2303.19 - Corporate Law
Course number
2303.19
Title
Corporate Law
ECTS
10
Prerequisites
None
Purpose
The purpose of the course is to provide the students with sufficient knowledge of the law and practice within the field of corporate law, in order for the students to be able to identify, analyze and come up with resolutions to real legal disputes.
Content
When planning operations, productions, contracts, communications and cooperation with other parties etc., corporate law, as a legal framework, provides an important management tool. This course analyzes those aspects of the law, that influence the decision making process in a company and the students must, collectively and individually, reflect upon, the organization of the firm, with regard to the legal framework.
The course contains these subjects:
1. Legal sources, structure of the courts and procedure
2. Contract law
3. Purchase law
4. Marketing- and competition law
5. Torts and breach of contract
6. Surety, fidelity bond and retention of ownership
7. Bankruptcy and bankruptcy proceedings
8. Immaterial rights
9. Payment/guarantee
10. Labor- and employment law
11. International trade – CISG
12. International legal disputes in trade
13. EU law
14. Insurance and reinsurance
15. Purchase and sale of real estate
16. Purchase and sale of movables
17. Money demands – collection and statute of limitation
18. Purchase and sale of credit accounts
19. Financing
20. Industrial arbitration court
21. International trade/commerce contracts
Learning and teaching approaches
Lectures, discussions and presentation of students submittions
Learning outcomes
by successful compleation of the course, the students must:
• understand and evaluate important aspects within the field of, contract law, Purchase law; marketing- and competition law; compensation and insurance; Surety; fidelity bond; retention of ownership; Bankruptcy and bankruptcy proceedings;
• understand selected legal texts, within this course, and be able to discuss these within the legal vocabulary in a trustworthy manner
• analyze the legal prospects of persons and firms
• identify specific corporate legal circumstances, apply relevant legal concepts, rules and legal sources to that circumstance
• articulate resolutions to corporate legal disputes by providing adequate legal methods, rules and legal sources
• reflect upon the societal importance of, and the reasons as to why the law is constructed as it is
Assessment method
Written assignments
Examination
Internal
Marking scale
7-
Bibliography
TBA
Contact
Jóannes Jacobsen