EUROPEAN COMPANY LAW |
Codice
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1056319 |
Lingua
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ITA |
Corso di laurea
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European studies |
Programmazione per l'A.A.
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2019/2020 |
Curriculum
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Comparative and European Law |
Anno
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Secondo anno |
Unità temporale
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Secondo semestre |
Tipo di attestato
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Attestato di profitto |
Crediti
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6
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Settore scientifico disciplinare
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IUS/04
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Ore Aula
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48
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Ore Studio
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Attività formativa
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Attività formative affini ed integrative
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Canale Unico
Docente
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SCOGNAMIGLIO GIULIANA
(programma)
Il corso ha ad oggetto le recenti dinamiche del diritto societario europeo: si esamineranno i processi di armonizzazione, ad opera delle Direttive europee in materia societaria; le questioni poste dall’interpretazione del principio di libertà di stabilimento di cui al Trattato FUE, ad opera della Corte di Giustizia; le principali questioni di diritto societario (capitale, corporate governance, ruolo dell’assemblea, protezione delle minoranze, offerte pubbliche di acquisto, gruppi multinazionali) in una prospettiva comparatistica; i diversi modelli societari previsti dal diritto uniforme europeo, in un’ottica sia de iure condito (GEIE, SE, SCE) sia de iure condendo (SPE, ME, SUP); le nuove tendenze di c.d. soft-law (Company Law SLIM Working Group; European Model Company Act – EMCA).
In particolare, il corso avrà ad oggetto i seguenti temi:
Introduction to the course European Commercial Law
Common structure of Business Corporation
Right of Establishment – real seat theory and incorporation theory
Right of primary Establishment (Daily Mail, Überseering, Sevic, Cartesio, Vale Cases)
Right of secondary Establishment (Segers, Centros, Inspire Art Cases)
Harmonisation and Regulatory Competition
The debate on legal capital
Corporate Governance – Shareholders Rights directive
Shareholders Meeting
Takeover bids
Uniform Company Law (EEIG, SE, SCE) and recent proposals (SPE, FE, SUP)
Academic papers will be provided to students attending the course;
For students not attending the course: R. Kraakman - J. Armour – P. Davies – L. Enriques – H. Hansmann - G. Hertig – K. Hopt – H. Kanda – M. Pargendler -W.G. Ringe - E. Rock, The Anatomy of Corporate Law: A Comparative and Functional Approach, Oxford University Press, 2017
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Date di inizio e termine delle attività didattiche
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Date degli appelli
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Date degli appelli d'esame
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Modalità di erogazione
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Tradizionale
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Modalità di frequenza
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Non obbligatoria
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Metodi di valutazione
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Prova scritta
Prova orale
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Docente
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PAOLINI ALESSANDRA
(programma)
Il corso avrà ad oggetto i seguenti temi:
Introduction to the course European Company Law
- Scope and objectives of the course: 1. the study of the harmonization process of the Member States’ company law on the basis of directives; 2. the study of European company law institutions governed by regulations directly applicable in all member states (in particular: SE; EEIG)
Sources of the European Company Law
Methodology of the Course
Types and Functions of Companies
Common structures of Corporations/Companies: legal personality; limited liability; transferability of shares; investor ownership.
Law versus Contract in corporate affairs. Mandatory Law versus Default Provisions.
Regulatory Competition.
Cross-Border Establishment and Corporate Mobility
- Real seat theory and incorporation theory
- Right of primary Establishment (Daily Mail, Überseering, Sevic, Cartesio, Vale, Polbud Cases)
- Right of secondary Establishment (Segers, Centros, Inspire Art Cases)
- Cross-border conversion (Vale, Polbud cases). The recent EU directive on cross-border conversion, merger and division.
- The current Debate: twenty years after Centros decision.
The essential elements of the company’s financial structure. The concept of company capital; the differences in this regard between continental European and Anglo-American company law; the debate on the advantages and inconveniences of capital-based company law systems compared to those that ignore this concept; the imposition by law of a minimum capital; companies with symbolic capital in European law.
The distinction between closely held and publicly traded corporations/companies. The closely held company as a form of exercise for small and medium-sized enterprises. European notion of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME). Comparative analysis of the various forms of closed companies in Europe.
The academic papers listed below - which can be freely downloaded on the web - will be provided to students, through uploading on the Sapienza’s e-learning platform. The students will also be required to study the topics relevant for the course in Directive (UE) 2017/1132 and in four European Court of Justice’s cases (Centros; Cartesio; Vale; Polbud), which will also be uploaded in the Platform.
- Armour-Hansmann-Kraakman, The Essential Elements of Corpporate Law, 2009, available at ssrn.com
- Enriques-Macey, Creditors versus Capital Formation: the case against the European Legal Capital Rules, 2001, available at http://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu
- Patakyovà-Gramblickovà, Capital doctrine in the European Union – a lesson to learn from Finland?, 2016, available in www.ilaw.cas.cz/tlq
- McCahery-Vermeulen, The Evolution of Closely Held Business Forms in Europe, discussion paper, 2003, available at research.tilburguniversity.edu
- Ferran, Revisiting Legal Capital, 2019, available at doi.org
- Ringe, Corporate Mobility in the European Union – a Flash in the Pan? An empirical study on the success of lawmaking and regulatory competition, 2013, available at ssrn.com
- Lombardo, Regulatory competition in European company law. Where do we stand twenty years after Centros?, 2019, available at rivista.dirittobancario.it
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Date di inizio e termine delle attività didattiche
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Modalità di erogazione
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Tradizionale
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Modalità di frequenza
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Non obbligatoria
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Metodi di valutazione
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Prova scritta
Prova orale
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