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Business Law

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
Business Law
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
Business Administration, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2013
Module code: BBABW-540
SAP-Submodule-No.:
The exam administration creates a SAP-Submodule-No for every exam type in every module. The SAP-Submodule-No is equal for the same module in different study programs.
P420-0387
Hours per semester week / Teaching method:
The count of hours per week is a combination of lecture (V for German Vorlesung), exercise (U for Übung), practice (P) oder project (PA). For example a course of the form 2V+2U has 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of exercise per week.
4V (4 hours per week)
ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
5
Semester: 5
Mandatory course: yes
Language of instruction:
German
Assessment:
Written exam (90 min. / Can be repeated semesterly)

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Workload:
Workload of student for successfully completing the course. Each ECTS credit represents 30 working hours. These are the combined effort of face-to-face time, post-processing the subject of the lecture, exercises and preparation for the exam.

The total workload is distributed on the semester (01.04.-30.09. during the summer term, 01.10.-31.03. during the winter term).
60 class hours (= 45 clock hours) over a 15-week period.
The total student study time is 150 hours (equivalent to 5 ECTS credits).
There are therefore 105 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
BBABW-430 Law - Basic Course


[updated 09.04.2014]
Recommended as prerequisite for:
Module coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Holger Buck
Lecturer:
Prof. Dr. Holger Buck
Prof. Dr. Sybille Neumann
Prof. Dr. Barbara Weitz


[updated 09.04.2014]
Learning outcomes:
After successfully completing this module, students will:
- be familiar with the most important types of contracts in commercial law, in particular sales law and its right of warranty
- be familiar with commercial and corporate law
- be familiar with the functions and mechanisms of business, commercial and corporate law
- understand the law as one of the basic conditions for entrepreneurial activity and the relevance of the regulations for business practice
- be able to incorporate legal considerations into the operational of a company
- will be able to handle relevant legal texts independently.
- will be able to develop proposals for solutions to specific cases relating to purchase, commercial and corporate law, by classifying the problem, subsuming the facts under the characteristics of the relevant regulations and deriving the result therefrom
 
- will have developed drafting proposals for simple legal transactions and be familiar with the standards of contractual practice
- be able to evaluate and review the results based on general legal value judgements.


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Module content:
- Laws regarding defective performance based on the sales contract (Withdrawal and compensation according to the German Civil Code in the event of non-performance of the respective service, warranty for material defects in sales contracts according to the German Civil Code)
- Overview of special contractual obligations and a selection of important contract types, sales contracts in depth (including consumer protection and basic features of reviewing the content of general terms and conditions)
- Commerical law: Its significance, function and duties; merchant status; the appearance of merchants and the protection of legal transactions (company name, commercial and business register); conclusion of contracts by dependent auxiliary persons (procuration, power of attorney); basic features of commercial transactions
- Corporate law: Corporate forms for economic purposes and how to choose them; overview of the most important corporate forms; overview of partnerships; corporations based on the example of the GmbH (limited liability company) (formation, organizational structure and responsibilities, financing the GmbH through shareholders)

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Teaching methods/Media:
- Interactive lecture with integrated tutorial (Solving legal issues and formulating declarations)
- Visualization by means of transparencies
- Learning material from the internal eLearning management system


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Recommended or required reading:
- Brox, H. / Walker, W.-D. Allgemeines Schuldrecht. München: C. H. Beck, aktuelle Auflage
- Brox, H./Walker, W.-D., Besonderes Schuldrecht. München: C. H. Beck, aktuelle Auflage
- Brox, H. / Henssler, M., Handelsrecht. München: C. H. Beck, aktuelle Auflage
- Führich, E., Wirtschaftsprivatrecht. München: Franz Vahlen, aktuelle Auflage
- Führich, E./Werdan, I. Wirtschaftsprivatrecht in Fällen und Fragen. München: Franz Vahlen, aktuelle Auflage
- Gildeggen, R. u. a. Wirtschaftsprivatrecht: Kompaktwissen für Betriebswirte. Berlin; Boston: de Gruyter Oldenbourg, aktuelle Auflage
- Güllemann, D. Wirtschaftsprivatrecht: BGB Allgemeiner Teil, Schuldrecht, Sachenrecht, Handels- und Gesellschaftsrecht. München: Franz Vahlen, aktuelle Auflage
- Hoffmann-Becking, M. / Gebele, A. (Hrsg.). Beck‘sches Formularbuch Bürgerliches, Handels- und Wirtschaftsrecht. München: C. H. Beck, aktuelle Auflage
- Kindler, P., Grundkurs Handels- und Gesellschaftsrecht. München: C. H. Beck, aktuelle Auflage
- Looschelders, D., Schuldrecht Besonderer Teil. München: Franz Vahlen, aktuelle Auflage
- Saenger, I., Gesellschaftsrecht. München: Franz Vahlen, aktuelle Auflage
- Schade, L., Handels- und Gesellschaftsrecht. Heidelberg: C. F. Müller, aktuelle Auflage

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