Courses

Commercial and Economic Law

General

Course Contents

  1. Introduction to law. Hierarchy of sources of law. Distinction between public and private law. The sub-disciplines and sources of commercial law in particular.
  2. General commercial law. Commercial transactions. Traders. Commercial status.
  3. Partnerships. General and limited partnership. Establishment, publicity, operation and dissolution of partnerships. Rights, obligations and liability of the partners. Civil law partnership, silent partnership, joint venture.
  4. Capital companies. Public Limited Liability Company, Private Capital Company, Private Limited Liability Company. Establishment, operation and dissolution of capital companies.
  5. Insolvency proceedings. Extrajudicial debt settlement and reorganization procedures. Bankruptcy. Conditions, procedure and consequences of bankruptcy.
  6. Unfair Competition Law. General clause of unfair competition and cases of unfair competition actions. Unfair commercial practices.
  7. Free competition law. Prohibited collusions between undertakings and abuse of a dominant position by an undertaking.
  8. Free competition law. Control of business concentrations. Competences of the Hellenic Competition Commission and the European Commission.
  9. Elements of Intellectual Property Law. Trademark and patent protection.
  10. Elements of consumer protection law. Notion of consumer and trader. Unfair terms in consumer contracts. Distance and off-premise contracts. Liability for defective products.
  11. Commercial contracts. Agency contract, distribution contract, leasing contract, factoring contract, forfaiting contract, franchising contract.
  12. Elements of banking law. Banking contracts and investment service contracts. The legal framework for investor protection.

Educational Goals

The purpose of the course is for the students to master basic concepts of commercial and economic law, such as the notion of trader, types of commercial companies and partnerships, negotiable instruments, insolvency procedures, antitrust and unfair competition, consumer protection and trademark protection.

Upon successful completion of the course students will be able to:

  • Know the basic elements of the science of law and the basic legal provisions in the field of commercial and economic law.
  • Understand specialized terms in commercial and economic law.
  • Interpret and analyze legal provisions and legislative choices for the regulation of commercial relations.
  • Apply the rules of commercial law at an academic and professional level.
  • Assess the practices of businesses and individuals from a commercial law point of view.
  • Combine the acquired knowledge with the knowledge of their main discipline in order to make optimal decisions.

General Skills

  • Working independently.
  • Team work.
  • Decision making.
  • Production of free, creative and inductive thinking.
  • Working in an interdisciplinary environment.

Teaching Methods

  • In the classroom, face to face.

Use of ICT means

  • Basic software (windows, word, power point, the web, etc.).
  • Support of learning process through the electronic platform / e-class.

Teaching Organization

ActivitySemester workload
Lectures26
Practice Works13
Assignement (Essay writing)20
Independent Study91
Total150

Students Evaluation

Written final exams (60%) that may include:

  • Judgemental questions.
  • Short answer questions.
  • Application exercises.
  • Comparative theoratical questions.

In each question, corresponding evaluation points are specified.
Optional assignment (Essay writing and presentation) corresponds to 40% of the final grade.

Recommended Bibliography

  1. Ο. Σπηλιόπουλος, Βασικά Στοιχεία Εμπορικού Δικαίου, εκδ. Σάκκουλα, 2021.
  2. Α. Πλιάκος, Εισαγωγή στο Οικονομικό δίκαιο, 2η εκδ, Νομική Βιβλιοθήκη 2021.
  3. Γ. Τριανταφυλλάκης, Εισηγήσεις Εμπορικού Δικαίου, Νομική Βιβλιοθήκη, 2018.
  4. Ν. Πολυχρονόπουλος, Επιτομή Εμπορικού Δικαίου, Νομική Βιβλιοθήκη, 2020.

Related Research Journals

  1. Επισκόπηση Εμπορικού Δικαίου.
  2. Επιθεώρηση Εμπορικού Δικαίου.
  3. Χρονικά ιδιωτικού Δικαίου.
  4. Δίκαιο Επιχειρήσεων και Εταιρειών, Αρμενόπουλος.
  5. Ελληνική Δικαιοσύνη.