Resources
To prepare for the exam, students will have access to the learning material made available through the course's myAriel platform.
Assessment methods and Criteria
Oral examination for attending and non-attending students, according to the Faculty calendar of exam sessions.
Attending students will have the opportunity to take one written intermediate test with 2 open-ended questions. They will be able to take the final oral exam if the intermediate test is insufficient or if they decide not to accept the mark obtained in the written test.
The final oral exam is based on at least 2 questions for attending students who have successfully taken the intermediate test; instead, it is carried out through at least 4 questions for non-attending students or for attending students who have an insufficient mark or decided to refuse the mark obtained. In both cases, the answers are evaluated with individual scores from 0 to 30 for each question. Attending students can be awarded 1 additional point for the flipped classroom agreed with the teacher and carried out in a student group.
The oral exam is aimed at determining to what extent, on a scale from 0 to 30 (taking into account the propriety of language, the precision of the exposition and the breadth of knowledge), the student can highlight the comparative dimension of the legal phenomenon, the knowledge and the valorization of the supranational perspective of private law concerning the theme of contractual sustainability in comparative legal systems.
Attending students will have the opportunity to take one written intermediate test with 2 open-ended questions. They will be able to take the final oral exam if the intermediate test is insufficient or if they decide not to accept the mark obtained in the written test.
The final oral exam is based on at least 2 questions for attending students who have successfully taken the intermediate test; instead, it is carried out through at least 4 questions for non-attending students or for attending students who have an insufficient mark or decided to refuse the mark obtained. In both cases, the answers are evaluated with individual scores from 0 to 30 for each question. Attending students can be awarded 1 additional point for the flipped classroom agreed with the teacher and carried out in a student group.
The oral exam is aimed at determining to what extent, on a scale from 0 to 30 (taking into account the propriety of language, the precision of the exposition and the breadth of knowledge), the student can highlight the comparative dimension of the legal phenomenon, the knowledge and the valorization of the supranational perspective of private law concerning the theme of contractual sustainability in comparative legal systems.
IUS/02 - COMPARATIVE PRIVATE LAW - University credits: 9
Lessons: 60 hours
Professors:
Benarafa Jihane, Lanni Sabrina
Professor(s)
Reception:
Friday (9.30-12.30). Students have to email 48 hours in advance.
Room N. 1 or Microsoft Teams