Key words
Commercial Law
Objectives
The purpose of the course is to prepare the students for working with legal techniques and instruments in a commercial environment.
Prerequisites
The knowledge, insights and skills acquired in the course "Introduction to Law" in the first year and in the course "Law of Obligations" in the second year.
Topics
The course contains four major parts:Part I looks at the traditional commercial law, the law applicable to "merchants".Part II studies the legal organization of commercial activity (rights and duties of entrepreneurs, legal rules applicable to the economic entity and its components including commercial leases and industrial property, legal structuring of contacts with suppliers and distributors).Part III covers some specific commercial transactions or instruments, such as leasing, factoring, commercial paper, bills of exchange, etc. Part IV studies the legal process dealing with the economic failure of a company, in particular bankruptcy and legal mechanisms to avoid bankruptcy.
Teaching Methods
lectures
Materials used
teacher's text
Study guidance
Assessment
closed book written examination
Study costs
Lecturer(s)
Marc Kruithof
Language
Dutch
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