Commercial law 1.S3.EP.PP.BE.10

Course objectives
presentation of the basic principles of business activity, main actors in the business sector and contracts in order to provide course participants with the most common contract provisions.
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Course content:
Main definitions of legal entity, legal personality, legal person, physical person and the terms links to commerce and commercial activity
Meaning of business, company, entrepreneur, consumer as actors in the market and how they are positioned
Forms of conducting business activity
Contracts and the elements of the contract - ananlysis of contracts provisions and clauses
IP law and publishing contracts , analysis of the parties legal standing
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Methods of instruction/ forms of classroom activity:
ICT tools/MSteams, multimedia presentation, class discussion, individual and team work

Field of study

English Philology - Practical Profile

Student workload

ECTS points in relation to student’s duties total number of ECTS: 2 1 ECTS – 30 hours in class (50% online; 50% university site) 0,5 ECTS – 15 hours preparation, 0,5 ECTS - 15 hours direct contact with the instructor

Study level

BA level studies

Education profile

full time studies practical profile

Type of course

elective courses
obligatory courses

The semester in which the subject is carried out

semester 3

Mode

(in Polish) Mieszany: realizowany zdalnie i w sali

Requirements

Business English elective module

Course coordinators

Term 2024/25-Z:

Małgorzata Adams-Tukiendorf
Alicja Jagielska-Burduk

Term 2023/24-Z:

Małgorzata Adams-Tukiendorf
Alicja Jagielska-Burduk

Term 2022/23-Z:

Alicja Jagielska-Burduk

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes acc to PRK 2019

Knowledge
Students know and understand
1. position and importance of the English language and philological studies in the field of commercial law (k_W01/P6S_WG)
2. legal, ethical and linguistic considerations of their professional activity resulting from the studied discipline (k_W05/P6S_WK)
3. selected concepts in commercial law (m-W-1/P6S_WG)
4. how legal institutions work (m-W-3/P6S_WG)

Skills
Students can
5. use the acquired knowledge of commercial law to deepen their academic interests in the intra- and interdisciplinary dimension (k_U12/P6S_UU)

Social competences
Students are ready to
6. comply with the rules of professional ethics as regards issues related to commercial law (k_K06/P6S_KR)
7. shape their own views on commercial law and legal practices on the basis of gained general and detailed knowledge (m-K-2/P6S_KK)

Assessment criteria

s of evaluation of learning outcomes:

1. Active participation in classes - 40% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4,5,6,7)
2. Presentation prepared in teams - 30% of the final grade (outcome 2,3,4,5,6,7)
3. End of semester written test - 30% of the final grade (outcome 2,3,4,5,6)

pass at 60% of the final grade

Bibliography

Reading list:
Eric Baskind, Greg Osborne, Lee Roach (2022). Commercial Law. 4th ed. Oxford University Press.

Additional materials provided by the teacher
Jaap Hage, Bram Akkermans, eds, Introduction to law, Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London, 2014
Aneta Skorupa-Wulczyńska , Legal English. Civil and Commercial Law. A Handbook , Warszawa 2016
Kucharski, Bartosz, Polish commercial law in a nutshell, Łódź 2015

Additional information

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