Course Level

intermediate / 2nd - 3rd year

Course Type and Contact Hours

Lecture / 2 hrs per week

Course Language

Italian

Teaching Mode

We expect face-to-face teaching.

Course Classification

This is a Themis course (for Themis students who do not study in Italy). It is also open to non-Themis students.

ECTS-credits

8 (if course has been attended regularly and exam has been passed) 

Frequency

We expect to offer Italian-taught law courses in every winter term.

Time Schedule and Classroom

This course is going to take place at the Institute for Italian Studies, not at the Law Department!

Please check out the electronic course catalogue.

Course Content

Il Corso intende fornire allo Studente le nozioni di base del diritto del consumatore, ripercorrendone l’evoluzione in ambito europeo e italiano. Particolare attenzione è dedicata alle diverse forme di vulnerabilità del consumatore nell’interazione con le imprese, alla valutazione di vessatorietà delle clausole nei contratti business-to-consumer e alle nuove cause di asimmetria derivanti dalla digitalizzazione del mercato e del contratto.

Literature

- G. De Cristofaro, Diritto italiano ed europeo dei consumatori, CEDAM, 2024

- F. Bassan, E. Bellisario, G. Biferali et. al., Diritto dei consumi. Principi e regole del mercato, M. Rabitti, L. Rossi Carleo (a cura di), Giappichelli, 2024

- G. VISINTINI, Cos’è la responsabilità civile. Fondamenti della disciplina dei fatti illeciti e dell’inadempimento contrattuale, Napoli, ESI, ult. ed. (2019), relativamente alle seguenti pagine: 11-22 (introduzione); 45-78 (cap. I); 109-156 (cap. III); 195-203 (cap. V); 219-261 (cap. VII); 267-297 (cap. X).

Restricted Enrollment

yes (that means that the number of participants is limited and that you might not get a place in this course)

Course Registration

Law students will not be enrolled for this course via Campus Management. Please write an e-mail to italstud@zedat.fu-berlin.de in order to be admitted to this course. This e-mail should include the following information:

• the title of the course that you wish to sign up for
• your full name
• your FU enrollment number (Student ID, in German: Matrikelnummer)
• your study program (Law)

Registration deadline: Until the first day of the course.

De-Registration from this Course

You can only drop this course with a valid cause until 14 days prior to the exam. Please contact the International Office at the Law Department and Ms. Dr. Valletta from the Center for Italian Studies at italstud@zedat.fu-berlin.de if you have to use this option. 

Type of Exam and Exam Period

Oral Exam. More details will be announced in class.

Grade Release

It will technically not be possible for the professor to enter your grade on Campus Management

Please make sure that Ms. Dr. Valletta from the Center for Italian Studies (italstud@zedat.fu-berlin.de) transmits your grade to the International Office at the Law Department via e-mail.