Commercial Law

Code:

MD100

Acronym:

DC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Private Law

Instance: 2012/2013 - 1S

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
MD	49	Plano Oficial de MD	1	-	10	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The main aim of this subject is to expand students knowledge in Commercial Law and Contracts and give them a greater level of expertise and aptitude. The students will be encouraged to appraise and evaluate real-life situations in light of a body of law, applying the law to the facts.
To enable personal growth, self-improvement, and intellectual accomplishment are also central objectives of a Master degree and of this subject.

Program

(Prof. Doutor Francisco Liberal Fernandes)
Employment and Enterprise
1. Employment contract
2. Collective bargaining
3. EC and international labour law
4. Social Security

(Prof. Doutor Miguel Pestana de Vasconcelos)
Financial contracts: leasing and factoring
Financial collateral contracts

(Prof. Doutora Maria Raquel Guimarães)
New contractual challenges
1. Distance contracts
2. Electronic Commerce
3. Consumer credit
4. Preliminary agreements

Mandatory literature

Fernandes Francisco Liberal 1952-; A^obrigação de seviços mínimos como técnica de regulação da greve nos serviços essenciais. ISBN: 978-972-32-1787-2
Guimarães Maria Raquel 1969-; O^contrato-quadro no âmbito da utilização de meios de pagamento electrónicos
Guimarães Maria Raquel 1969-; O^pagamento com cartão de crédito no comércio electrónico
Guimarães Maria Raquel 1969-; As^transferências electrónicas de fundos e os cartões de débito. ISBN: 972-40-1202-6
Vasconcelos Luís Miguel Pestana de 1967-; A^cessão de créditos em garantia e a insolvência
Vasconcelos Luís Miguel Pestana de 1967-; Direito das garantias
Vasconcelos Luís Miguel Pestana de 1967-; Dos contratos de cessão financeira. ISBN: 972-32-0909-8

Complementary Bibliography

Almeida Carlos Ferreira de 1938-; Contratos
Cordeiro António Menezes 1953-; Tratado de direito civil português
Costa Mariana Fontes da 1980-; Ruptura de negociações pré-contratuais e cartas de intenção. ISBN: 978-972-32-1925-8
Morais Fernando de Gravato; União de contratos de crédito e de venda para o consumo. ISBN: 972-40-2121-1

Teaching methods and learning activities

Exposition of the (subject) contents with regular application of the case-method.
Work with cases and study of jurisprudential trends and criteria.

Software

bibliografia

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	26,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Calculation formula of final grade

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Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

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Classification improvement

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