Courses

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM cycle XL – A.A. 2024/2025

Disciplinary Areas

The Ph.D. holds an interdisciplinary character and covers the following scientific-disciplinary areas:

IUS/01 – Private Law
IUS/02 – Comparative private law
IUS/04 – Commercial law
IUS/05 – Economic Law
IUS/07 – Labor law
IUS/08 – Constitutional law
IUS/09 – Institutions of public law
IUS/10 – Administrative law
IUS/12 – Tax law
IUS/13 – International law
IUS/14 – Law of the European Union
IUS/15 – Civil procedural law
IUS/16 – Criminal procedural law
IUS/17 – Criminal law
IUS/20 – Philosophy of law
IUS/21 – Comparative public law

Program structure

The PhD in Law and Business is a three-year program designed to provide students with advanced training in all major areas of law through interdisciplinary thematic modules. Its goal is to equip students with the necessary skills to pursue an academic or professional career in universities, public and private research institutes, law firms, public administrations, national or international companies, and European authorities. The program offers a structured curriculum focusing on current topics such as artificial intelligence and criminal law, fintech and law, sustainable finance, data protection and new technologies, AI, legal science methodology and research, blockchain and financial flows, compliance, cooperative tax compliance and tax competition, EU internal market, market and public regulation, international arbitration, environmental sustainability, and corporate social responsibility.

The three semesters of instruction will include differentiated training and research activities: the first semester will mainly focus on scientific research methodology; the second on advanced training activities in relevant doctoral subjects; the third will offer, in addition to traditional training activities (lectures), the opportunity to pursue a customized path from one of the specially designed curricula. The fourth semester will be dedicated to a research period of approximately 6-9 months at foreign universities or institutions, with the possibility of thesis co-supervision. During the final year, the doctoral candidate will complete the final draft of the dissertation, involving discussions with the supervisor and co-supervisor to monitor progress in writing the doctoral thesis.

For details: Handbook PhD Law and Business AY 2023-2024.

Program Goals

The educational objective of the PhD program is to provide an advanced course of study that combines theoretical and practical profiles of legal and regulatory issues affecting markets and enterprises, from national, European, international, and comparative perspectives. The program focuses on analyzing theoretical reference models and solving practical cases.

Furthermore, the PhD program aims to meet the demand for highly qualified professional figures by enabling doctoral candidates to achieve a notable level of scientific autonomy and research capabilities, accompanied by adequate critical and analytical skills. Thus, doctoral candidates should be capable of interdisciplinary investigation and in-depth exploration of both theoretical and empirical research topics within the scope of the PhD program.