Text book: V. Roppo, Diritto privato: linee essenziali, Giappichelli, ultima edizione.
The course deals with the following subjects (taken from the reference book's table of contents):

- Rights (9 hours)
The concept of "right" and other legal concepts - Legal acts and legal facts, effectiveness of legal acts- Goods and things - Circulation of rights and obligations

- Persons (6 hours)
Natural and legal persons - Natural persons – Organizations

- The right of ownership and property interests (12 hours)
The right of ownership in the Italian legal system - The right of ownership: actions, acquisition and protection - Property interests - Property interests and obligations - Public records - Possession.

- The law of obligations (12 hours)
The concept of obligation - Performance of obligation, termination of obligations other than performance – Modification of obligations - Effects of non-performance: default by the obligor – Security, means of guaranteeing credit

- The law of contract (18 hours)
The concept of contract – Contract formation, form of the contract - Agency - The elements of the contract - The law of contract - The legal effects and the binding force of contract – Effectiveness of the contract, freedom of contract and content of the contract – Void and voidable contract - Termination of contract and other remedies

- Sale (3 hours)

Examination method and program are the same for attending and non-attending students.