Complementary Course: Tort Law in a Comparative Perspective
A.Y. 2023/2024
Learning objectives
The course aims to provide students:
- knowledge of some topics of tort law in the Italian legal system and in the other legal traditions analysed;
- an integration to the comparative private law course, with a concrete approach: the analysis of some issues in the field of tort law will offer the opportunity to apply the methodological tools of comparison and to observe some systemological characteristics of the national systems examined.
- knowledge of some topics of tort law in the Italian legal system and in the other legal traditions analysed;
- an integration to the comparative private law course, with a concrete approach: the analysis of some issues in the field of tort law will offer the opportunity to apply the methodological tools of comparison and to observe some systemological characteristics of the national systems examined.
Expected learning outcomes
The student will have to acquire a sufficient knowledge of the tort law topics analysed and to understand the main characteristics of the different legal traditions.
The student will have to acquire adequate analysis and argumentative skills on the cases and materials discussed in the classroom, using correct legal terminology.
The student will have to acquire adequate analysis and argumentative skills on the cases and materials discussed in the classroom, using correct legal terminology.
Lesson period: First semester
Assessment methods: Giudizio di approvazione
Assessment result: superato/non superato
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
First semester
Course syllabus
The course offers a first monographic approach to tort law, in order to give students the opportunity to test what they have learnt in the course of comparative private law in the analysis of a specific institute, with an exercise of "micro-comparison" that allows them to implement the methodological tools (such as formants' theory; circulation of models) and to see at work the different national system, with their systemological characteristics.
The main topics dealt with will be : the tort law models (French; German and Italian model. The law of torts: English and American models): the black letters rules and their interpretation over time; negligence and strict liability; damages and punitive damages.
Students will be guided in a first approach with foreign sources (law rules, judgements) and stimulated to reflect on the different solutions adopted and on the perspectives of European harmonization in this field.
The main topics dealt with will be : the tort law models (French; German and Italian model. The law of torts: English and American models): the black letters rules and their interpretation over time; negligence and strict liability; damages and punitive damages.
Students will be guided in a first approach with foreign sources (law rules, judgements) and stimulated to reflect on the different solutions adopted and on the perspectives of European harmonization in this field.
Prerequisites for admission
It is possible to attend the course from the second year onwards. No other prerequisites are required.
The course is also open to students who neither intend to take the examination in Comparative Private Law nor follow the course.
The course is also open to students who neither intend to take the examination in Comparative Private Law nor follow the course.
Teaching methods
The course provides frontal lectures and requires the active participation of students, who will be invited to analyse and discuss some concrete cases and to prepare short presentations to be presented to the class.
Teaching Resources
Materials will be provided during lecture.
Assessment methods and Criteria
Credit will be attributed to students who attend and actively partecipate in at least 70% of the course.
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