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Civil and Commercial Law, 4 credits
Affärsrätt I, 4 hp
TEIE95
Main field of study
No Main Field of StudyCourse level
First cycleCourse type
Programme courseExaminer
Maria BoyceDirector of studies or equivalent
Christina NordinEducation components
Preliminary scheduled hours: 32 hRecommended self-study hours: 75 h
ECV = Elective / Compulsory / Voluntary
Main field of study
No Main Field of StudyCourse level
First cycleAdvancement level
G1XCourse offered for
- Computer Science and Engineering, M Sc in Engineering
- Industrial Engineering and Management - International, M Sc in Engineering
- Industrial Engineering and Management, M Sc in Engineering
- Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, M Sc in Engineering
- Information Technology, M Sc in Engineering
- Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering
- Computer Science and Software Engineering, M Sc in Engineering
Entry requirements
Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
Prerequisites
Basic course in industrial economics
Intended learning outcomes
The course aims to give a general introduction to law and the legal system plus basic knowledge in the main area of property law including contract law, purchasing rights, association rights and market law. After completing this course students should be able to solve simple legal matters in the work place and decide when judicial expertise is needed as well as follow and understand more complicated legal reasoning.
Course content
- Law and the legal system: The nature and grouping/classification of the legal system. Different legal sources. Legal source material, how to find it and how to use it. The court system and legal proceedings. Arbitration.
- Property Law
a) Contract Law: Entering into a contract, invalid contracts, modification and exclusion of unjustifiable terms and conditions, powers of attorney, standard contracts.
b) Buyers Rights: Parties obligations, breach of contract, hire-purchase, consumer purchasing, door-to-door sales.
c) Buying on Credit: Different types of indebtedness (promissory notes), different forms of security, statute of limitations, debt collection.
d) Law of Association: Different types of company. Private companies. Trading companies: Establishment, organisation, owner's responsibility. Economic associations. Foundations. Joint-stock companies: Establishment, changes in and payment of share capital, protection of share capital, organisation, the company's rights and obligations, annual accounts and dissolution/winding up of the company.
e) Labour Law: Various parties in the labour market, negotiation and union rights, right of participation in decision making, collective contract/collective wage agreement, industrial action, mediating, the individual employment contract, job security agreements and holiday rights.
f) Non-material Rights: Copyright, patenting rights, design rights, trademark rights and business rights. - 3 Market Rights, competition and economic criminal law.
- 4 Employers' penalties.
Teaching and working methods
Lectures are based on course material and tackle first and foremost the basic rules as well as more complicated areas/chapters while other material is taken up if and when time allows.
Large seminars provide training in how to find out which the applicable laws are and how to identify legal matters in a complex society.
Examination
| TEN1 | Written Examination | 4 credits | U, 3, 4, 5 |
Grades
Four-grade scale, LiU, U, 3, 4, 5Department
Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utvecklingDirector of Studies or equivalent
Christina NordinExaminer
Maria BoyceEducation components
Preliminary scheduled hours: 32 hRecommended self-study hours: 75 h
Course literature
Malmström, Agell, Ramberg: Civilrätt 21 uppl. 2010, Liber AB Hemström: Bolag föreningar stiftelser. En introduktion. 7 uppl. Norstedts Juridik AB| Code | Name | Scope | Grading scale |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEN1 | Written Examination | 4 credits | U, 3, 4, 5 |
Regulations (apply to LiU in its entirety)
The university is a government agency whose operations are regulated by legislation and ordinances, which include the Higher Education Act and the Higher Education Ordinance. In addition to legislation and ordinances, operations are subject to several policy documents. The Linköping University rule book collects currently valid decisions of a regulatory nature taken by the university board, the vice-chancellor and faculty/department boards.
LiU’s rule book for education at first-cycle and second-cycle levels is available at http://styrdokument.liu.se/Regelsamling/Innehall/Utbildning_pa_grund-_och_avancerad_niva.
Course literature is preliminary.
Malmström, Agell, Ramberg: Civilrätt 21 uppl. 2010, Liber AB
Hemström: Bolag föreningar stiftelser. En introduktion. 7 uppl. Norstedts Juridik AB
Note: The course matrix might contain more information in Swedish.
I = Introduce, U = Teach, A = Utilize
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| 5. PLANNING, EXECUTION AND PRESENTATION OF RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WITH RESPECT TO SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIETAL NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS | ||||||
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