82170 - Commercial and International Law

Academic Year 2020/2021

  • Docente: Marco Bodellini
  • Credits: 6
  • SSD: IUS/04
  • Language: English
  • Moduli: Marco Bodellini (Modulo 1) Dalvinder Singh Sangha (Modulo 2)
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Forli
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Economics and business (cod. 9202)

Learning outcomes

The course aims to provide students with the main principles of business law, company law and competition law. Hence, its focus is on the different ways to carry out business activities regulated by the legal system, such as the different companies that it is possible to establish. In this context, the analysis will include the main principles of civil law jurisdictions in comparison with the principles of common law jurisdictions, and the most important international contracts, which usually are signed by companies while performing their business. A specific focus is devoted to the most important principles of the Anglo-Saxon systems of company law, such as the corporate governance theories and the corporate governance structures of companies, the responsibility of the directors and the position of the shareholders. At the end of the course students are able to: (a) find and choose the best legal solutions to carry out properly and efficiently business activities; (b) use the different types of contracts, both regulated and unregulated, in order to deal with suppliers and clients of the firms; (c) find and choose the best legal form to perform business.

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