Agreements in business 2600-DSMw2UB

Lecture:
1. Concepts of civil and commercial law, civil law relationship, subjective right.
2. Subjects of civil law.
3. Legal actions.
4. Ownership/possession.
5. Methods of contracting.
6. Extraordinary changes in relations.
7. Nominalism, valorisation.
8. Interest, delay, default.
9. Contractual penalty, down payment, advance payment, deviation, contractual right of withdrawal.
10. Liability for due performance of a contract.
11. Preliminary contract.
12. Selected types of contracts and their features.

Exercises:
1. Capacity to conclude contracts:
 legal capacity,
 capacity to perform acts in law.
2. Form of concluded contracts:
 written form, documentary form, electronic form, other form,
 sanctions for failure to observe the form.
3. Defects in the declaration of intent:
 lack of awareness or freedom,
 ostensibility,
 mistake,
 deceit,
 threat.
4. Representation:
 power of attorney,
 proxy.
5. Statute of limitations:
 essence and time limits of the statute of limitations,
 suspension, interruption, suspension of the end of the limitation period.
6. Sequestration, acquisition from an unauthorised person.

Course coordinators

Term 2025Z:

Iwona Gębusia
Ewa Pietrusińska

Term 2024Z:

Ewa Pietrusińska

Type of course

obligatory courses

Mode

Classroom

Learning outcomes

Student/Student on completion of the course:
In terms of knowledge:
 Knows and understands the research methodology and terminology of contracts in business (K_W01).
 Knows and understands to an advanced degree the principles, procedures and practices of contracts in business (K_W02).
 Knows and understands to an advanced degree the legal regulations concerning the operation of contracts in business (K_W04).
 Knows and understands technological, social, political, legal, economic and ecological processes and phenomena and their impact on the functioning of organisations in relation to contracts in business (K_W05).
 Knows and understands the principles of concluding and performing contracts and their importance for the functioning and development of enterprises (K_W07)
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In terms of skills:
 Can correctly interpret technological, social, political, legal, economic, ecological processes and phenomena and their impact on the functioning of the organisation and the economy as a whole, using an appropriate selection of sources (K_U02).
 Can analyze and interpret contracts and select appropriate legal forms and tools to solve problems within an organization (K_U03)
In terms of attitudes:
 Is ready to evaluate and critically approach situations and phenomena related to the functioning of the organisation, the sector and the economy as a whole (K_K01)
 Is ready to comply with ethical standards and act responsibly in business relationships (K_K05)

Assessment criteria

The final grade for the course is the grade obtained in the exercises.

Bibliography

Basic position:
 Prawo cywilne w zarządzaniu i działalności gospodarczej, I. Postuła (ed.), M. Jagielska, M. Kabut, E. Pietrusińska, M. Pietrusiński, R. Pietrusiński, I. Postuła, Wydawnictwo naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania UW, Warszawa 2017.

Complementary literature:
 Z. Radwański, A. Olejniczak, Prawo cywilne – część ogólna, C.H. Beck, Warszawa 2019.
 M. Hałgas, Prawo cywilne – część ogólna. Pytania. Kazusy. Tablice. Testy. C.H. Beck, Warszawa 2020.
 Materials prepared by the lecturer.