Commercial and Business Law

Aim

On completion of the course, the student should, at a basic level, be able to - account for the structure and systematics of Swedish national law, and the structure and influence of the EU/EC law on Swedish law, - account for central legal concepts of both civil and criminal law as well as the civil procedure law, - account for German and French civil law - show skills in interpretation of the law and case analysis, - identify and solve civil law issues, - account for economic family law and be able to calculate the economic outcome of different economic family law dispositions, - demonstrate skills in German and French civil law, - apply group processes, - in both speech and writing, produce legal matters, - reflect on conclusions concerning results from both interpretation of the law and case analysis, and application of relevant rules in the fields that the course covers, - reflect on texts from a gender perspective.

Content

The course contains a basic study in Swedish law, contract rules (both general and special contract law), sales law, work, company types, damages, obligation law, execution (above all seizure and bankruptcy) as well as civil procedure, penal law and EU/EC law. More in-depth studies are devoted to economic family law. Also included is an introduction to German and French civil law. Covered in the economic family law part are the economy-focused parts of marital law, parental rights and inheritance law, i.e. the legal rules about the economic relations of spouses, cohabitants and minors during and after different cohabitation relationships and in case of death. The current rules are also highlighted from a gender perspective.