6 ECTS credits
157 h study time
Offer 2 with catalog number 1009685AER for all students in the 2nd semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.
This course aims for students to acquire a basic understanding of business law. This will be achieved in grosso modo three parts. First, a brief general introduction to law will be given to make students familiar with a few basis concepts and structures required for a clear understanding of our legal order and legal thinking in general. The second part offers an introduction to commercial law (and, if time allows, a few specific topics of economic law). The third part will consist of an introduction to company law in the narrow sense.
This course aims to offer students a basic understanding of prevailing Belgian business law. After successfully completing this course students should be familiar with the legal context of a company’s activities and should have developed basic skills to handle certain questions and problems in that respect. Students should acquire a clear view on the regulatory framework that is applicable to business activities, should understand and be able explain the applicable rules and solve simple cases.
For the first part (general introduction) it is, in particular, envisaged that students acquire a clear understanding of some basic concepts and structures of the Belgian legal order and develop basic skills in respect of legal thinking.
As to the second part (commercial law) students are expected to become familiar with the basic rules of commercial law, to be able to explain such rules in general and to solve simple cases, by making use of such rules.
For the third part (company law) students are expected to acquire basic insights in Belgian company law, to be able to explain the rules discussed and to solve simple cases by making use of such rules.
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
This offer is part of the following study plans:
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