COMMERCIAL LAW I

The course is a fundamental one for the Bachelor's Degree.
It aims to explain the business activity and its different forms (sole proprietorship, partnership). The legal aspects of the enterprise will be illustrated and highlighted during the course. Company law will represent the main topic of the course.

1. Knowledge and understanding
1.1 Knowledge of the business activity in both forms of sole ownership and partnership.
1.2 Knowledge of the legal aspects of the business activity.
1.3 Knowledge and analysis of the organisational and functional structure of commercial companies.

2. Applied skills of knowledge and understanding
2.1 Capability of distinction of the various figures of entrepreneur on the basis of nature, dimension and form of the activity.
2.2 Capability of identification of the proper rules for every figure of entrepreneur.
2.3 Comprehension of the various forms of enterprise from the point of view of organisation and functions.

3. Evaluation
3.1 Comprehension of the text of the law.
3.2 Capability of evaluation of the legal consequences of every enterprise’s form choice.
3.3 Capability of balancing the different interests concerning the business activity in sole ownership and in partnership.

4. Communication skills
4.1 Proper reporting of the specific features of business law.
4.2 Critical and dialogical interaction with the examiners during the examination.

Preliminary course: Private law

The entrepreneur and the enterprise.
Commercial and non-commercial enterprises. The statute of the commercial entrepreneur.
The undertaking.
Distinctive signs and competition.
Companies in general.
Partnerships (s.s., s.n.c. and s.a.s.).
The s.p.a. model
1. The financial structure (The shares. The non-convertible bonds. The destined assets).
2. The assembly.
3. Administration and control.
The s.r.l. model
The s.a.p.a. model (outline).
Accounting law. Budgets.

GENERAL PART:
Civil Code (optional edition, necessarily updated)
AA.VV., Commercial law, edited by L. De Angelis, 2nd edition, Wolters Kluwer Cedam, Milan, 2020, chapters I, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XIV (hints), XV (all expect Sect. V, par. 14-16), XVII, XVIII.
SPECIAL SECTION:
L. DE ANGELIS, Elements of accounting law, 5th edition, Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, Milan, 2019, chapters I and II (paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 3.1, 3.3, 4, 5, 5.5, 6, 7, 10, 11).
Additional teaching materials will eventually be included in the Moodle space of the course.

The final exam consists in an oral test in order to verify the knowledge and comprehension of the course contents, the proper reporting of them and the ability of consulting legal texts.

Frontal lectures and teacher-students interaction.

Accessibility, Disability and Inclusion
Accommodation and support services for students with disabilities and students with specific learning impairments

Ca' Foscari abides by Italian Law (Law 17/1999; Law 170/2010) regarding support services and accommodation available to students with disabilities. This includes students with mobility, visual, hearing and other disabilities (Law 17/1999), and specific learning impairments (Law 170/2010). If you have a disability or impairment that requires accommodations (i.e., alternate testing, readers, note takers or interpreters) please contact the Disability and Accessibility Offices in Student Services: disabilita@unive.it

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This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Circular economy, innovation, work" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development