The Law of Business Organisations and Business Law

Aims of the course

Understanding how the law affects business is absolutely essential to ensure students entering the profession with effective managing knowledge to deal with the myriad legal implications businesses are subject to. To be successful in a business career, students must have knowledge of the laws most commonly affecting undertakings, and the ability to apply these laws in business situations. The aim of this course is to get students acquainted with the main legal concepts, features, comparative perceptions and to equip them with skills ensuring their correct decisions, while at the same time enabling them to readily identify when an expert advice is required. This course ensures students with tools and knowledge for answering legal questions with the reference to laws of UK, USA, Germany, Slovenia and France, which is crucial to being successful in daily business life.

Course syllabus

1. Introduction to the legal system EU
2. Company law
2.1. The Company Law Directives
2.2. The General Partnership, Limited Partnership and Silent Partnership
2.3. Close Corporations and Public Corporation
2.4. Bankruptcy and Corporate Insolvency
3. Introduction to Property Law
4.Introduction to the Law of Obligation
4.1. The Essentials of a Contract
4.2.The Essentials of Contracts: Offer and Acceptance, Consideration and the Intention to
create Legal Relations
4.3. The remedies of the seller and the buyer
4.4. Contracts for the Sale of Goods
5. Intellectual Property Rights
5.1. Industrial property
4.2. Patents
4.3. Trade marks and brand names
4.4. Design
4.5. Semiconductor Chip
4.6. Copyright
4.7. Competition Law of EC
5.2 Copyright

Course director(s)