BZ409Zk Introduction to Corporate Law

Faculty of Law
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 7 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Zdeněk Houdek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Mgr. Radek Ruban, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Mgr. Radek Ruban, Ph.D.
Department of Commercial Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Vladimíra Vraná
Supplier department: Department of Commercial Law – Faculty of Law
Timetable
Wed 19. 2. 12:00–13:40 133, 14:00–15:40 133, Fri 20. 3. 8:00–9:40 133, 10:00–11:40 133, Fri 27. 3. 14:00–15:40 208, Fri 15. 5. 8:00–9:40 208
Prerequisites (in Czech)
!OBOR(PR) && !OBOR(PR01) && !PROGRAM(N-VS) && BZ308Zk Introduction to Commercial Law
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course aims to provide deeper knowledge of corporate law to students of the bachelor program who already had been introduced to the field of commercial law. The lessons are focused on solving model cases, similar to what students might later experience in practice. After completion of the course, the students should be able to solve these simple cases on their own.
Syllabus
  • 1) Regulation of Corporations - general topics
  • 2) The relation between a Corporation and Shareholder, Transfer of Shares
  • 3) Company management, organizational structure
  • 4) Rights and obligations of Corporate Managers, Protection of Investors and Creditors
  • 5) Specific Regulation of Public Limited Company
  • 6) Specific Regulation of Cooperatives
  • 7) Establishment and Dissolution of Corporations
  • 8) Commercial Register
Literature
    required literature
  • POKORNÁ, Jarmila, Eva TOMÁŠKOVÁ, Alena KERLINOVÁ, Jan LASÁK, Milan PEKÁREK, Jaromír KOŽIAK, Alena POKORNÁ, Tomáš DVOŘÁK and Josef HOLEJŠOVSKÝ. Obchodní společnosti a družstva (Business Companies and Cooperatives). první. Praha: C. H. Beck Praha, 2014, 448 pp. Academia iuris. ISBN 978-80-7400-475-9. info
  • ŠTENGLOVÁ, Ivana, Jan DĚDIČ and Miloš TOMSA. Základy obchodního práva : vysokoškolská učebnice. 2. aktualizované a rozší. Praha: Leges, 2019, 475 stran. ISBN 9788075023148. info
    recommended literature
  • RUBAN, Radek, Jaromír KOŽIAK and Zdeněk HOUDEK. Cvičebnice korporátního práva. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2018, 205 pp. Učebnice č. 541. ISBN 978-80-210-9004-0. info
Teaching methods
The course is being taught in the form of lectures organized together into tuition blocks. The lectures also include practical aspects like an interpretation of legal provisions, presentation of case studies and discussion with students on the topics on hand.
Assessment methods
Written and oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hod. přednášek za semestr / 12 hrs of lectures per semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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