| Module name (EN): Law - Basic Course |
| Degree programme: Business Administration, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2020 |
| Module code: BBWL-2020-230 |
| SAP-Submodule-No.: P420-0069 |
| Hours per semester week / Teaching method: 4V (4 hours per week) |
| ECTS credits: 5 |
| Semester: 2 |
| Mandatory course: yes |
| Language of instruction: German |
| Assessment: Written exam (90 min. / Can be repeated semesterly) [updated 02.01.2019] |
| Applicability / Curricular relevance: BBWL-2020-230 (P420-0069) Business Administration, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2020, semester 2, mandatory course |
| Workload: 60 class hours (= 45 clock hours) over a 15-week period. The total student study time is 150 hours (equivalent to 5 ECTS credits). There are therefore 105 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation. |
| Recommended prerequisites (modules): None. |
| Recommended as prerequisite for: |
| Module coordinator: Prof. Dr. Holger Buck |
| Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Holger Buck Dozenten des Studiengangs [updated 18.12.2019] |
| Learning outcomes: After successfully completing this module, students will: - be familiar with the most important principles and regulations of German civil law for business economists, - understand the function and mechanisms of civil law and have improved their knowledge about the law of legal transactions, in particular the typical problems related to contracts, - understand the law as one of the basic conditions for entrepreneurial activity and the relevance of the regulations for business practice, - be able to incorporate legal considerations into the operational of a company, - be able to apply legal texts independently, interpret each regulation, apply them to actual business issues and relate them to one another, - be able to develop proposals for solutions to specific cases relating to legal transactions and obligations using the methodological skills and argumentation, problem-solving and decision-making techniques they have learned by classifying the problem, subsuming the facts under the characteristics of the relevant regulations and deriving the result therefrom, - will have developed drafting proposals for simple legal transactions, - be able to evaluate and review the results based on general legal value judgements. [updated 01.07.2021] |
| Module content: - Case review methodology - Law, the legal system, law enforcement - Legal entities in private law - Freedom of contract and its limits, abstraction principle - Legal transactions and declaration of intent - All about contracts (introduction, process of concluding a contract, the effect of a contract) - Consumer protection according to BGB, consumer contracts with special features - Agency according to BGB - Destruction and nullity of legal transactions (selected topics, including nullity due to lack of form) - Introduction to the law of general terms and conditions (economic significance, definition, inclusion in a contract) - Debtor and creditor, cession, joint and several liability - Performance by the seller (place of performance, transfer of risk, time of performance, retention of title) - Performance by the buyer (payment, set-off) - Statutory limitation - Overview of design rights, basic features of rescission - Overview of defective performance [updated 01.07.2021] |
| Teaching methods/Media: - Interactive lecture with integrated tutorial (Solving legal questions and formulating letters) - Visualization by means of transparencies - Learning material from the internal eLearning management system [updated 01.07.2021] |
| Recommended or required reading: - Aunert-Micus, S. Wirtschaftsprivatrecht: BGB Allgemeiner Teil, Schuldrecht, Sachenrecht, Handels- und Gesellschaftsrecht. München: Franz Vahlen, latest edition - Brox, H. / Walker, W.-D. Allgemeines Schuldrecht. München: C. H. Beck, latest edition - Führich, E. / Werdan, I. Wirtschaftsprivatrecht in Fällen und Fragen. München: Franz Vahlen, latest edition - Gildeggen, R. u. a. Wirtschaftsprivatrecht: Kompaktwissen für Betriebswirte. Berlin; Boston: de Gruyter Oldenbourg, latest edition - Looschelders, D. Schuldrecht Allgemeiner Teil. München: Franz Vahlen, latest edition - Metzler-Müller, K. Wie löse ich einen Privatrechtsfall. Stuttgart: Boorberg, latest edition - Stadler, A. Allgemeiner Teil des BGB. München: C. H. Beck, latest edition [updated 01.07.2021] |
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