The course deals with the issue of compensation for non-partimonial damage after Sezioni Unite n. 26972/08 and in particular the recent interventions of the Court of Cassation on the matter.
1. Non-pecuniary damage, biological damage, existential damage: jurisprudential (un)guidelines before the remission to the Sezioni Unite.
2. The extension of cases of compensation for non-pecuniary damage beyond cases of crime.
3. Atypicality of the offense and typicality of cases of compensation for non-pecuniary damage.
4. The marginalisation of the category of "existential damage" ".
5. The de minimis non curat praetor principle.
6. The contractual non-pecuniary damage in an employment relationship.
7. Protection obligations.
8. The settlement of the " items " of biological and non-pecuniary damages.
The course also includes three exercises.
The course is structured as follows:
- 8 video lectures, indexed by subject and with hypermedia bookmarks linked to the more-in-depth study materials;
- 3 compulsory exercises
- More-in-depth study materials are associated to the video lectures (texts, essays, articles, bibliographical references, lists of websites, case studies, etc.; )
- Exercises, practice work and virtual laboratories are associated to the courses and enable the students to put into practice the theoretical knowledge they learnt during self-study sessions as well as in collaborative learning sessions under the supervision of an expert teacher;
- Synchronic and asynchronic collaborative learning sessions using UNINETTUNO web fora for Interactive Class systems where lecturers, visiting professors, experts in the field present contributions, case studies, success stories related to the topics of the unit enabling students to interact in real time, to ask questions and get an immediate answer, and allowing the teachers to check the class learning process on the spot.