Civil and Commercial Law, 4 credits
Affärsrätt M, 4 hp
TEIE77
Main field of study
No Main Field of StudyCourse level
First cycleCourse type
Programme courseExaminer
Jan-Åke SandellDirector of studies or equivalent
Christina NordinEducation components
Preliminary scheduled hours: 32 hRecommended self-study hours: 75 h
Course offered for | Semester | Period | Timetable module | Language | Campus | ECV | N.B. | |
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6IDAT | Computer Engineering, B Sc in Engineering (Embedded Systems) | 4 (Spring 2017) | 1 | 4 | Swedish | Linköping, Valla | E | CANCELLED |
6IDAT | Computer Engineering, B Sc in Engineering (Embedded Systems) | 6 (Spring 2017) | 1 | 4 | Swedish | Linköping, Valla | E | CANCELLED |
6IDAT | Computer Engineering, B Sc in Engineering (Software Engineering) | 4 (Spring 2017) | 1 | 4 | Swedish | Linköping, Valla | E | CANCELLED |
6CEMM | Energy-Environment-Management | 8 (Spring 2017) | 1 | 4 | Swedish | Linköping, Valla | E | CANCELLED |
6CMMM | Mechanical Engineering, M Sc in Engineering | 8 (Spring 2017) | 1 | 4 | Swedish | Linköping, Valla | E |
Main field of study
No Main Field of StudyCourse level
First cycleAdvancement level
G1XCourse offered for
- Computer Engineering, B Sc in Engineering
- Energy-Environment-Management
- Mechanical 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 aim of the course is to impart knowledge of the general legal system which daily faces a person in a managerial position in his contacts with his clients, customers and employees. After completion of this course students should be able to solve simple legal matters within the areas covered, be able to judge when to seek judicial expertise as well as follow and understand more complicated legal reasoning.
Course content
1 Law and the Legal System: Nature and classification of the legal system. The court system. Founding and publication of laws. 2 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 indebtness (promissory notes, cheques, bills of exchange), 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. 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 of the company. e) Labour Law: Various parties in the labour market, negotiation and union rights, right of participation decision making, collective contracts, 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 and Company secrets. 4 Employers' penalties.
Teaching and working methods
Lectures are based on course literature. 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
Jan-Åke SandellCourse website and other links
Education components
Preliminary scheduled hours: 32 hRecommended self-study hours: 75 h
Course literature
Se särskillt meddelande i samband med kursstarten.Code | Name | Scope | Grading scale |
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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.
Note: The course matrix might contain more information in Swedish.
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1.5 Insight into current research and development work |
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2.2 Experimentation, investigation, and knowledge discovery |
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4. CONCEIVING, DESIGNING, IMPLEMENTING AND OPERATING SYSTEMS IN THE ENTERPRISE, SOCIETAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT | ||||||
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4.2 Enterprise and business context |
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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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