European private law and modern technologies

Recognition of ECTS depends on your home university. 

The contact points for this course are: 

• dan.mattiangeli@gmail.com
• giovanni.dilorenzo@uniroma1.it

Virtual part

The virtual part will be running from 1 December 2022 to 24 February 2023.

As far as the online lessons are concerned, there will be a first introductory part comprising five lessons of two hours each online on the basics of European private law with a special focus on issues related to digital technologies. In particular, an attempt will be made to explain the interactions between national and European private law regulations on the subject of digital contracts, contracts concluded with digital intelligence, smart contracts, and liability and data protection issues. The general aspect of consumer protection in digitally concluded contracts will also be taken into consideration. In order to enable the learning of these basics, on the one hand lectures will be given and on the other hand students will be provided with written material composed expressly for this course, so that they can then study all the subjects presented in the lectures independently. Classes are mainly held in English, but some terms and some national legal concepts will also be explained in French, Italian and German.

There will be a first introductory part comprising five lessons of two hours each online on the basics of European private law with a special focus on issues related to digital technologies. In particular, an attempt will be made to explain the interactions between national and European private law regulations on the subject of digital contracts, contracts concluded with digital intelligence, smart contracts, and liability and data protection issues. The general aspect of consumer protection in digitally concluded contracts will also be taken into consideration. In order to enable the learning of these basics, on the one hand lectures will be given and on the other hand students will be provided with written material composed expressly for this course, so that they can then study all the subjects presented in the lectures independently.he first online part will be held by Prof. Erik Van den Haute from the University of Brussels together with Prof. Georges Gyannopoulos from the University of Athens. The online activity will consist of 5 lectures of 2 hours each to introduce students to the basics of private law applied to modern technologies.

Physical mobility

The physical mobility part will be running from 6 to 10 March 2023.

During the physical part, on the other hand, students will listen to lectures by lecturers in the Faculty of Political Science at La Sapienza University in Rome. Here, the lectures will be classical and the lecturers will explain all the practical problems of the subject to the students (digital contracts, contracts concluded with digital intelligences, smart contracts and the problems of liability and personal data protection, consumer protection in digitally concluded contracts) through examples, exercises and workshops. The in-presence part will also provide students with information on the possibility of internships and apprenticeships at ministerial institutions, law firms and various courts. In particular, this last possibility will be an added value for the student, who will thus have the possibility, after finishing the course, to do an international internship in this field that will be important for his or her future professional career.The physical part will be held at the University of Rome La Sapienza by Prof. Giovanni Di Lorenzo and Prof. Daniele Mattiangeli (Salzburg) and Prof. Athina Dimoupolou (Athens). The physical part will also rely on Prof. Di Lorenzo's course on private law in the digital age.The in-presence phase will last 5 days, with an intensive course held in Rome.

Requirements

This course is open to Bachelor's and Master's students at CIVIS member universities. Applicants should be enrolled in a law degree and have basic skills in European private law.

Application process

Interested students should fill in the online application form and attach the following documents:

• Short CV
• Motivation letter, including each student's research programme

The application deadline is 30 September 2022.

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Assessment

The method of evaluating the students' private work and the number of research hours they performed for the programme will be done by means of a protocol that the students will fill in, where the research hours they performed will be noted.

As far as the overall evaluation method of the course is concerned, both the active participation of the students in the online and in-presence part of the course and their performance in the various workshops that will be organised during the physical part of the course at La Sapienza University in Rome will be evaluated. There will be at least two workshops for evaluation.

Blended Intensive Programme

This CIVIS course is a Blended Intensive Programme (BIP): a new format of Erasmus+ mobility which combines online teaching with a short trip to another campus to learn alongside students and professors across Europe. Click here to learn more about CIVIS BIPs.

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