20110215 - CIVIL PROCEDURE

The cours aims to provide the basic knowledge of Civil Justice in Italy
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Fruizione: 20101107 DIRITTO PROCESSUALE CIVILE I in Scienze dei servizi giuridici L-14 R A - Z DE SANTIS ANGELO DANILO

Programme

CIVIL PROCEDURAL LAW DEALS WITH THE DYNAMIC ASPECT OF LEGAL EXPERIENCE: ASSERTING A RIGHT IS ONE THING, WHILE ITS ACTUAL EXISTENCE AND PEACEFUL EXERCISE ARE QUITE ANOTHER. IF A RIGHT IS CONTESTED OR ITS EXERCISE IS IMPEDED, APPROPRIATE INSTRUMENTS ARE REQUIRED FOR ITS EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT. THIS INSTRUMENT IS JUDICIAL PROTECTION, WHICH IS ACHIEVED, THROUGH DUE CONTRADICTORY PROCEEDINGS (OR: THE CONTRADICTORY DEBATE) BETWEEN THE CONFLICTING PARTIES, VIA THE JUDICIAL PROCESS, WHICH CONSTITUTES THE PREVAILING SUBJECT OF ANALYSIS.
BEFORE EXAMINING HOW PROCEEDINGS UNFOLD, HOWEVER, IT IS NECESSARY TO DEFINE THE GOALS THEY CAN ACHIEVE, NAMELY THE FORMS OF PROTECTION, WHICH COINCIDE WITH THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACTION THAT CAN BE EXERCISED. IT IS ALSO NECESSARY TO INDICATE THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE JUDGES BEFORE WHOM PROCEEDINGS MAY BE HELD, AS WELL AS THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE OTHER SUBJECTS INVOLVED IN THE PROCEDURAL MATTER AND THE MEANS EACH OF THEM CAN UTILIZE. THE FIRST PART OF THE COURSE IS DEDICATED TO THESE GENERAL THEMES. THE SECOND AND THIRD PARTS WILL EXAMINE THE RULES GOVERNING FIRST-INSTANCE ORDINARY COGNIZANCE PROCEEDINGS. THE FOURTH PART WILL ADDRESS THE TOPIC OF APPEALS, BOTH IN GENERAL AND WITH REFERENCE TO THE RULES GOVERNING INDIVIDUAL CHANNELS OF APPEAL PERMITTED AGAINST THE JUDGMENTS OF CIVIL JUDGES. THE FIFTH PART OF THE SYLLABUS IS DEDICATED TO NON-CAUTIONARY (OR: NON-PRECAUTIONARY) SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS (INJUNCTION PROCEEDINGS AND EVICTION VALIDATION), AN OVERVIEW OF CAUTIONARY (OR: PRECAUTIONARY) PROTECTION AND CERTAIN PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES, GENERAL REMARKS ON THE FORMS OF ENFORCEMENT AND ON ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION INSTRUMENTS.

Prerequisiti

Public law, Constitutional Law, Private Law exams passed

Core Documentation

Mandrioli - Carratta, Corso di diritto processuale civile, Giappichelli, 2026, Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4, with specific reference to the topics covered by syllabus.

or

Balena, Istituzioni di diritto processuale civile, Cacucci, 2025, vo. 1, 2, 3, with specific reference to the topics covered by syllabus.

Attendance

Not mandatory but warmly suggested

Type of evaluation

Oral exam based on 5 or 6 open-ended questions