Teaching activities
DESCRIPTION
This course is designed for fifth-year law students interested in Commercial Law, Company Law and a business law practice of EU countries.
It will cover choice of entity, employment agreements, employee benefits and trade secrets when making business in the European Union. The focus will be on developing the skills necessary to address these issues in practice. Students will listen to lectures of Coordinator and guest lecturers from Poland and Czech republic. They also will draft business documents (articles of association etc.) as if they are in law firm dealing with a client, using actual documents from current business deals.
Emphasis is placed upon business contracts, system of registration of business activity, joint-stock companies, limited liability companies, partnerships, with consideration given to other forms of business, such as non-profit corporations, professional associations and limited liability companies.
ORGANIZATION
This is a lecture course in which topics are presented by the lecturer (coordinator). There is a comprehensive final exam.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
- To introduce students to the basic principles of Commercial Law of the European Union.
- To introduce students to various types of companies in the European Union.
- To introduce students to the specific kinds of contracts in the EU.
To provide students with opportunities to develop basic knowledge of documents’ drafting in Commercial Law of the European Union.
COURSE TOPICS
The course will cover the following topics:
Lecture 1: The Political Institutions of the European Union (2 hours).
Lecture 2: The Effect of EU Law upon National Law (2 hours).
Lecture 3: The European Union and the World Trading System (2 hours).
Lecture 4: Free Movement of Goods (2 hours).
Lecture 5: Free Movement of Persons and Services (2 hours).
Lecture 6: Free Movement of Capital (2 hours).
Lecture 7: Commercial Law and Policy (2 hours).
Lecture 8: Types of Contracts in EU (4 hours).
Lecture 9: Types of Companies in EU (4 hours).
Lecture 10: System of Registration of Business activity (2 hours).
Lecture 11: Competition Law (2 hours).
Lecture 12: Removal of Taxation Barriers to Trade (2 hours).
Lecture 13: Public Procurement (2 hours).
Lecture 14: Industrial and Commercial Property Rights (2 hours).
Lecture 17: Judicial Review and the European Court of Justice (2 hours).
The presentations were prepared by the students. These presentations describe the main facts from the Jean Monnet life, the basic principles of E Commercial law, and approximation of Ukrainian commercial law to the EU law.
6_EU_Ukraine_Association Agreement – main provisions
1_Approximation_Commercial_Law_to_EU
According to F.2.2. Specific Activity: DELIVERABLES The textbook “Commercial Law of the European Union” was written. It covers the main fields of EU Commercial Law, in particular, EU directives concerning company law, EU regulations concerning securities law and so on. The textbook covers some most important legal acts (directives, regulations) of commercial law of the European Union, as well as other issues related to doing business within the European Union (features of investment, business registration, etc.). The publication is designed for lawyers, managers and members of companies, managers of enterprises engaged in foreign economic activity, investors, teachers, students, as well as those who are interested in the problems of legal regulation of commercial law in the European Union