BUSINESS AND DIGITAL LAW-1

Business and Digital Law is designed to provide students with a sound understanding of the core aspects of business law, both in a domestic and international perspective, particularly focusing on its intersections with new technologies and the current digitalization process.
The course offers a reasoned illustration of the different business organizations, the harmonization process initiated by the European Union, the effects on corporate organizations of regulatory competition and corporate mobility within the EU Single Market, and the dynamics and business implications of the digital transformation.
The aim is to provide students with a set of conceptual tools to understand and assess certain legal implications associated with doing business in a global and digital world.
This course is divided into two modules. The first module mainly focuses on business and corporate law. The second module mainly focuses on topics concerning the implication on business law of new technologies.

The course is designed to provide students with an understanding of business law issues in a global and digital setting and build their awareness of the different policy options across European and Anglo-American jurisdictions. The course will combine the illustration of foundational legal concepts of business and company law and recent legal developments triggered by new technologies, an analysis of how corporate law deals with the conflicts typical of corporate organizations, as well as a reasoned analysis of practical cases and policy implications.
Participants, upon successfully completing the two-module course, will become acquainted with key corporate and business rules and develop analytical tools instrumental to managing a business and making strategic decisions in an informed and effective manner.
The teaching method - which envisages in-class interaction, the analysis of case studies coming from practical experience, workshops, and group activities - is designed to promote the participants’ critical thinking, develop teamwork skills and leadership competencies.

Students must know the fundamentals of Private law.
Basic knowledge of information technology devices is recommended.

The first module (Business and Digital law I) lays the foundations for a sound understanding of business organizations in a domestic, European, and international perspective. The main subjects addressed are: corporate formation; business financing; right and duties of the corporate actors (directors, shareholders, auditors, creditors), focusing on the conflicts that may arise among them; regulated markets and IPOs; expansion strategies (mergers and acquisitions).

De Luca, N., European Company Law. Text, Cases and Materials (Cambridge University Press: 2021): chapters 1-16, 19-20.
Other course materials (case studies, journal articles, PPT presentations and legislative material) uploaded to the moodle e-learning platform.

The exam for the first module consists of 12 multiple choice questions, each providing 4 answers.
For each correct answer, a candidate gets 3 marks; a penalty of 1.5 mark is applied for getting an incorrect answer.

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As for the grading of the mark (the method by which the marks will be assigned), regardless of whether
the course is attended or not:
A. marks in the range 18-22 will be awarded in the presence of:
- sufficient knowledge and applied comprehension skills with reference to the program;
- limited ability to collect and/or interpret data, formulating independent judgments;
- sufficient communication skills, especially in relation to the use of specific language pertaining to legal disciplines;
B. scores in the range 23-26 will be awarded if the following are present:
- fair knowledge and applied understanding with reference to the program;
- fair ability to collect and/or interpret data, formulating independent judgments;
- fair communication skills, especially in relation to the use of specific language pertaining to legal disciplines;
C. scores in the range 27-30 will be awarded if the following is present:
- good or excellent knowledge and applied comprehension skills with reference to the program;
- good or excellent ability to collect and/or interpret data, formulating independent judgments;
- fully appropriate communication skills, especially in relation to the use of specific language pertaining to legal disciplines.
D. cum laude will be awarded in the presence of excellent knowledge and applied understanding with reference to the program, judgment and communication skills.

Traditional frontal teaching is supplemented with dialogic discussion in order to stimulate the active role by the students. Particular attention will be also given to the critical analysis of real cases.
PowerPoint presentations, videos, case studies, readings and materials uploaded to the moodle e-learning platform.
In-class group works and individual assignments to encourage active learning.

Students are encouraged to actively attend classes.