Legal Sciences

The candidate, whichever be his future specialization, acquires a method aimed at broadening his scientific and cultural horizons, gaining knowledge and resources to approach any kind of issue in the field of legal sciences, as well as the most significant challenges that a multidisciplinary and international environment may present.

The course offers the possibility to participate in the scientific debate and improves the candidate’s competences, building a network of relations within the national and international scientific community and covering all fields of legal knowledge.

Research topics:

1. Business, Tax and Labour Law (IUS/04, IUS/12, IUS/07, IUS/02) 
This line of research approaches the fields of commercial law, tax law, labour law and private comparative law, both with dedicated lectures and classes that encompass common themes shared between the cited disciplines.

2. Criminal justice, fundamental rights and criminal policy (IUS/16, IUS/17, IUS/19, MED/43) 
Covering historic, criminological and processual aspects, this line gives the candidate a broad perspective on criminal law and procedure.

3. Private autonomy, persons, protection: paths of history and contemporary perspectives (IUS/01, IUS/15, IUS/18, IUS/19) 
The candidate will acquire tools to address the themes of civil law, gaining knowledge in the fields of civil procedure, roman law, history of law.

4. Powers, Rights and Democracy (IUS/08, IUS/09, IUS/11, IUS/10, IUS/21) 
The topics covered in this line of study pertain constitutional and ecclesiastical law, comparative public law and administrative law, addressing both themes of particular relevance and transversal issues such as the role of public powers in the country’s economy, public administration and organization, supranational protection of the fundamental rights.

5. International law, European Union law and Legal Philosophy (IUS/13, IUS/14, IUS/20)
This area concerns doctoral research and education in International Law, European Union Law and Legal Philosophy. The aim is to develop knowledge and in-depth analysis of topics relating to each of these subject areas. This field of research also aims to promote a multidisciplinary approach to the aforementioned areas and explore possible interconnections between them. In order to strengthen its international outreach, research and teachings are carried out in English.
 

Courses pursue two aims:  

1. To equip the candidate with a general and cross-cutting legal background.
2. To improve the candidate’s specific knowledge of his/her area research. 

Courses are organized between common modules, covering general aspects of law and methodology and devoted to first-year candidates, and thematic modules, which target legal issues addressed by each curriculum.  

All the educational activities offered are available on e-learning platform: https://elearning.unimib.it/course/index.php?categoryid=6441