Rivista del Diritto Commerciale e del diritto generale delle Obbligazioni

Abstract: Private autonomy and enterprise about the writings of Enrico Gabrielli – Taking into consideration Enrico Gabrielli’s work, the essay at stake deals with some relevant issues linking parties’ contractual autonomy and the firm, having particular regard to the freedom to set up and run the economic activity as recognized by Italian Constitution, as well as to some up-to-dated trends in the field of consumers’ protection and sustainability at European level. Final remarks are dedicated to Supervisory Authorities’ interventions on contractual autonomy of the parties (namely, with reference to bank’s jus variandi) and, furthermore, to identify the controversial qualification of asset managers’ activity as enterprise and, subsequently, to the application of Antitrust Law.  

Sommario: 1. Premessa. – 2. Libertà d’impresa, autonomia contrattuale e autoregolamento privato. – 3. Contratto e operazione economica. – 4. La nozione di consumatore. – 5. Autonomia privata ed eteronomia nella regolazione dello jus variandi. – 6. Gestione per conto altrui e attività d’impresa: acquisto di partecipazione di controllo in società immobiliare da parte di società di gestione del risparmio e disciplina antitrust delle concentrazioni. – 7. Commiato.

Keywords: Party Autonomy — Business Organization — Consumer Protection — Sustainability — Bank of Italy’ s Supervision — Asset Management — Antitrust Law.