Commercial Law II

Code:

D501

Acronym:

DCOM2

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Legal Sciences

Instance: 2007/2008 - 2S

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
D	104	Official Study Plan - LD	5	-	7	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Introduction to the legal regime of commercial societies

Program

Corporate law
I) Formation and statutes
II) Shareholders agreements
III)Corporate governance
IV) Shareholders resolutions
V) Liability of directors
VI)Shares; shareholders rights and obligations
VII) Liability of controlling shareholders for undue influence
VIII) Corporate coalition and groups
IX) Mergers, divisions, reconstruction and liquidation

Main Bibliography

Specific indcations will be given to the students

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes: Exposition of the contents of the discipline with the support of case-studies
Practical classes: The students have to solve practical exercises

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Eligibility for exams

The marks the student must get have to be equal or higher than 10, in a scale of [0,20] in one of the following hypotheses:
a)Written final examination;
b)Oral final examination (if the student obtained in a) a mark between 7 and 9.

Calculation formula of final grade

Are the marks obtained in the examinations referred in “Frequency Attaining

Examinations or Special Assignments

None

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

General Law and rules enforced in FDUP.

Classification improvement

Is obtained by doing a written or an oral examination