Commercial and Societies Law

The objective of this unit is mainly covering the fundamental concepts inherent to the legal matters that relate
to business reality, as well as their legal systems. In this context, the students should know the main doctrinal
and jurisprudential issues which arise in a socio-economic area in permanent transformation. To distinguish
accurately the various legal institutes that together make up this branch of law. Easily identify the law
applicable to each specific situation in a context of great regulatory dispersion.

1. Commercial companies
2. Commercial Establishment
3. Commercial Contracts
Specific arrangements of trading
4. The credit titles
Concept, function and characteristics
The exchange legal transactions
Characteristics of exchange obligation
5. Distribution contracts
Commercial distribution
The buy and sell contract
The contract of mandate
The agency contracts
The commercial concession contract
Franchising
Compensation of clientele and the destination of the stocks
6. Banking Contracts
Account opening
The banking deposit contract [and in safe)
Mutual agreement contract
Consumer credit
The credit opening contract
The Bank current account contract
The documentary credit
Credit and debit cards
7. Bank guarantees
Improper bank guarantees: the letters of comfort
The leasing contract
The renting contract (or operational leasing)
Factoring
8. The contract of carriage and insurance
9. Contracts of organization

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