Programa

Law for Economics and Business

Licenciatura Bolonha em Economia

Licenciatura Bolonha em Finanças

Programa

Syllabus PART I - CIVIL LAW 1. The practical dimension of Law 1.1 The importance of legal courses in the training of economists, managers, and financiers 1.2 The concept of Law 1.3 The Law and its autonomy from other normative orders: the religious order, the moral order, and the social order 1.4 Characteristics of the Law. Sociability and the need of Law. Effectiveness and Tutelage 1.5 The values of Law: Justice, Safety, Economic and Social well-being 1.6. Constitutional Law: The Legal System and the Political System 2. Branches of Law 2.1 Public Law and Private Law 2.1.1 Main branches of Public Law 2.1.2 Main branches of Private Law 2.2 Domestic Law, European Union Law, and International Law 3. The Legal Rule 3.1 Concept, characteristics, and structure 3.2 Main classifications of legal rules 3.3 Legal sanctions 4. Sources of Law 4.1 Concept, enumeration, hierarchy 4.2. The law as a legal source, par excellence: the legislative process. Law in the formal sense and law in the material sense. Dynamics of the law: validity and termination 4.3 Other Sources of Law: 4.3.1 Custom 4.3.2 Uses 4.3.3 Doctrine 4.3.4 Case law 4.3.5 Equity 5. Law enforcement 5.1. The Application of law in time (Art. 12 of the Civil Code and the prohibitions on retroactivity) and in space. Fundamental notions 5.2 The Interpretation of law. Elements of Interpretation. Interpretative processes. Integrating legal gaps 6. The Contract Concept, content, structural elements PART II- BUSINESS LAW 7. Companies: The articles of association 7.1 Legal types of companies (share company and quota company) 7.2 Personality and legal capacity 7.3 Share capital, assets, and the undertaking (“empresa”) 7.4 Structure and content of social participation. Quotas and shares. Rights and obligations of shareholders 7.5 Administration and supervision - composition and operation 8. The acquisition of companies (M&A) 8.1 The steps of the corporate acquisition process 8.2 Main legal issues 9. Commercial Contracts. Importance in economic life. General notions. 9.1 Contract formation as a dynamic process 9.2 Commercial distribution contracts: agency, franchise, commercial concession 9.3 Commercial purchase and sale 9.4 Finance agreements and typical security/guarantees. Analysis and discussion of contractual models 10. Labour Contract 10.1 Concept of Labour Law. Framework. 10.2 Fundamental principles of Labour Law 10.3 Labour Contract. General notions. 10.4 Distinction from related concepts: the contract for services.