Commercial Law

Code:

D430

Acronym:

DC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Legal Sciences

Instance: 2016/2017 - A (since 19-09-2016 to 26-05-2017)

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	177	Novo Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2016	4	-	12	150
		Plano Transitório do ano letivo 2016	4	-	12	150

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

1st semester: to supply a first contact with the basic notions of commercial portuguese law, namely in the ambit of the industrial property, bill of exchanges and insolvency law.

2nd semester:  to supply a first contact with the main subjects 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 the business men: notion, regimen and statute. Enterprise: notion and elements; sale and hire of an enterprise. Trade signs: specially marks: constitution and regimen. Bill of exchange and cheque: notion and regimen; formal requirements; general characters; expiration, payment and protest; the penal regime of the cheque. The insolvency: requirements, process and effects.

Summary: 2nd semester: Notion and legal types of commercial companies. Formation of a company. Memorandum and articles of association. Corporate personality. Coprporate transactions. Capital and reserves. Profits and dividends. General meetings. Management and control. Corporate insolvency

Mandatory literature

Abreu Jorge Manuel Coutinho de 1955-; Curso de direito comercial. ISBN: 972-40-1425-8

Comments from the literature

Main book

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and pratical classses

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

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

Calculation formula of final grade

Final exam

Observations

Abreu, Jorge Manuel Coutinho de, Curso de Direito Comercial, vol. I, ult. ed., Almedina, Coimbra; 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, Manuela 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, 2007.