Commercial Law

Code:

D430

Acronym:

DC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Legal Sciences

Instance: 2021/2022 - A (since 20-09-2021 to 20-05-2022)

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Law

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LDB	186	Novo Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2016	4	-	12	150

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

1st semester: introduction to the basic notions of Portuguese Commercial Law, namely banking contracts, the enterprise, insolvency and enterprise recovery, industrial property and bill of exchanges.

2nd semester:  introduction to the basic notions of the Portuguese Company Law.

 

Learning outcomes and competences

1st semester: To obtain the basic knowledge on commercial law

2nd semester: To obtain the basic knowledge on company law

Working method

Presencial

Program

Summary: 1st semester: Commercial acts and merchants: notion, regime and statute. Commercial sale contract. Credit institution and banking contracts: loan, overdraft, factoring and leasing. Enterprise: notion and elements; sale and lease of enterprises; Insolvency: requirements, proceedings and effects; Enterprise recovery. Trade signs, specially marks: constitution and regime. Bill of exchange and cheque: notion and regime; formal requirements; general characters; expiration, payment and protest.

Summary: 2nd semester: Notion and legal types of companies. Incorporation. Memorandum and articles of association. Shareholders´agreements. Corporate personality. Shareholders´rights and duties. Share capital maintenance and reserves. Profits. Meetings and resolutions. Management and agency.

Mandatory literature

Jorge Manuel Coutinho de Abreu; Curso de direito comercial
Pedro Pais de Vasconcelos; Direito comercial
António Menezes Cordeiro; Manual de direito comercial. ISBN: 972-40-1495-9
José de Oliveira Ascensão; Direito comercial
Miguel Pestana de Vasconcelos; Direito bancário. ISBN: 978-972-40-8122-9
Alexandre de Soveral Martins; Um^curso de direito da insolvência. ISBN: 978-972-40-6431-4
Alexandre de Soveral Martins; Títulos de crédito e valores mobiliários. ISBN: 978-9724035291
Carolina Cunha; Manual de letras e livranças. ISBN: 978-972-40-6421-5
Miguel Pestana de Vasconcelos; Recuperação de empresas. ISBN: 978-972-40-6631-8
Fernando de Gravato Morais; Novo regime do arrendamento comercial. ISBN: 972-40-2944-1

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and practical classes

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	206,00
Frequência das aulas	130,00
Total:	336,00

Eligibility for exams

N/A

Calculation formula of final grade

Final exam

Observations

Abreu, Jorge Manuel Coutinho de, Curso de Direito Comercial, vol. I, Almedina, Coimbra, ult. ed.; Vasconcelos, Pedro Pais, Direito Comercial, Almedina, Coimbra, ult. ed.; Ascensão, J. Oliveira, Direito Comercial, vol. II, Direito Industrial, Lisboa, 1994; vol. III, Títulos de Crédito, Lisboa, 1992;  Martins, Alexandre Soveral, Um curso de direito da insolvência, Almedina, Coimbra, 2016; Martins, Alexandre Soveral, Títulos de crédito e valores mobiliários, vol. I, Almedina, 2008; Cunha, Carolina, Manual de letras e livranças, Almedina, Coimbra, 2016; Cordeiro, António Menezes, Manual de Direito Comercial, Vol. I, Almedina, Coimbra, 2001; Morais, Fernando Gravato, Novo regime do arrendamento comercial, Almedina, ult. ed.; Vasconcelos, Miguel Pestana de, Recuperação de empresas: o processo especial de revitalização, Almedina, Coimbra, 2017.