Law and Elements of Commercial Law 2400-PP1PPH
1. Legal studies. Contemporary legal systems. Basic notions and definitions. Sources of law. Interpretation of legal acts. Legal relations.
2. Civil law and other branches of law. Subject of civil law. Legal acts. Conclusion of agreements. Prescription of claims. Ownership. Obligations. Civil liability. Basic types of agreements.
3. Commercial law and its role in the legal system. Definitions of entrepreneur and business. Undertaking of business activities.
4. Undertaking of business activities by foreign persons and entities. Branches and representative offices.
5. Commercial register.
6. Names of business entities. Powers of attorney. Proxies.
7. General classification of commercial companies.
8. Different types of commercial companies. Setting up and operating the companies. Rights and obligations of shareholders.
9. Comandite companies and comandite companies limited by shares – terms and conditions of conducting operations. Internal regulations. Representation. Rights and obligations of shareholders.
10. Capital companies. Share capital. Shares. Capital companies in organization.
11. Limited liability company – incorporation.
12. Limited liability company - rights and obligations of shareholders. Changes in shareholders’ structure.
13. Limited liability company – company’s organs.
14. Limited liability company – liquidation and dissolution.
15. Joint stock company – incorporation.
16. Joint stock company – shares.
17. Joint stock company – rights and obligations of shareholders.
18. Joint stock company – increase and decrease of share capital. Types of the increase of share capital. Redemption of shares.
19. Joint stock company – company’s organs.
20. Joint stock company – liquidation and dissolution.
21. Bankruptcy and rehabilitation proceedings.
22. Securities in Polish law. Public trading in securities.
23. Selected business agreements – terms and conditions of their conclusion.
24. Patents and trademarks.
Type of course
Prerequisites (description)
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Learning outcomes
Further to the completed course of lectures, the students should be able to freely navigate across the basic legal institutions connected with the civil, commercial, corporate and securities law. The course should help them better understand and more independently analyse the economic events in the context of applicable legal environment.
KW02
Assessment criteria
Written exam
Bibliography
Literatura rekomendowana:
A. Kidyba, Prawo Handlowe, Wydawnictwo C.H. Beck, Warszawa 2018;
T. Chauvin, T. Stawecki, P. Winczorek, Wstęp do prawoznawstwa, Wydawnictwo C.H. Beck, Warszawa 2018;
Z. Radwański, Prawo cywilne - część ogólna, Wydawnictwo C.H. Beck, Warszawa 2017;
Z. Radwański, A. Olejniczak, Zobowiązania - część ogólna, Wydawnictwo C.H. Beck, Warszawa 2017;
Recommended readings:
A. Kidyba, Prawo Handlowe, Wydawnictwo C.H. Beck, Warszawa 2018;
T. Chauvin, T. Stawecki, P. Winczorek, Wstęp do prawoznawstwa, Wydawnictwo C.H. Beck, Warszawa 2018;
Z. Radwański, Prawo cywilne - część ogólna, Wydawnictwo C.H. Beck, Warszawa 2017;
Z. Radwański, A. Olejniczak, Zobowiązania - część ogólna, Wydawnictwo C.H. Beck, Warszawa 2017;
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