Course detail

Law 2 - Business Law

FP-Tp2PAcad. year: 2014/2015

The aim is to acquaint students with basic business law as an act regulating commercial relations and business entities to explain the basic concepts of business law.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

JUDr. Ing. Jan Kopřiva, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Finances (ÚF)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will be made familiar with law terminology and regulations and will be capable of reading of the law.

Prerequisites

Students are expected to have general knowledge of law at secondary school level.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching takes the form of two-hour lectures. The lecture includes a presentation of the basic concepts and principles and illustrative examples.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

A course-unit credit is not awarded for this course.
The exam has a written form. The written exam consists questions that are both closed (test with a choice questions, which may well be more than one answer) and open. Verification of the knowledge of the subject matter. The classification of this module is in accordance with the rules of the Faculty of Business and Management.

Course curriculum

- Basic concepts - business, businessman, business name
- Commercial register and the collection of documents
- Commercial companies and cooperatives - basic concepts, types of companies, their establishment, formation, authority, the person authorized to act on, the liabilities of, cancellation, termination, liquidation
- Partnerships
- Limited Liability Company
- Joint stock company
- team
- Competition
- Unfair Competition
- Business obligations - concepts, creation, modification, security, termination
- Selected types of commercial contracts

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The main objective of the course is to provide students with a general introduction to and explanation of the disciplines relating to the civil law with an emphasis on business activities. Students will be made familiar with the related terminology and regulations governing this area.

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

Attendance at lectures is not compulsory.
The course includes lectures only; there are no seminars.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Zákon č. 513/1991 Sb., obchodní zákoník (CS)
zákon č. 89/2012 Sb., občanský zákoník (CS)
zákon č. 90/2012 Sb., o obchodních společnostech a družstvech (zákon o obchodních korporacích) (CS)

Recommended reading

HENDRYCH,D. a kol.: Právnický slovník. 2. rozšířené vydání. Praha. C.H.BECK 2003. 1340 s. ISBN 80-7179-740-5 (CS)
MADAR, Z. a kol.: Slovník českého práva 1. a 2. díl: A-O a P-Z. 1. vydání. Praha. Linde 1995. 1390 s. ISBN: 80-85647-62-1 (CS)
ŠTENGLOVÁ, I., PLÍVA, S., TOMSA, M. a kol.: Obchodní zákoník. Komentář.Praha: C.H.BECK. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BAK Bachelor's

    branch BAK-MTK , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

JUDr. Ing. Jan Kopřiva, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Introduction to the theory (concept, object, system development).
Entrepreneurs.
Discussions entrepreneurs.
Company as the subject of legal relations. Trade secrets.
Corporate Law.
Commercial Register.
Introduction to competition law.
Unfair Competition. Unlawful restriction of competition.
Business Corporation Law (general overview).
General provisions of the Companies.
Partnerships.
Limited liability company.
Joint-stock company.