Base Knowledge
Basic knowledge is not recommended, as this is a uc of the 1st year, 1st semester.
Teaching Methodologies
The classes are taught through the theoretical exposition of the program contents combined with the practical aspect, with the resolution of real exercises related to the business area (lecture, questions to students during the exhibition, use of digital interaction platforms (kawoot, Socrative), individual works, resolution of exercises, group work, in class, among others).
Learning Results
In branches of law as vast as those that are analyzed and taking into account that the curricular unit is transversal to four degrees, the objectives of this curricular unit isrelated to the transmission of knowledge related to the discipline of Introduction to the Study of Law, Commercial Law and Labor Law.
It avoids the repetition of themes with other curricular units and the legal regime related to business activity, in particular with regard to the trader, forms of contracting, laboral relations will be addressed.
The aim is to raise the student’s awareness of the doctrinal and jurisprudential issues that arise in the business area and to international practices transposed by european directives or regulations.
It is intended that the student is able to identify the legislation applicable to each specific case and that he can resolve the practical issues that are referred to him for consideration.
Program
Part I – Introduction to the Study of Law – introductory notes:
1. Normative orders.
2. Characters of legal rules.
3. Purposes of law.
4. Sources of Law.
5. Systemoticity or Division of Law.
6. Interpretation and integration of the law.
7. Law enforcement on time.
Part II – Commercial Law
8. Concept and autonomy of commercial law.
9. Acts and commercial activities. Notion of merchant, company and business establishment.
10. Types of trade acts.
11.Obligations of traders.
12. The trader on an individual behalf and the debt liability regime.
13. The EIRL, ACE and AEIE, the Consortium and the Participation Association.
14. Commercial companies, civil companies in commercial form and EIRL
15. Capacity of commercial companies.
16. Administration and management. Deliberations.
17. Civil liability of directors and managers in commercial companies.
18. General Meetings and validity of the members’ deliberations.
19. Transformation of companies. Mergers, cisons and related companies.
20. Criminal and contraordenational offences.
21. Business on undertakings: the trespass and leasing of the commercial establishment.
22. Competition Law.
23. Industrial Law.
24. Insolvency.
25. Commercial contracting.
26. Credit securities.
Part III. Labour Law – brief introductory notes.
27. Sources of Labour Law.
28. The individual employment contract and collective employment.
29. The protection of the worker’s personal data, the right to disconnection, new challenges faced by labour law.
Curricular Unit Teachers
Internship(s)
NAO
Bibliography
Main bibliography:
Ramirez, Paulo (2021). Direito Comercial. Coimbra: Almedina.
Ramalho, Maria do Rosário Palma (2023). Direito do Trabalho – Situações Laborais Individuais. Coimbra: Almedina.
Complementary literature:
Abreu, Jorge Manuel Coutinho de (2022). Curso de Direito Comercial, vol. I, 13ª ed., Coimbra: Almedina.
Abreu, Jorge Manuel Coutinho de (2021). Curso de Direito Comercial, vol. II, Das Sociedades. 7ª ed., Coimbra: Almedina.
Amado, João Leal (2022). Contrato de trabalho. Noções básicas. Coimbra. Almedina.
Carla Vieira, Iva (2020). Guia prático de Direito Comercial. Almedina.
Cordeiro, A. Menezes. (2022). Direito Comercial. Coimbra: Almedina.
Cunha, Paulo Olavo (2020). Direito Empresarial para Economistas e Gestores. Coimbra: Almedina.
Fernandes, António Monteiro (2022). Direito do trabalho. 21ª ed. Coimbra: Edições Almedina.
Justo, António Santos, Introdução ao Estudo do Direito, 3ª Edição, Coimbra Editora, Coimbra.
Romano Martinez, Pedro (2022). Direito do Trabalho. Coimbra: Almedina.