1) Knowledge and understanding: the course aims at providing the student with the knowledge and ability to understand the peculiarity of commercial law, in particular concerning civil law, through the study of its central institutes; the course aims to allow students to acquire tools for understanding the economic phenomena underlying the subject, to critically grasp the sense of discipline.
2) Applying knowledge and understanding: through an in-depth study of the individual institutes, including case studies, the course aims at providing the student with knowledge and ability to understand the topics taught, not limited to the theoretical approach of the questions, but such as to allow the understanding of the application implications of the relevant notions and the problems that practice presents to the jurist.
3) Making judgements: the course aims at stimulating the student's critical spirit, providing him/her with the essential methodological tools, also in view of a possible future in-depth study of the legal institutes dealt with in the course, for the examination and study of the normative sources, of the doctrinal contributions and of the jurisprudence.
4) Communication skills: also by attending the lessons, the course aims at improving the student's communication and expositive skills with reference to commercial law, stimulating the acquisition of the relevant technical language.
5) Learning skills: the course aims to stimulate the student's curiosity towards the subject, requiring commitment and attention in the study of both general topics and detailed issues, in order to improve the student's learning ability.