Course Topics
Current legal sources of contract law. Contract agreement and contractual relationship. The designing of the contract content and the most widely used contract clauses. Contracts between professionals (B2B) and contracts between professionals and consumers (B2C): different rules for the two kinds of relationships. Information to the consumer. Standard contracts and unfair terms. Unfair commercial practices. The choice of the law applicable to international contracts. Contract of Sale. International Sale and the Vienna Convention on international Sale of Goods. Internet contracts. General contract law and special rules for the electronic commerce. Monetary obligations, interests on debt and interest agreements. The EU rules on business transactions. Credit guarantees. Collateral securities and personal securities, bonds. Guaranties in international contracts. Distribution chain and contracts, and the control on the supply chain also in the international perspective. The regulation of firm networks. Dispute resolutions: traditional and alternative methods. Arbitration and mediation; compulsory mediation.

Teaching format
In presence frontal lectures.

Educational objectives
ILO (Intended Learning Outcomes) ILO 1 Knowledge and understanding ILO 1.1 knowledge of the public and private legal system, also with reference to economic and business studies ILO 1.2 knowledge and ability to interpret the sources of law, with regard to the various sectors of the legal system: public, private, commercial and tax, in the European, national, regional and international contexts ILO 1.3 understanding of the legal framework regulating relations between private individuals and between private individuals and public bodies ILO 1.4 knowledge of the law of persons, property, transfer of rights to property and the law of obligations, contract and liability ILO 2 Ability to apply knowledge and understanding ILO 2.1 be able to provide support to companies and corporate bodies through knowledge of the relevant area of law ILO 2.2 be able to analyse cases arising in professional experience and apply the appropriate rules of the legal field concerned ILO 3 Autonomy of judgement ILO 3.1 find the necessary information in databases, legal sources and literature ILO 4 Learning ability ILO 4.1 finding information from databases, scientific literature, laws and regulations as required in professional life

Assessment
The final written exam consists of 4 open questions with sub-questions.

Evaluation criteria
The course grade will be based on the final written exam. Relevant for the assessment of the written exam: clarity of the answers, mastery of language (knowledge of the legal technical language, and grammatical and logic mastery of language), ability to summarize, evaluate, and establishing relationships between topics. (ILO 1.1, 1.3, ILO 2.1, 2.2, ILO 3.1, ILO 4.1).