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I. GENERAL PART: 1. Instrumental purpose of the civil procedure: actions and proceedings; Straight substantial right and «Due process of Law». Jurisdictional protection and private self-defense. Right of action. Sources of civil procedure. Forms of jurisdictional protection. 2. Courts. Judges power (jurisdiction). Choosing the Forum. Modifications of jurisdiction because of connection among claims. Suspension of the proceedings. Auxiliaries of the judge. 3. Parties. Notion. Capacity. Standing to sue: necessary joinders; intervention; the Public Prosecutor. Collective redresses (class actions and collective actions); 4. Pleadings and costs. Data processing civil proceedings.
II. FIRST INSTANCE PROCEEDINGS: 1. First instance proceedings: ordinary proceedings before the lower Courts; ordinary proceedings before honorary judges (giudice di pace); proceedings for labour claims and their effectiveness; summary proceedings; proceedings before the Court of Appeal as a first instance Court; 2. Commencement of the proceedings; 3. Presentation of the pleadings; 4. Evidence gathering. 5. Kinds of proofs and evidences rules. 6.- The statement. Judgements. Definitive and not-definitive judgements. Formal and substantial res iudicata. 7. Conciliation. 8. Abandonment and dismissal of action.
III. APPEALS: 1. General overview. 2. Classification; 2.1. Appeal in ordinary proceedings and in special ones. 2.2. Appeal to regulate the Forum. 2.3. Appeal before the Supreme Court of Cassazione. 2.4. Revision: 2.5. Third party opposition

One of the following manuals, with reference to the topics above mentioned

- G. ARIETA, F. DE SANTIS, L. MONTESANO, Corso base di diritto processuale civile5, CEDAM, Padova, 2013;
- oppure: G. BALENA, Istituzioni di diritto processuale civile4, Cacucci, Bari, 2015 (vol. III ed. 2016);
- oppure: L.P.COMOGLIO, C. FERRI, M. TARUFFO, Lezioni sul processo civile7, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2015;
- oppure: C. CONSOLO, Spiegazioni di diritto processuale civile4, Giappichelli, Torino, 2015;
- oppure: F. P. LUISO, Diritto processuale civile8, Giuffré, Milano, 2015;
- oppure: C. MANDRIOLI, Diritto processuale civile24, a cura di A. CARRATTA, Giappichelli, Torino, 2015 (forthcoming new edition);
- oppure: G. MONTELEONE, Manuale di diritto processuale civile7, CEDAM, Padova, 2015;
- oppure: A. PROTO PISANI, Lezioni di diritto processuale civile6, Jovene, Napoli, 2014;
- oppure: N. PICARDI, Manuale del processo civile3, Giuffrè, Milano, 2015;
- oppure: C. PUNZI, Il processo civile. Sistema e problematiche. Le riforme del quinquennio 2010-2014, Giappichelli, Torino, 2015;
- oppure: B. SASSANI, Lineamenti del processo civile italiano5, Giuffré, Milano, 2015;
- oppure: G. VERDE, Diritto processuale civile4, Zanichelli, Bologna, 2015.


Cases and materials will be shared with students on the law faculty web site. Italian and European laws must be well managed by students.

I. GENERAL PART: 1. Being, purpose and structure of judicial power. Straight substantial right and “Due Process of Law”. Different jurisdictions and different forms of rights’ protection. 2. Procedural rule. 3. Pleadings, costs and rewards. Terms. Formal and substantial res iudicata. 4. Service of notice and communications. Auxiliaries of the judge. 5. General overview on civil procedure principles. 6. Kinds of proofs. 7. Judges. Jurisdiction. Choosing the Forum. Connection among claims and its potential consequences on jurisdiction, venue and forms. Suspension of the proceedings. 8. Parties. Notion. Capacity. Standing to sue. Necessary and facultative joinders. Intervention. The Public Prosecutor. Collective redresses.
II. ORDINARY PROCEEDINGS: 1. Ordinary proceedings before the lower Courts; special proceedings for labour suits; «summary proceedings»; proceedings before honorary judges (giudice di pace). 2. Commencement of the proceedings. 3. Presentation of the pleadings. 4. Evidence gathering. 5. Anticipatory orders. 6. The adjudication. 7. Abandonment and dismissal of action.
III. APPEALS: 1. General overview. 2. Classification. 2.1. Appeal from the lower Courts judgements. 2.2. Appeal before the Supreme Court of Cassazione. 2.3. Revision. 2.4. Third party opposition.

- PUNZI C., Il processo civile. Sistema e problematiche, 2nd Edition, Torino, 2010, volumes I and II, chapter V of the volume II excepted (pp. 303 – 350).
- PUNZI C., Il processo civile. Sistema e problematiche. Le riforme del quinquennio 2010-2014, GIAPPICHELLI, TORINO, 2015. limited to the following parts and chapters: introduzione; part I, entirely; part II, chapters II, III, IV, V, VI and VII; part III, chapter VI; part IV, chapter I.