COMMERCIAL AND CORPORATE LAW

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

00012L

Academic Year of enrolment:

2022

Year of supply:

2023/2024

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in ECONOMICS AND COMMERCE

Moduls:

COMMERCIAL AND COMPANY LAW - MODULE 1 - 5 credits
COMMERCIAL AND COMPANY LAW - MODULE 2 - 4 credits

Location:

PESCARA

Credits:

Programme Year:

Cycle:

Second semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

Adequate knowledge of the basic legal institutions and passing of the
Private Law exam

Objectives

Provide basic legal preparation and allow the acquisition of knowledge of
the principles of the legal system in its various configurations, so that the
student is able to analyze business cases and documents and to express
judgments and autonomous on the issues examined with specific legal
considerations , making use of communication skills that allow it to
adequately represent the problems of economic institutions and
businesses.
EXPECTED LEARNING RESULTS:
It is expected that the student:
- assimilates the fundamental concepts of commercial law;
- knows adequately the institutes and the norms object of study;
- is able to correctly set and resolve legal cases concerning the subject;
- knows how to express oneself with formalized legal language.
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ABILITY:
At the end of the course the student will:
- have assimilated the fundamental concepts of commercial law;
- have acquired the fundamental tools for the analysis in legal terms of
the phenomenon of the company, in its various forms;
- have developed the ability to formalize problems and solve them
(problem solving).

Contents

The course aims to impart the basics of commercial law, having particular
regard to company law, corporate law and credit instruments. A specific
study is dedicated to the law of limited liability companies.

Extended Syllabus

GENERAL PART:
The history of commercial law. The categories of entrepreneurs. The
purchase of the quality of an entrepreneur. The statute of the commercial
entrepreneur. The company. The societies. The simple company. The
general partnership. The limited partnership. The joint stock company.
Actions. Relevant equity investments. The groups of companies. The
assembly. Administration. Checks. The budget. Amendments to the
statute. The bonds. The dissolution of the joint stock company.
Transformation. Merger and demerger. Debt securities in general. The
bill. The bank check. The cashier's check.
SPECIAL PART:
Limited Liability Companies. Introductory remarks. The constitution and
the models. The competences of the shareholders and the formation of social decisions. The invalidity of the decisions of the shareholders. Administration. Responsibilities for administration. The controls

Recommended Bibliography

GENERAL PART:
G.F. CAMPOBASSO, Manual of Commercial Law, latest edition, Utet
Giuridica, Turin (Introduction; Chapters from 1 to 5; from 10 to 21; 25;
from 40 to 43);
- or as an alternative -
M. CIAN (edited by), Commercial Law Manual, ult. edition, Giappichelli,
Turin (Introduction; §§ from 1 to 9; from 20 to 21; from 35 to 57; from 62
to 64; from 68 to 70)
SPECIAL SECTION:
G. SANTONI-F. BRIOLINI-G.M. BUTA-F. ACCETTELLA, Le società a
responsabilità limitata, Giappichelli, Turin, 2022 (Chapters from I to II; from VII to XI)

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Oral lectures conducted with the support of specific teaching material
(slides)

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Oral exam (with questions targeted to ascertain the student's knowledge
of the topics studied and the ability to critically interpret the legal
provisions)

Contacts/More Information

Days and time of reception of students: Thursday 12: 30-13:30; or, during the period of classes, at the end of the classes

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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