Teresa Pasquino

Full professor

Faculty of Law

Via Verdi, 53 - 38122 Trento

tel. 0461 283887

teresa.pasquino[at]unitn [dot] it

Expertise:

Civil liability

Comparative law

Constitutional law

Law and bioethics

Law and technology

Personality rights

	Education
	1981 Classical high school diploma (60/60) Liceo-Ginnasio “M. Morelli”, Vibo Valentia 1985 J.D. (magna cum laude) Faculty of Law, University of Rome “La Sapienza” Title of the thesis: “Il Factoring nella dottrina italiana” [The Factoring in the Italian Legal Theory]. Supervisor: Professor Natalino Irti
	Academic career and teaching activities
	- Volunteer assistantship at the Chair of INSTITUTIONS OF PRIVATE LAW, holder Prof. Natalino IRTI of the Faculty of Law, University of Rome “La Sapienza”. - 1986 - 1991: Research grant at the Chair of INSTITUTIONS OF PRIVATE LAW of the Faculty of Political Science at L.U.I.S.S., holder Prof. Michele TAMPONI. - 1991 - 1996: “Friends of L.U.I.S.S.” Fellowship for research teaching activities at the Chair of INSTITUTIONS OF PRIVATE LAW of the Faculty of Law of L.U.I.S.S., holder Prof. Michele TAMPONI. - 1996 - 1997: Research grant at the Chair of CIVIL LAW of the Faculty of Law of L.U.I.S.S., holder Prof. Michele TAMPONI. - 1997 - 1999: Contract for supplementary teaching course of INSTITUTIONS OF PRIVATE LAW at the Faculty of Law of L.U.I.S.S. - Guido Carli. - 1998 - 1999 : Teaching contract for the course of INSTITUTIONS OF PRIVATE LAW at the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Molise - Isernia Branch. - 1999 - 2000 : Teaching contract for the course of INSTITUTIONS OF PRIVATE LAW at the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Molise - Seat of Isernia. - 1999 - 2000 : Contract for supplementary course for the teaching of INSTITUTIONS OF PRIVATE LAW at the Faculty of Law of L.U.I.S.S. - Guido Carli. 2000 - 2001 : Contract for supplementary course of teaching CIVIL LAW at the Faculty of Law of L.U.I.S. - Guido Carli. - 2002/03 - 2004/05 - 2005/06 : Contract for integrative course of the teaching of INSTITUTIONS OF PRIVATE LAW at the Faculty of Law of L.U.I.S.S. - Guido Carli. - 2005/06 : Head of the course of Elements of Private Law at the Faculty of Political Science of L.U.I.S.S. - Guido Carli. - 2001 to 2006 : Head of the Civil Law Course in the School of specialization for the legal professions at LUISS - Guido Carli. - 2003 : Weekly study seminars in Brazil at the University of São Paulo and at the University of Couritiba on the topic : “Electronic commerce and consumer protection in the European legislation”. - September 2004 : Eligibility to be professor of II fascia for the teaching of Private Law IUS/01. - Since A.A. 2005/06 : Holder of the teaching of Institutions of Private Law I and II at the Faculty of Law, University of Trento. - Since A.A. 2005/06 : Head of the CIVIL LAW Area in the School of Specialization of Legal Professions of Trento and Verona. - 2006 : Full member of the Evaluation Committee for the final examination of the 21st cycle of the PhD program at the Faculty of Law of the University of Verona. - 2008 : Confirmation in the role of associate professor IUS/01 - 2011/12 : co-head of the course of Civil Law in the Faculty of Law of LUISS - Guido Carli. - 2012 : full member of the Evaluation Committee for the final examination of the 25th cycle of the PhD program at the Faculty of Law, University of Venice - 2012 : Appointment as alternate member in the Evaluation Committee for the transition from the 1st to the 2nd year of the Doctorate of Comparative and European Legal Studies - Faculty of Law, University of Trento - 2012/13 : Teaching assignment for the Advanced Civil Law course in the Faculty of Law of LUISS-Guido Carli. - 2013 : Appointment in the Commission of the final exams of the School of Specialization of Legal Professions of Trento and Verona. - 2013/14 : Teaching appointment for the course of Advanced Civil Law in the Faculty of Law at LUISS-Guido Carli. - 2013 : Appointment as an alternate member in the Evaluation Committee for the transition from the 2nd to the 3rd year of the Doctorate of Comparative and European Legal Studies - Faculty of Law of the University of Trento - 2013 : National scientific qualification (Bando 2012 - DD 222/2012) to the positions of I° fascia in the concurrency sector 12/A1 - Private Law. - 2014/15 : Teaching assignment for the course of Advanced Civil Law in the Faculty of Law of LUISS-Guido Carli 2014 : Appointed member of the Evaluation Committee for admission to the 30th cycle of the Doctorate in Comparative and European Law - A.A. 2014/15 - Faculty of Law, University of Trento - 2014 : appointment by the MIUR (Dec. of 3 June 2014, prot. no. 15184), on designation of the C.U.N., to effective member in the Commission for the confirmation of the associate professors - S.S.D. IUS/01 - 2015 : appointed as a full member of the Evaluation Committee for final exams at the Graduate School of Legal Professions in Trento and Verona. - April 2016 : Appointed Full Professor - SSD IUS/A1 in the Faculty of Law of the University of Trento - A.A. 2019: appointed full member of the Evaluation Committee for final examinations at the Graduate School of Legal Professions in Trento and Verona. - Since 2005: Professor of Private Law Institutions 1 and 2 at the Faculty of Law in Trento; Head of the Area of Civil Law at the Graduate School for the Legal Professions; Member of the Faculty and the Executive Committee of the Doctoral Programme in "Comparative and European Legal Studies" at the Law School.
	Research interests
	The civil protection of fundamental rights in the various jurisdictions. Obligations in domestic law and in European law The creative role of jurisprudence in civil liability The new frontiers of family law Bioethics and Biodirect Sustainability and Instruments of private law
	Research work
	- 2024 : responsible for the research project - together with Profs. Francesco Schurr (Uibk) and Laura Valle (Unibz) - within the EUREGIO MOBILITY FUND VII - 2024/2025 - entitled <<Private and commercial law tools for the application of CSR/ESG standards in the tourist accommodation sector in the EUREGIO>>, winning result dated 9 August 2024. – 2021 - ongoing: member of the research project “Diritto e società plurale. Law and Pluralism”, School of Law, University of Milano Bicocca - 2015-2019: coordination of the interdisciplinary research project on the topic “Interest and Usury in Financing Contracts” [“Interesse e usura nei contratti di finanziamento”], together with prof. Gabriele Fornasari - 2018: responsible for the research project “Family models in Law no. 76 of 2016: new models in comparison” [“I modelli di famiglia nella L. n. 76 del 2016: nuovi modelli a confront”], Faculty of Law, University of Trento - 2013-2016: participation as a component of the PRIN on “Jurisdiction and pluralism” [“Giurisdizione e pluralism”], scientific coordinator Professor Roberto Toniatti - 2011-2012: responsible of the research project “The non-pecuniary damage in the case law. Compensatory issues” [“Il danno non patrimoniale nell’interpretazione della giurisprudenza. Profili risarcitori”], Faculty of Law, University of Trento - 2009-2011: responsible of the research project “The non-pecuniary damage in the case law” [“Il danno non patrimoniale nella giurisprudenza”] Faculty of Law, University of Trento - 2009-2010: responsible of the research project “The new discipline of the family pact” [“La nuova disciplina sul patto di famiglia”], Faculty of Law, University of Trento - 2007-2008: responsible of the research project “The special nullities for the protection of the weaker party in the contractual relationship” [“Le nullità speciali a tutela del contraente debole”], Faculty of Law, University of Trento
	Memberships in societies and scientific committees
	Ordinary member of the S.I.S.D.I.C. - Società italiana Studiosi di Diritto Civile [Italian Society of Civil Law Scholars] Member of the Associazione dei Civilisti italiani [Association of Italian Civil law Scholars] Afferent to RESERCH - Center of European Private Law of the University Suor Orsola Benincasa Member of the Executive Board of the following legal journals: Rivista di diritto sportivo, Il nuovo diritto civile. Antologie, Rassegne, Saggi, La responsabilità medica Editor of the legal journal Il diritto dell'informazione e dell'informatica Member of the scientific committe of legal journals “Pactum” External Referee of the following legal journals: Jus; La nuova giurisprudenza civile commentata; Jus civile; RivBioLaw; Revista justitia (Argentina); Persona e mercato Member of the Committee constituted by the Observatory on Electronic Commerce (Ministry for Productive Activities) for the transposition of Directive 2000/31/EC in 2001
	Conferences and lectures
	- University of Innsbruck, 23 March 2022: “La relazione di cura: decisioni per sé e decisioni per gli altri”, within the international conference on “La responsabilità sanitaria: Bilanci, prospettive dopo la Legge n. 24/2017 (Gelli-Bianco) e la Pandemia” - University of Trento, 18 March 2022: lecture within the seminar “Careviger, amministratore di sostegno e fiduciario: tre risorse accanto alla persona fragile. Esperienze in una terapia intensiva” - University of Neaples L’Orientale, 13 January 2022: concluding remarks at the interdisciplinary conference for the presentation of the volume “Identità di genere e auto percezione di sé. Riflessioni a margine della legge tedesca sui trattamenti di conversione” - University of Trento, 14 October 2021: scientific coordination, chairmanship and introduction to the conference “Le cure palliative: saperi ed esperienze a confronto. Aspetti medico-legali, profili assistenziali e ricadute sul territorio” - University of Trento, 23 September 2021: “L’amministrazione di sostegno tra protezione della sfera personale del beneficiario e principio di sussidiarietà”, within the conference “Dieci anni di Amministrazione di Sostegno in Trentino” - Rome, 17 June 2021: “Dignità e autodeterminazione nella relazione di cura”, within the interdisciplinary seminar “Dignitas curae” - University of Trento, 23 April 2021: chairmanship and introduction to the seminar “I dati personali tra beni, diritti e persone” within the Doctoral Course in Studi giuridici Comparati ed Europei - Teramo, 2 October 2020: “La dignità della persona nella relazione medico-paziente: profili di bioetica e biodiritto”, III Forum internazionale del Gran Sasso - Innovazione tecnologica, realtà virtuale e sostegno sociale: fact or fiction? - Trento, 16 and 23 June 2020: interdisciplinary seminar “Modelli di famiglie, genitorialità biologica e non (PMA, fecondazione eterologa), affidataria e adottiva. Confronto tra aspetti giuridici e psicologici" on behalf of the Social Affairs Services of the Autonomous Province of Trento - …, 24 October 2019: scientific coordination and chairing of the session at the interdisciplinary conference on “Modelli di famiglie e convivenze. Esperienze sociali e giuridiche a confronto” - University of Trento, 30 May 2019: “Le unioni civili e le convivenze di fatto nella l. n. 76/2016” within the conference “Diritto e genere nella evoluzione normativa nazionale e trasnazionale” - Foligno, 14 April 2019: relazione in tema di <>, al Festival della scienza e della filosofia, Foligno, 11-14 aprile, 2019, Sezione "Scienza e diritto - Cure palliative e eutanasia". - Verona, 6 April 2019 : relazione in tema di <> al Convegno internazionale di studi <>. - University of Trento, 1 February 2019: Co-responsabile scientifico dell'incontro interdisciplinare “Bisogni e diritti dei figli di genitori separati” - University of Trento, 6 November 2018: concluding remarks on “Il diritto di famiglia in Marocco in comparazione con il diritto italiano” within the international conference “Donne e diritti in Marocco. Riflessioni tra modernità e tradizione” - University of Padua, 23 March 2018: "Nuove disposizioni sulle dichiarazioni anticipate sui trattamenti sanitari” within the seminar “Il corpo e la persona” organized by the Department of Private Law and Law Critic - Trento, 26 October 2017: scientific coordination and chairmanship of the first session of the conference at the Court of Appeal of Trento held in the framework of the European Day of Justice on the topic of “Civil Justice and Family” - Viterbo, 25 May 2017: “L’ermeneutica giurisprudenziale in tema di filiazione” within the “Seminari itineranti” organized by Professor N. Irti on “La crisi del diritto privato” - Rome, 14 July 2016: report on “L'adozione speciale coparentale: note critiche sulla sentenza della Corte di Cassazione del 26 giugno 2016, n. 12962” within the seminar coordinate and directed by Professor Natalino Irti on the topic of “La crisi del diritto civile” - Trento, 22 April 2015: “The law between the beginning and the end of life” within the meetings organised by the Faculty of Law of the University of Trento in the framework of the initiative “The law on the front page” - Rome, 11 December 2014: speech at the Conference “Il genere del diritto. Principi, linguaggi, norme, pratiche dei soggetti e delle istituzioni” organized by the Fondazione Basso - University of Trento, 15 March 2013: scientific coordination, introductory lecture and chairmanship of the “Dialogues of Civil Law” on “Il c.d. testamento biologico” - University of Naples, 6 December 6, 2012: “Dichiarazioni anticipate sui trattamenti sanitari: contenuto e grado di effettività”, within the interdisciplinary conference “Quando termina la vita? Diritto e medicina a confronto” - University of Verona, 21 September 2012: “Recenti orientamenti in tema di responsabilità civile del medico”, seminar organized by the Fondazione Veronese di Studi Giuridici and the Faculty of Law - Vibo Valentia, 15 June 2012: “Questioni intorno alla fine della vita nella prospettiva del giurista”, within the interdisciplinary meeting organized by Società italiana Dante Alighieri - University of Trento, 19 April 2012: “Mezzi di tutela della privacy e grado di effettività”, in dialogue with Professor Spiros Simitis on “Data protection - confirmation or abandonment?”, Doctoral School in Comparative and European Legal Studies - La Sapienza University of Rome, 18 October 2010: “Il bene vita e l’integrità del corpo: note a margine dell’art. 5 c.c.”, within the roundtable “Decisioni di fine vita” organized by the Centre “Tutela del minore” - University of Trento, 16 April 2008: “Le direttive anticipate sui trattamenti sanitari: profili civilistici”, in dialogue with Professor L. Risicato on “Laicità e diritto penale alla luce del rapporto con la bioetica” - University of Trento, 10 April 2008: “L’attività ermeneutica della Corte costituzionale e le trasformazioni del diritto civile”, in dialogue with Professor S. Bartole on “Interpretazioni e trasformazioni della Costituzione repubblicana” - University of Trento, 21-22 March 2007: chairmanship of the first session of the conference “Digital Rights Management: problemi teorici e prospettive applicative” - “DRM, diritto d’autore e contratto” - Facultade de Anchieta, Sao Paolo (Brazil), 25April, 2003: “Il commercio elettronico tra diritto italiano e diritto brasiliano: esperienze a confronto” - Sao Paolo (Brazil), 24 April 2003: “Commercio elettronico nel mercato europeo: clausole abusive e tutela dei consumatori” within the seminar organized by SERASA - Facultade de direito della Universidade federal do Paranà, Couritiba (Brazil), 23 April 2003: “Il commercio elettronico nell’Unione europea” within the “Semana academica de 22 a 25 de abril 2003”
	Other work
	- October 2024 : Member of the scientific committee for the study meeting << Research paths in civil law>> organized in Padua by the Association of Italian Civil Lawyers - 2024: Appointment as President of the Access Commission to the Doctorate “Comparative and European Legal Studies” 2024/25. - 2024 : Appointment as member of the Scientific Committee of the Scialoja Archive - Bolle - Center for studies and documentation on civic property and collective properties of Trento - Septber 2023 : appointment as a member of Executive Committee of the PhD "Comparative and European Legal Studies" - January 2022: appointment as a member of the Culture Commission within the Association of Italian Civilists - June 2021 - ongoing: partecipation to the Commission for the selection of 60 referendary magistrates for the Regional Administrative Court (TAR) - 2006 - ongoing: scientific coordinator of the “Dialogues of Civil Law”, Faculty of Law, University of Trento - supervision of several JD students and PhD students preparing their dissertations in Private Law Ordinary member of the S.I.S.D.I.C. - Società italiana Studiosi di Diritto Civile [Italian Society of Civil Law Scholars] Member of the Associazione dei Civilisti italiani [Association of Italian Civil law Scholars] Afferent to RESERCH - Center of European Private Law of the University Suor Orsola Benincasa Member of the Executive Board of the following legal journals: Rivista di diritto sportivo, Il nuovo diritto civile. Antologie, Rassegne, Saggi, La responsabilità medica Editor of the legal journal Il diritto dell'informazione e dell'informatica External Referee of the following legal journals: Jus; La nuova giurisprudenza civile commentata; Jus civile; RivBioLaw; Revista justitia (Argentina); Persona e mercato Member of the Committee constituted by the Observatory on Electronic Commerce (Ministry for Productive Activities) for the transposition of Directive 2000/31/EC in 2001