The Section's research lines - based on a comparative method - are: contract law, torts, property, family law and succession, competition law,  intervention of independent authorities, connection between information technology and private law. The Section manages the specific curriculum for the Ph.D. Programme.

In a close connection with an european and extra-european contest, the Section organize seminars and conferences in association with italian and foreign scholars.

Section's professors and scholars usually participate in conferences and seminars in Italy and abroad. They are members of prestigious Italian and foreign associations of the discipline and were visiting scholars and  professors in the most prestigious european universities.