Legal Sciences
The PhD Programme in Legal Sciences participates in the Doctoral Project in Advanced Legal Training (Progetto Dottorale di Alta Formazione in Scienze Giuridiche), which is based at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. Furthermore, the Programme is a member of the Association of PhD Programmes in Private Law (ADP). The PhD Programme organizes specific doctoral-oriented training activities, which take the form of seminars and/or study days covering the various subjects connected to the scientific-disciplinary sectors represented within the Programme. These sessions are led both by members of the Academic Board and by academics with specific scientific qualifications from Italian and foreign university institutions.
Doctoral Project in Advanced Legal Training – Calendar of Educational Activities
Programme of teaching and seminar activities for the Doctoral Project in Advanced Legal Training for the year 2025, dedicated to the theme: "Legge, giurisprudenza e dottrina nel processo di formazione del diritto" (Law, jurisprudence, and doctrine in the process of legal formation).
LOCANDINA dottorato diritto mercato e persona 2025
Teaching and Seminar Activities for the Academic Year 2024-2025
For the academic year 2024-2025, the Programme's teaching activities will focus on the theme "Diritto e persona" (Law and the Individual). This topic will be addressed from a transversal perspective, linking it to the various scientific-disciplinary sectors represented within the PhD Programme. Lectures will be delivered by both internal members of the Academic Board and invited faculty from other Italian and foreign universities.
The annual curriculum will also include a study conference on the theme "Dati, intelligenza artificiale e diritto" (Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Law). Selected PhD candidates from the Programme will serve as presenters, working alongside faculty discussants.
Teaching activities are complemented by inter-doctoral training initiatives, established in agreement with other PhD Programmes at the University. This year, the focus will be on the theme of images in the lecture series "Images and their relatives," curated by Prof. Dumouchel in collaboration with the PhD Programmes in Civil Engineering and Architecture, Philosophy and Epistemology, and Legal Sciences.
First-year PhD candidates are also required to attend the lectures organized by the Doctoral Project in Advanced Legal Training (Scuola Dottorale di Venezia Ca’ Foscari). The theme for this training in 2025 will be: "Legge, giurisprudenza e dottrina nel processo di formazione del diritto" (Law, jurisprudence, and doctrine in the process of legal formation).
Calendario ottobre/novembre/dicembre 2025
Locandina attività didattiche ottobre/novembre/dicembre 2025
Teaching and Seminar Activities of the PhD Programme – Academic Year 2023–2024
For the 2023–2024 academic year, the PhD Programme's instructional activities will be centred around the thematic focus of "The Effectiveness of Law, Public Regulation, and Private Autonomy." This subject will be critically examined from an inherently cross-disciplinary perspective, engaging with the various scientific and disciplinary domains represented within the Programme's structure. Furthermore, the Programme will host a series of doctoral seminars dedicated to contemporary legal challenges. These sessions will address critical topics such as the digitalisation of contractual phenomena and financial investments, alongside the legal implications arising from the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in public administration services.
Lectures will be primarily delivered by members of the Academic Board or by distinguished invited external scholars. A cornerstone of the Programme's pedagogical approach is the active engagement of doctoral candidates, who will be required to present and discuss their ongoing research findings, including preliminary results and methodological advancements.
The educational provision will be substantially enriched through inter-doctoral training initiatives, meticulously organised in collaboration with the Doctoral Schools Council of the University of Cagliari.
In addition, first-year PhD candidates are formally required to attend the specialised courses offered under the Advanced Training Project in Legal Studies of the Venice Ca' Foscari Doctoral School. The thematic focus for this year's advanced training is: “European Integration 30 Years after the Maastricht Treaty: Competition and Economic Autonomy; Stability and Solidarity; Citizenship, Family and Labour.”
Training Activities Calendar – PhD Programme in Cagliari 2023–2024
Teaching and Seminar Activities of the PhD Programme – Academic Year 2022–2023
For the 2022–2023 academic year, the Programme’s instructional activities will be structured around the central thematic axis of "Rights and Freedoms." This subject will be critically explored through the Programme's customary cross-disciplinary approach, ensuring a comprehensive connection across the diverse scientific and disciplinary domains represented within the curriculum.
Particular attention will be devoted to the examination of fundamental rights as potential limiting factors on the exercise of individual freedoms. Furthermore, the Programme will address the critical issue of the legal protection and enforcement of these rights in relation to the actions of both public authorities and private powers.
Lectures will be delivered by members of the Academic Board or by distinguished invited external professors.
The PhD Programme’s teaching curriculum will also encompass a suite of inter-doctoral training initiatives, fostering collaboration and scholarly engagement among the various PhD Programmes across the University of Cagliari.
In addition, first-year PhD candidates are formally required to attend the specialized courses offered under the Advanced Training Project in Legal Studies of the Venice Ca' Foscari Doctoral School. The designated theme for this year's advanced training is: “Innovation, Sustainability, Inclusion and Cohesion: A Legal Reading of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP).” (“Innovazione, sostenibilità, inclusione e coesione. La lettura giuridica del PNRR").
Training Activities Calendar – PhD Programme in Cagliari 2022–2023
Teaching and Seminar Activities of the PhD Programme – Academic Year 2021–2022
For the 2021–2022 academic year, the PhD Programme’s instructional activities will revolve around the theme of the relationship between "Power and Responsibility." This subject will be addressed both through the perspective of the general categories of public and private law and through more specific perspectives that intersect the diverse disciplinary domains relevant to the Programme.
Lectures will be delivered by the Academic Board members or by invited external scholars. Consistent with the characteristics of the Doctoral Programme, these sessions will often have an interdisciplinary nature.
Furthermore, first-year PhD candidates are required to attend the lecture cycle organised within the "Advanced Training Project in Legal Studies" of the Venice Ca' Foscari Doctoral School, the programme for which is currently being defined.
Training Activities Calendar – PhD Programme in Cagliari 2021–2022
Teaching and Seminar Activities of the PhD Programme – Academic Year 2020–2021
For the 2020–2021 academic year, the instructional activities planned for doctoral candidates will predominantly focus on the thematic issues concerning the relationship between Science and Law. This theme will be contextualised within the broader topic of methodology in the legal experience (metodo nell’esperienza giuridica), which was addressed during the previous academic year and to which some lectures will also be dedicated in the forthcoming year.
The in-depth study of the relationship between Science and Law responds to a long-felt need among scholars. This urgency is heightened, on the one hand, by advancements in science that affect humanity in ways and forms requiring an adaptation of legal concepts and instruments and, on the other hand, by the imperative to address new phenomena—such as the currently ongoing pandemic—that necessitate close interaction and collaboration between the two orders of knowledge, demanding a reflection on their reciprocal duties and responsibilities.
The theme will also be approached from the perspective of Law as a science or technique which not only governs human action but is, in turn, an expression of social consciousness and the values that inspire it.
Lectures will be primarily delivered by Academic Board members and will comprise both general scope lectures and specialised study seminars on specific topics (also featuring invited external scholars). These activities will maintain an interdisciplinary nature, in line with the characteristics of the Doctoral Programme.
Additionally, first-year PhD candidates are required to attend the lecture cycle that will take place within the Advanced Training Project in Legal Studies of the Venice Ca' Foscari Doctoral School, of which the Programme is a component. For the 2020/21 academic year, this project entails an in-depth exploration of the issues proposed by Digital Innovation, as detailed in the attached programme.
Training Activities Calendar – PhD Programme in Cagliari 2020–2021
Teaching and Seminar Activities of the PhD Programme – Academic Year 2019–2020
For the 2019–2020 academic year, the instructional activities planned for doctoral candidates will be primarily, though not exclusively, characterised by a dedicated focus on the methodology of legal research.
The intensive study of this theme responds to a particularly felt need among young scholars and aligns perfectly with the renewed interest in such issues recently expressed by various legal scientific associations.
To this end, a cycle of meetings is scheduled, aimed at equipping doctoral candidates with the necessary tools to conduct legal research, through the conscious utilisation of the historical, comparative, and exegetical methods. These meetings, which will include both general scope lectures and specialised seminars on specific topics, will maintain an interdisciplinary nature, in line with the characteristics of the Doctoral Programme.
Training Activities Calendar – PhD Programme in Cagliari 2019–2020