Commercial and Consumer Law

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The course contents will be treated using two complementary methodologies: interpretation and analysis of the legal provisions and exposure of the contents by the teacher and their discussion with the students; resolution of practical cases and jurisprudential decisions by students.

It is expected that at the end of the course each student will be able to:
a) qualify an act or an obligation as commercial.
b) distinguish and qualify a subject of a legal relationship as a trader.
c) qualify an organization as a company;
d) establish commercial companies;
e) know the organization and functioning of commercial companies;
f) identify the main rights and obligations of the members or shareholders;
h) identify the consumer rights foressen in the current legislation;
i) recognize general contractual clauses inserted in individual contracts and assess the terms of their use;
j) recognize unfair commercial practices in consumer relations;
k) identify essential public services and apply their most consumer-friendly legal regime;
l) identify consumers’ rights in the case of sale and guarantee of consumer goods.

Part I – Commercial law

1. The company and the law.

2. Companies and their legal entities.

3. Commercial companies.

Part II – Consumer Law

4. The legal regime applicable to consumer protection;

5. General contractual clauses;

6. Unfair commercial practices;

7. The law of essential public services;

8. Sale and warranty of consumer goods.

• - 3 written tests [(3 x 100)/3] - 100.0%

• - Exam - 100.0%

NAO

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