Law, the individual and the market

The training course of the PhD course in Law, the Individual and the Market entails the acquisition of 180 CFU (1 CFU: 2 hours of lecture or seminar) over the three-year period and is divided into:

1st year:

• 30 CFU of research activities
• 25 CFU of disciplinary and interdisciplinary training activities
• 5 CFU of research-complementary training activities

2nd year (*):

• 45 CFU of research activities
• 15 CFU of disciplinary and interdisciplinary training activities

(*) Admission to the 3rd year is subject to having at least one publication relevant to one's research project, which can be classified as an article in a scientific journal or a contribution in an edited volume, which has been published in the previous 18 months, in reviews with a ISSN code or in volumes with an ISBN code that submit contributions to anonymous refereeing.

For PhD students of the 39th cycle, the rule in force in the 2023/24 academic year remains in force, according to which admission to the 3rd year is subject to having at least one publication, even if in press.

2nd year doctoral students will have to organize a seminar in which they will act as discussant for the guest whom they invite to speak on topics related to their research project ("2nd year seminars").

3rd year:

• 55 CFU of research activities for writing the thesis
• 5 CFU of disciplinary and interdisciplinary training activities

Instructions for outgoing co-tutelle (i.e., for PhD students firstly matriculated at the University of Turin) and for incoming co-tutelle (for PhD students matriculated abroad)

Outgoing co-tutelle are required to comply with the rules established for the first year. The training programme for the following two years will be defined for each individual research project by the co-tutors appointed by the respective teaching boards within the framework of the two Universities’ co-tutelle agreement.

For incoming co-tutelle - i.e. those started for PhD students coming from abroad - the training programme is established by the co-tutors appointed by the respective teaching boards within the framework of the two Universities' co-tutelle agreement.

All PhD students are required to enter their research products in the Iris-AperTO Catalogue: http://iris.unito.it/

The research activity represents the main training activity and consists of carrying out a research project within the topics covered by the PhD Course autonomously while under the guidance of two supervisors. The research project and supervisors are assigned by the PhD Board within three months of the start of the PhD programme.

The University of Turin’s Law Department's Excellence project 2023-2027 (Progetto d'Eccellenza 23-27 - Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza) offers those PhD students whom have been recruited for this purpose the opportunity to work in teams within the Department’s hub projects.

The PhD programme includes a mandatory 12-month training period abroad for PhD scholarship holders. This period can also take place over the three-year period, non-continuously.

Special rules for outgoing co-tutelle (i.e., for PhD students firstly matriculated at the University of Turin) and for incoming co-tutelle (for PhD students matriculated abroad)

The research project for outgoing co-tutelle and incoming co-tutelle PhD students is established by the tutors appointed by the respective PhD Boards within the framework of the two Universities’ co-tutorship agreement.

The disciplinary and interdisciplinary training offer of the PhD Course in Law, the Individual and the Market includes specific teaching providing theoretical and practical insights on the main research topics covered by the PhD Programme.

The teaching offer is as follows:

1) Seminars relating to the Excellence Project 23-27, each being 10-hours-long and held by a Visiting scientist ("Excellence seminars")

2) Course "Reading the Classics" – under the scientific responsibility of prof. Federico Goria

3) Seminars organized by the 2nd year doctoral students on topics relevant to their research (2nd year seminars)

Special rules for outgoing co-tutelle (i.e., for PhD students firstly matriculated at the University of Turin) and for incoming co-tutelle (for PhD students matriculated abroad)

The disciplinary and interdisciplinary training offer for outgoing co-tutelle and incoming co-tutelle PhD students is established by the tutors appointed by the respective PhD Boards within the framework of the two Universities’ co-tutorship agreement.

The training activities that are transversal and complementary to research aim to develop transversal skills and soft skills. These skills help improve the impact of research and complete the professional profile by providing useful tools for career opportunities in academic and non-academic fields.

The PhD course offers the following research-complementary transversal training activities:

1) "UniTO’s digital and paper resources for legal research" Course (3 hours)

2) "Public funding of research: introduction to European project planning" Course (4 hours)

In addition to the PhD-Programme specific research-complementary activities, a list of research-complementary activities offered by the broader Doctoral School can be found on the following web page: Scuola di Dottorato - Formazione complementare (please, consult the Catalogue).

For information on Italian and foreign language courses, please visit the University Language Centre (CLA) website: https://www.cla.unito.it

Special rules for outgoing co-tutelle (i.e., for PhD students firstly matriculated at the University of Turin) and for incoming co-tutelle (for PhD students matriculated abroad)

The transversal and research-complementary activities for outgoing co-tutelle and incoming co-tutelle PhD students are established by the tutors appointed by the respective PhD Boards within the framework of the two Universities’ co-tutorship agreement.

The list of courses offered by the PhD Programme is made known before the start of the PhD year (and updated during the year): Consulta il calendario delle lezioni e dei seminari

See the table below for the specification of training obligations broken down by PhD year:

* Upon each PhD student’s choice, among the disciplinary and interdisciplinary training activities offered by the PhD Programme and the disciplinary and interdisciplinary training activities offered outside the PhD Programme, by other universities and research institutions as well as by professional associations (provided that at least one university professor is among the speakers). For activities chosen outside the PhD Programme, other than the latters, validation by the Supervisor is required.

PhD students who are not on mobility abroad are required to attend the PhD activities in person.

31th October 2025: end of the 1st year

Tuesday 30th September 2025: deadline for sending PhD students’ annual reports to the email address dottorati.cle@unito.it (concerning a lesson, seminar or conference which was attended during the year, and the research activity).

October/November 2025: the Teaching Board will decide on admission to the 2nd year. The Teaching Board’s decision will be sent to the Doctoral Office, which will send an informative email to the PhD student concerned on the deadline for payment of the enrollment fee for the 2nd year. The communications from the Doctoral Office will be sent to the PhD student’s institutional account. For the purposes of filling the PhD Form, the Coordinator invites the PhD students to include their publications, training activities and periods abroad which are carried out in the a.y. 2024/25 in the report on the research activity (PhD students are required to indicate only the activities organized by bodies which are external to the PhD course).

When listing publications it is necessary to specify:

• The typology: monograph, journal article, note to a ruling, review, contribution in an edited collection (e.g. book chapter), entry in Digests or Legal Encyclopedia, proceedings, editorship, translation, patent, etc.
• Any co-authors
• The start and end pages of the specific contribution
• The publisher and the place of publication
• In the case of a journal article: the issue and the publisher
• Keywords (optional field)
• ISSN code for journals
• ISBN code for monographs and contributions in edited collections

 31th October 2025: conclusion of the 2nd year

Tuesday 30th September 2025: deadline for sending PhD students’ annual reports to the email address dottorati.cle@unito.it (concerning a lesson, seminar or conference which was attended during the year, and the research activity).

October/November 2025: the Teaching Board will decide on admission to the 3rd year. The Teaching Board’s decision will be sent to the Doctoral Office, which will send an informative email to the PhD student concerned on the deadline for payment of the enrollment fee for the 2nd year. The communications from the Doctoral Office will be sent to the PhD student’s institutional account. For the purposes of filling the PhD Form, the Coordinator invites the PhD students to include their publications, training activities and periods abroad which are carried out in the a.y. 2024/25 in the report on the research activity (PhD students are required to indicate only the activities organized by bodies which are external to the PhD course).

Admission to the 3rd year is subject to having at least one publication relevant to one's research project, which can be classified as an article in a scientific journal or a contribution in an edited volume, which has been published in the previous 18 months, in reviews with a ISSN code or in volumes with an ISBN code that submit contributions to anonymous refereeing.

For PhD students of the 39th cycle, the rule in force in the 2023/24 academic year remains in force, according to which admission to the 3rd year is subject to having at least one publication, even if in press.

When listing publications it is necessary to specify:

• The typology: monograph, journal article, note to a ruling, review, contribution in an edited collection (e.g. book chapter), entry in Digests or Legal Encyclopedia, proceedings, editorship, translation, patent, etc.
• Any co-authors
• The start and end pages of the specific contribution
• The publisher and the place of publication
• In the case of a journal article: the issue and the publisher
• Keywords (optional field)
• ISSN code for journals
• ISBN code for monographs and contributions in edited collections

31th October 2025: conclusion of the 3rd year

Tuesday 30th September 2025: deadline for sending PhD students’ annual reports to the email address dottorati.cle@unito.it (concerning a lesson, seminar or conference which was attended during the year, and the research activity).

For the purposes of filing the PhD Form, the Coordinator invites PhD students to include in their research activity’s report the publications, the training activities and the periods abroad which are carried out in the a.y. 2024/25 (PhD students are required to specify only the activities organized by bodies external to the PhD course).

Thursday 30th April 2026: thesis submission deadline.

The Teaching Board’s positive evaluation on the PhD-course last-year’s activity is a condition for admission to the final exam.

After positive evaluation of the PhD-course last-year’s activity, the Teaching Board appoints, for each PhD student, after consulting the Tutor, at least two evaluators (plus at least one substitute evaluator), and establishes the deadline for the submission of the thesis. The evaluators must be highly qualified professors, who are external to the University of Turin, to the affiliated universities that contribute to the award of the PhD course title and to the Teaching Board. Evaluators can take on this function for multiple candidates.

The thesis, accompanied by a summary in Italian or English, is written in Italian or English or in another language with the prior authorization by the Teaching Board.

The thesis, to which a report by the PhD student on the activities carried out during the PhD course and on any publications must be attached, is submitted by the PhD student to the evaluators within the deadline established by the Teaching Board. PhD students from the XXXIII cycle will be granted a maximum deadline of six months to send the thesis, with the supervisor in copy, to dottorati.cle@unito.it, who will in turn forward it to the evaluators.

The evaluators express a written analytical opinion on the thesis (within one month of receiving the thesis) and propose its admission to public discussion or postponement for a period not exceeding six months if they deem significant additions or corrections necessary.

The PhD student is required to make the requested additions and/or corrections.

After this period, the thesis is in any case admitted to public discussion, accompanied by a new written opinion by the same evaluators in light of any corrections or additions which have been made by the PhD student.

The Coordinator carries out liaison functions between the PhD student and the evaluators in the case of referral by one evaluator only.

The public discussion takes place before a Judging Commission consisting of at least three experts in the subject-matter (with alternates), the majority of whom are outside the Teaching Board. The Judging Commission is appointed by the Teaching Board within 30 days of admission to the public discussion. It is possible to appoint a single Commission for multiple candidates. The evaluators can be members of the Judging Commission.

The Teaching Board may authorize participation to public discussion via electronic connection.

The Commission is required to complete its work within 90 days of the Rectoral decree of appointment.

Once this deadline has elapsed, the Judging Commission that has not completed its work expires and the Rector appoints a new Judging Commission, with the exclusion of the lapsed members.

The final exam consists of a public discussion of the thesis. At the end of the discussion, the thesis, with a reasoned collegial judgment, is approved or rejected. The Judging Commission, unanimously, has the right to award honors in case of results of particular scientific importance.

The qualification is issued by the Rector who, upon request of the PhD candidate, certifies its achievement.

After obtaining the qualification, the Doctor of research will have to deposit the thesis in the Institution’s open access archive which will guarantee its storage and public consultation. The University will deposit the thesis pursuant to the law, at the National Libraries in Florence, Rome and Turin and in the ministerial database.

In the case of co-tutelle, the candidate will defend the thesis according to the rules of the University where the discussion takes place.

When listing publications it is necessary to specify:

• The typology: monograph, journal article, note to a ruling, review, contribution in an edited collection (e.g. book chapter), entry in Digests or Legal Encyclopedia, proceedings, editorship, translation, patent, etc.
• Any co-authors
• The start and end pages of the specific contribution
• The publisher and the place of publication
• In the case of a journal article: the issue and the publisher
• Keywords (optional field)
• ISSN code for journals
• ISBN code for monographs and contributions in edited collections