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COURSE OUTLINE

Commercial Law

1. General

School

School of Finance and Statistics

Academic Unit

Department of Banking and Financial Management

Level of Studies

Undergraduate

Course code

ΧΡΔΙΚ03

Semester

3rd

Course Title

Commercial Law

Idependent Teaching Activities

Weekly Teaching Hours

Credits

Lectures
4
7,5

Course Type

General Background

Prerequite Courses

Language of Instruction and Examinations

Greek

Is the course offered to Erasmus Students?

No

Url (Eclass)

https://eclass.unipi.gr/courses/XTD115/

2. Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

The objective of the course is to present, in a comprehensive and at the same time intelligible manner, the institutional framework underlying the most important thematic areas – parts of Commercial Law, so that students obtain, as far as possible, an all-inclusive depiction of how the real economy and the market operate. In this context, it is expected that students will:

  • comprehend how a commercial business (sole proprietorship or corporate) operates as well as the wider environment in which it operates;
  • acquire the ability to synthesize the acquired knowledge in order to solve practical problems and adequately deal with case studies discussed in the course
General Competences
  • Analytical skills and critical thinking
  • Deductive reasoning
  • Ability to place facts within the scope of rules
  • Development and supporting of arguments in order to resolve problems

3. Syllabus

Course content

  • Introduction to law and commercial law – commercialism and law
  • The concept of “enterprise” and basic principles of labor law
  • Associations of persons – companies and basic principles governing legal entities
  • The “association” and the “civil company”: fundamental principles
  • Partnerships
  • Capital companies
  • Securities
  • Industrial property
  • Unfair competition and consumer protection
  • Free competition

4. Teaching and Learning Methods - Evaluation

Delivery

Classroom teaching – Teaching is based both on the books listed below, as well as on selected, additional teaching material (e.g. assignments and studies) distributed to students on a complementary basis.

Use of Information and Communications Technology

All teaching material (eg. Power Point lectures, case studies, supplementary material) are uploaded to: https://eclass.unipi.gr/courses/XTD115/

Teaching Methods

Activity

Semester Workload

Classroom teaching-lecturing (with power point)
52
Discussion and analysis of case studies that are based on case law
52
Preparation study for each lecture
31,5
Preparation study for the exams
52
Course Total
187,5

Student Performance Evaluation

The course is assessed by a one written examination (two hours duration) with multiple choice questions covering all of the course components.

5. Attached Bibliography

Suggested Bibliography
  • G. Argyros, Commercial Law (Benos Publications, 2019)
  • I. Rokas, “Companies” (Nomiki Vivliothiki, 2019)
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