PrF:MVV07357Zk Selected Prob. of Business Law

MVV07357Zk Selected Problems of Business Law

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2001

Extent and Intensity

1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Francis A. Grossi, Attorney (lecturer), prof. JUDr. Naděžda Rozehnalová, CSc. (deputy)

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Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.

Course objectives (in Czech)

The course will be taught in English and will be devoted to the letters of credit and similar instruments.

Syllabus (in Czech)

This course will explore the history of the letter of credit and ist maturation into a modern and prevalent instrument of commerce. The discussion will focus on the principal features of a letter of credit including: 1. Peculiar legal rules and character 2. Benefits and application in a commercial setting 3. The various forms of the letter and their uses 4. The various functions of the banks involved in the letter 5. the sources of national and international law that govern the instrument 6. The sources of international conventions and standards. This segment will also compare the letter of credit to contract and bank guarantees and to secured transactions. Students will be provided forms of letter of credit and selected excerpts form applicable law. The principal legal sources dicussed wll be American law.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: 20 hodin.

The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002.