LP103ZK Commercial Law I

Faculty of Law
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
20/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. Josef Bejček, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. Josef Fiala, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. Petr Hajn, DrSc. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Josef Kotásek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. Karel Marek, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. Jarmila Pokorná, CSc. (lecturer)
JUDr. David Raus, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Eva Večerková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. Josef Bejček, CSc.
Contact Person: Mgr. Naděžda Špirudová
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
After completion of the module the students should be able to: a) analyse the range of commercial law regulation of the entrepreneurs activity in the national environment b) analyse the law regulation of the entrepreneurs activity from the point of EU law. c) choose adequate psychological, organizational and legal techniques in the negotiations proceedings (making contracts) d) differentiate between different types of commercial companies and the respective intra company relations e) implement knowledge of the holding company regulation into their practical activities f) realize common limits of contract liberty that is given by competitive law g) make use of main kinds of securities, such as promissory notes, bills of exchange, bonds etc. h) understanding of regulation framework assured by Security Commission
Syllabus
  • The module addresses the following topics: a) Business entities. Classification of business entities and differences among them (economic, organizational and legal). Appropriateness of individual forms from the different points of view. General regulation of business associations. b) Individual kinds of business companies and associations. Basic characteristic features of personal and stock corporations. Memoranda of companies and associations and articles of companies associations. Internal relations in business companies. c) Legal regulation of holding companies. Economic essence of a holding. Types of holding arrangements and their advantages and disadvantages. Factual and contractual holdings. A contract to control a company and a profit transfer contract. Control and government. d) Law of contract. The art of contracting. Who can make a contract. Types of contractors. Organization of contracting, psychological equipment of a contractor. Pre-contracting negotiations between partners. Indemnity of agreed obligations. Obligatory character of agreed subject-matter, possibilities of rescission of a contract. e) Types of contracts and innominate contracts. How to find out or choose an appropriate type of a contract. Advantages and risks of contracting by means of an innominate contract. Relationship between commercial obligations and regulation by means of individual types of contracts. Making business contracts and public tenders. f) Securities and capital market. Economic importance and essential kinds of securities. Securities and cheques practice. Securities disposition contracts. Regulation of capital market, powers of the Commission for Securities and other regulators.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • ELIÁŠ, Karel, Petr HAJN and Josef BEJČEK. Kurs obchodního práva : obecná část : soutěžní právo (Course on commercial law : general part : competition law.). / Karel Eliáš ... [et al.]. 5. vyd. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2007, 610 pp. (Právnické učebnice). ISBN 978-80-7179-583-4. info
  • BEJČEK, Josef, Karel ELIÁŠ, Přemysl RABAN and Karel MAREK. Kurs obchodního práva : obchodní závazky. / Josef Bejček, Karel Eliáš, Přemysl Raban a kolektiv. 4. vyd. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2007, l, 535 s. (Právnické učebnice). ISBN 80-7179-781-4. info
  • RADVAN, Michal. Kotásek, Josef, Pokorná, Jarmila, Raban, Přemysl a kolektiv: Kurs obchodního práva: Právo cenných papírů. Bulletin advokacie. Praha: Česká advokátní komora, 2005, 7-8, p. 65-65. ISSN 1210-6348. info
  • ELIÁŠ, Karel, Miroslava BARTOŠÍKOVÁ and Jarmila POKORNÁ. Kurs obchodního práva. Právnické osoby jako podnikatelé. / Karel Eliáš, Miroslava Bartošíková, Jarmila Pokorná a kolektiv. 5. vyd. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2005, xxxvi, 617. ISBN 8071793914. info
  • HAJN, Petr and Josef BEJČEK. Jak uzavírat obchodní smlouvy. 2. vyd. Praha: Linde, 2003, 284 s. ISBN 8072014153. info
  • KOTÁSEK, Josef. Úvod do směnečného práva. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2002, 182 s. ISBN 8021028556. info
  • HAJN, Petr. Jak jednat v boji s konkurencí :(o právní úpravě nekalé soutěže). 1. vyd. Praha: Linde, 1995, 239 s. ISBN 80-85647-93-1. info
Teaching methods
Range of Modes of Contacts: Lectures, use of commented presentations, group discussions, group seminar activities, brainstorming, case studies, solving of simulated problems, model negotiations. Range of Other Learning Methods: Individual learning, self-study, elaboration of the written assignment, individual consultations
Assessment methods
Number, Type and Weighting of Elements: 100% written assignment Type and Weighting of Methods within Each Element: This module is assessed by means of quality of a written assignment (approx. 10 sheets). Illustrative assignments and assessment criteria: a) Identify the problems concerning contract agenda in your own company and design the appropriate measures for improvement thereof. b) Discover main defects in a given set of securities and try to correct them. c) Try to design a draft of a dominating contract in a holding. An answer to the questions above (and alike) would be assessed against the following criteria: a) complete analysis (i.e. using of knowledge of more issues and points of view, the art of finding an optimal solution on the basis of balancing different interest and values) b) critical evaluation and discussion of the main factors and their influence and presumable general impact on the respective company c) the ability to structuralize the answer or the solution (i.e. to find out the hierarchy between different arguments and to distribute with explicitly given reasons the value or the weight of particular arguments). d) logical conclusions with practical, achievable recommendations.
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015.
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