Course syllabus for Business law

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Course syllabus adopted 2022-02-10 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).

Overview

  • Swedish nameAffärsjuridik
  • CodeTEK520
  • Credits6 Credits
  • OwnerTAFFS
  • Education cycleFirst-cycle
  • Main field of studyIndustrial Engineering and Management
  • DepartmentMECHANICS AND MARITIME SCIENCES
  • GradingTH - Pass with distinction (5), Pass with credit (4), Pass (3), Fail

Course round 1

  • Teaching language Swedish
  • Application code 60122
  • Maximum participants60
  • Open for exchange studentsNo

Credit distribution

0115 Examples class 1.5 c
Grading: UG		 1.5 c
0215 Examination 4.5 c
Grading: TH		 4.5 c
  • 15 Mar 2024 pm J DIG
  • 07 Jun 2024 pm J DIG
  • 28 Aug 2024 am J DIG

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Examiner

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Eligibility

General entry requirements for bachelor's level (first cycle)
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Specific entry requirements

The same as for the programme that owns the course.
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Aim

The aim of the course is for students to acquire basic knowledge and understanding of the Swedish legal system. In this course the emphasis is on civil issues and regulations relevant to businesses. The goal is for students to gain a basic familiarity with legal terminology and legal system construction, obtaining knowledge of the existing law on the central areas of law in civil and commercial matters, develop basic skills for reading and interpretation of the rules and regulations, legal analysis and legal argumentation (legal method).

Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)

- Identify legal questions concerning the legal areas included in the course
- Make basic legal arguments which are exemplified by the legal areas in the course
- Solve basic legal problems which are exemplified by the legal areas in the course
- Interpret contract text
- Interpret legal sources

Content

  • The basics in law, legal methods, sustainability, ethics and systematical work.
  • The character and structure of the Swedish legal system, legal sources, legal terms and basic terminology
  • Legal method and problem solving
  • The basics within the legal areas: - Contract law - Purchase law including some consumer law - Marketing law - Company Law - Law of damages - Claims law - Intellectual property law - and - Civil process law
  • The contents of the course are based and limited to the course literature with extra material that will be used during lectures and as working material during the workshops.

Organisation

The course consists of lectures, work shops and exercises. The purpose of the lectures is that in unison with the course literature go through the basics in law, the contents of the legal areas and legal method. The textbook has also exercises and a legal collection that will be used as support during the lectures and the hand-in. Some lectures will contain exercises/discussions. The purpose of the workshops is do practical work and discuss legal problemsolving which includes interpretation, analysis and argumentation

It is expected from the students to prepare before lectures, exercises and workshops.
Material not connected to the textbook, will be provided at least a week before lecture, exercise or workshop.

Literature

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Examination including compulsory elements

A graded written examination

Pass/fail: Compulsory participation in seminars and completed all hand-ins

In order to pass the course, minimum each of the exams, exercises and other compulsory parts have grade pass.

The course examiner may assess individual students in other ways than what is stated above if there are special reasons for doing so, for example if a student has a decision from Chalmers on educational support due to disability.

The course syllabus contains changes

  • Changes to course rounds:
    • 2023-11-08: Examinator Examinator changed from Robert Severin (severin) to Karin Hervéus (karinher) by Viceprefekt
      [Course round 1]