Course Topics
Legal sources of Banking and Financial law Banking activity and controls Regulation of financial intermediaries Regulation of financial services and activities Collective management of saving

Propaedeutic courses
There are no prerequisites

Teaching format
Front-of-class teaching

Educational objectives
At the end of the course, students will have acquired the following knowledge and understanding: - knowledge of the sources of law and their effectiveness in the domestic and European context; - concept of the state and distribution of power horizontally and vertically; - the relationship between the state and the individual and the channels of intervention for regulating the economic and social sphere; - knowledge of the sources of Community law and their effectiveness in the legal systems of States and other international organisations; - knowledge of the principles applied to the internal market (free movement and abolition of barriers); - knowledge of the role of the European Union at international level and its relationship with other international organisations; - system of sources governing Italian and European economic law; - interdisciplinary study (law and economics) of regulatory theory; - analysis of the main regulations in the sector; - knowledge of Italian and European banking and financial sources and regulations. Applying knowledge and understanding: - ability to interact fluently and spontaneously with native speakers on economic topics; - understanding of the effectiveness of legal institutions and their effects; - understanding of the organisational structure of public institutions and their legitimacy; - use of national and EU sources; - critical understanding of different models of economic intervention and ability to evaluate regulations; - understanding of banking and financial regulations. Autonomy of judgement Acquisition of the capacity for judgement and of the methodological tools useful for the critical analysis of data, sources, assumptions and implications of scientific practice, of the political, ethical and legal context within which economic phenomena are inscribed and with which they interact Communication skills Fluency (oral and written) in Italian, German and English, including translation between these languages. Intercultural competence. Conceptual awareness, ability to summarise and express oneself in writing, particularly with regard to the drafting of scientific or science-based documents Learning skills Promotion of critical thinking and analytical skills to focus on complex problems in their long-term dynamics and in the variety of their implications, including ethical ones

Additional educational objectives and learning outcomes
The course refers to the typical educational activities and belongs to the scientific area of Law. Specific objective of the course is the acquisition of basic knowledge and competences in financial law with particular reference to the intermediation in the banking market and in the financial market. The professional competences of the course are integrated with the curriculum of the degree course in Economics, Politics and Ethics as well as Economics and Management and are devoted to the qualification of the firm and of the companies from a legal perspectives for the aim of the understanding of the relative institutes with the scope of understanding of the legal institutes functional to the acquisition of the professional competences typical of the professional jobs of the degree programs.

Assessment
For attending and non-attending students: the exam is written; students have to answer 3 out of 4 questions.

Evaluation criteria
The answer is evaluated in relation to the pertinence to the topic/question, its correctness, to the argumentative ability, to the ability to summarize and to property of language.