In line with the tutorial objectives of the Degree Course in Economics and Business Management (CLEGA), the teaching focuses on the general guidelines of the EU and national regulatory framework aimed at protecting the rights of consumers and users. The course aims to provide the students with the skills to grasp the problems which may arise before consumers and users of public and private services, so as to correctly frame them in their essential legal elements and possibly identify the tools for their solution. It will be mainly seminarial and will be conducted through a constant examination of EU and Italian regulatory texts, as well as the analysis of the most relevant judgments pronounced by the EU Court of Justice, by the Italian Court of Cassation and by the relevant Courts. Attending students will receive special in-depth didactic material relating to the topics covered.
At the end of the course, students are expected to have:
- ability to examine and interpret sources, organization and regulations;
- knowledge and understanding of the basic and sectoral legal rules governing the wide-ranging protection of the consumer;
- ability to trace, among the rules of consumer law, those suitable for providing the solution of a concrete case;
- the acquisition of a method which allows the student to orient himself/herself, within the legal system, in the search for the most suitable tools to address issues and problems not previously addressed, through the process of empowering the interpreter.
At the end of the course, students are expected to have:
- ability to examine and interpret sources, organization and regulations;
- knowledge and understanding of the basic and sectoral legal rules governing the wide-ranging protection of the consumer;
- ability to trace, among the rules of consumer law, those suitable for providing the solution of a concrete case;
- the acquisition of a method which allows the student to orient himself/herself, within the legal system, in the search for the most suitable tools to address issues and problems not previously addressed, through the process of empowering the interpreter.
teacher profile teaching materials
Vv. A.a., A Casebook on European Consumer Law, Hart Publishing, Oxford, 3rd edition, 2012
Programme
Lessons consist in one didactic module. The first part of the module is about consumer law and contracts, the unfair practices, the private enforcement of antitrust Law. The second part is about the single consumers' contracts. Particular attention will be paid about consumer's relationships and about the institution of contracting in the different markets.Core Documentation
For both 9/6 CFUVv. A.a., A Casebook on European Consumer Law, Hart Publishing, Oxford, 3rd edition, 2012
Reference Bibliography
Alternatively, it is possibile to use manuals other than those used as texbooks, such as: Ian Ramsay, Consumer Law and Policy: Text and Materials on Regulating Consumer Markets (English Edition), Hart Publishing, Oxford, 3rd edition, 2012 Brian Lewin MBE and Jonathan Kirk, Consumer and trading standards law, Jordan Publishing, UK, 2019 For a deepening, it is possible to read: G. Bellantuono, 'Public and Private Enforcement of European Private Law in the Energy and Telecommunications Sectors' (2015) 23 European Review of Private Law, Issue 4, pp. 649–688Type of delivery of the course
The examination consists of a final oral test aimed at verifying the knowledge of institutions related to the protection of the consumer and the weak enterprise in the B2C and B2B systems, the use of specific language, the ability to systematically understand the institutes treated, as well as to capture the operational fallout of the profiles covered.Attendance
Class attendance is not mandatory, but it is recommended.Type of evaluation
Frontal lessons; seminars. The teaching activities include, in addition to lectures lasting 2 hours three times a week (for a total of 60 hours), also seminars held by external speakers (experts of Institutions) and case study discussions, with the aim of illustrating the application of the treated institutions.