This course provides to business students the necessary knowledge how to operate a business in terms of legal issues. At the end of this course, the student is expected to show that he/she is well-informed about some key legal issues related to business and is able to make the difference between business legal norms in different countries.
The objective of this course is to provide to business students the necessary knowledge to address adverse legal issues in the business environment. Business students are to identify the differences among the four types of business organizations. Business students are to understand the basic structures of business management from a legal perspective.
| Week | Topics |
|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to Business Law |
| 2 | Main actors in Business Law: Sole trader/entrepreneur, partnerships, corporations |
| 3 | Entrepreneurs and partnerships |
| 4 | Corporations |
| 5 | Corporate Governance |
| 6 | Shareholders/Director’s duties |
| 7 | Mergers and acquisitions |
| 8 | Mid term |
| 9 | Comparative Corporate Governance – UK, USA, Germany |
| 10 | Board of Directors: a comparative perspective |
| 11 | Minority shareholder’s rights – comparative approach |
| 12 | Comparative Corporate Social Responsibility |
| 13 | Comparative Corporate Governance in negotiated take overs |
| 14 | Comparative Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law |
| Method | Qty | % Each |
|---|---|---|
| Midterm Exam(s) | 1 | 40 |
| Presentation | 1 | 10 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 50 |
Cahn, Andreas, Donald, David, Comparative Company Law, Text and Cases on the Laws Governing Corporations in Germany, the UK and the USA, Cambridge University Press, Second Edition, 2018. Afsharipour Afra, Gelter Martin (editors), Comparative Corporate Governance, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021. Kraakman Reinier et al, The Anatomy of Corporate Law, A Comparative and Functional Approach, Third Edition, Oxford University Press, 2017. Janet Dine, Michael Blecher, ‘The Law on Entrepreneurs and Companies’, Text with Commentary, 2016, Implemented by GIZ.