Private International Law

The course builds on the legal competences already acquired by students, introducing them to the study of the legal framework that is in place to resolve conflicts of law and jurisdiction arising from international contracts and cross-border economic activity more generally. With particular focus on issues relating to the digitalisation of commercial and financial transactions, the course promotes an understanding of international trade and its various implications.
The course aims to give students a grounding in the principles and norms that make up the legal framework and which today form an indispensable tool for all professional and commercial activities targeted at foreign markets. Students will learn how to apply these legal tools predictively in assessing the risks and opportunities relating to internationalisation and access to global digital markets.

Upon completing the course, students will understand the concepts that underpin private international law, will be able to identify the legislation relevant to the different types of contractual and extracontractual obligations (with specific reference to issues emerging from the digitalisation of markets) and will be able to explain these concepts with the appropriate legal terminology.
By analysing case studies in a classroom environment, students will develop the skills to address the most salient legal issues in transnational private economic relationships and to deploy their critical judgment to identify the best solutions.
Teaching will incorporate the main digital resources for legislative and case-law research to promote the learning of competences that will stand students in good stead in their independent study and, subsequently, in their further education or careers.