Course detail

Law in the Area of Civil Engineering Business

FAST-CV15Acad. year: 2011/2012

This course is cross-sectional course. It is oriented to branches of law with problems in civil engineering business in the Czech Republic. Legislation interpretation explains discretions, duties and legal consequences associated with these activities. The rules for exercise activities in civil engineering and kinds of business licences are determined. The characteristics of contractual relationships and kinds of contracts are explained. The labour-law relations, the issue of checking and problems associated with administrative law are interpreted.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Alena Tichá, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Structural Economics and Management (EKR)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Knowledge of law focused on problems in civil engineering business in the Czech Republic.

Prerequisites

None special knowledge is requested. The course connects general knowledge from bachelor study at non-law faculties.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Requirements for successful completion of the subject are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Course curriculum

1. Business law system – law theory, private and public law.
2. Behaviour of entrepreneur – legal and illegal behaviour, law acts
by commercial and civil code.
3. Liability for damage – commercial and civil code.
4. Discretions and duties of company statutory body members –
commercial and civil code, the trades licensing act.
5. Civil engineering business – building act, the trades licensing
act, act on authorization of persons with activities in civil
engineering.
6. Labour-law relations – labour code.
7. Contractual relationships – kinds of contracts by commercial and
civil code, tenders act.
8. Inspection activity – financial law, administrative law,
procedural law, court inspection.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of this cross-sectional course is to inform the students about branches of law focused on problems in civil engineering business in the Czech Republic.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

DAVIDSON, Daniel: Business law principles and cases in the legal environment. Mason,Ohio:Thomson/South-Western/West, 2004. ISBN 0324153635. (EN)
HRABINCOVÁ Dagmar: Právo v podnikání - elektronická opora. FAST VUT, 2008. (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-P-E-SI Master's

    branch R , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

  • Programme N-P-C-SI Master's

    branch R , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

  • Programme N-K-C-SI Master's

    branch R , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Alena Tichá, Ph.D.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Alena Tichá, Ph.D.