Company and Business Law

Code:

EIG0041

Acronym:

DE

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Law

Instance: 2014/2015 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Engineering and Industrial Management

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEIG	59	Syllabus since 2006/2007	5	-	2	28	54

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

To prepare students for the basic but essential legal problems they most probably will have to deal with either when starting a business or when assuming contracts and responsabilities in the life and business of any company. Based also in international legislation, directives and rules from EU and ICC, besides portuguese law.

Learning outcomes and competences

In our days  there is no society without organization and there is no organization without law. Company law will provide students of the essencial knowledge to choose solutions, to avoid errors and risk in negotiations and international contracts, to be aware of responsabilities, dealing with real cases and analysing both portuguese and international law

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Not required

Program

I- Individual company owner and different types of companies.                                                                                         II- Doing business. 1. Business laws. 2. Guarantees and protective measures to recover commercial debts. 3. Standards of liability for defective products.                                                                         III- Payment rules in international business.                                                                                                                                                                                          IV – Special rules on labour contracts.

Mandatory literature

Profs. Pires de Lima e Antunes Varela; Código Civil Anotado
Prof. Manuel Andrade; Teoria Geral da Relação Jurídica, Ed. Livraria Almedina, 1964
Prof. Antunes Varela; Das obrigações em Geral, Ed. Livraria Almedina
Prof. Inocêncio Galvão Telles; Manual dos Contratos em Geral, Lex
Prof. Calvão da Silva; Responsabilidade Civil do Produtor, Ed. Livraria Almedina
Coord. Antonio Segreto e Aldo Carrato; La Cambiale

Teaching methods and learning activities

Each subject is presented and studed on the basis of singular cases , law and rules applied. 2. Students are invited to discuss the subject and to understand and interpret the the law. 3. Some subjects, such as distribution agreements, factoring or leasing contracts, can be prepared by students that are invited to expose the theme in class.

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	50,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Total:	104,00

Eligibility for exams

Written examination. Students may only use their legislation

Calculation formula of final grade

The final grade will be calculated based on the result obtained in the final exam (with a total weight of 100%)

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Internship work/project

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Students with special status (student union leaders and high-level competition athletes) can opt to be assessed as normal students, according to the rules previously described. Alternatively, they can take the final exam at the period especially designed for students with special status. In this case, the weight of the exam remains equal to 100%

Classification improvement

Students may repeat the exam in the appeal period.
Students may also improve their classification in the following academic year by repeating the exam.