MP506Z Commercial Law II

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. Josef Bejček, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Josef Kotásek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Jan Lasák, LL.M., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Mgr. Radek Ruban, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Ing. Josef Šilhán, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martin Floreš (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Zdeněk Houdek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Christian May (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Michala Špačková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Ing. Josef Šilhán, Ph.D.
Department of Commercial Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Mgr. Iva Jančíková
Supplier department: Department of Commercial Law – Faculty of Law
Prerequisites (in Czech)
( CM405Z Commercial Law I || MP405Z Commercial Law I )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, PR_) (2)
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV) (2)
Course objectives
Commercial Law II focuses on corporate law. Within the three-semester basic course of Commercial law, students acquaint themselves with the typical legal forms through which a business is operated in practice. The subject of interest is mainly business companies. The aim is to understand the fundamentals of business corporations, to understand the system of their internal organization, to be able to solve specific problems relevant to the shareholders/partners, members of bodies, creditors and investors.
Learning outcomes
The student will be able to: - understand teh economic and legal nature of business companies - to distinguish various types of business companiesand their advantages and disadvantages - understand the relevant legal limits and possibilities of contractual arrangements - understand internal mechanisms in business companies - identify and address the basic problem situations from the perspective of shareholders, board members, creditors and investors.
Syllabus
  • 1. Business corporations - introductory explanation 2. Financing of a business corporation 3. Business corporations from the investor's perspective 4. Business corporation from the perspective of a shareholder (including a minority shareholder) 5. Business corporation from the perspective of a member of a board 6. Business corporation from the perspective of a business partner 7. Influence, control, concern 8. Joint stock company 9. Cooperatives 10. Establishment of a business corporation 11. Commercial Register and Register of Beneficial Owners 12. Dissolution and termination of business corporations 13. Conversions of business corporations
Literature
    required literature
  • Pokorná, J., Lasák, J., Kotásek, J. a kol. Obchodní společnosti a družstva. 2. vydání. C. H. Beck, 2022.
  • RUBAN, Radek, Jaromír KOŽIAK and Zdeněk HOUDEK. Cvičebnice korporátního práva. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2018. 205 pp. Učebnice č. 541. ISBN 978-80-210-9004-0. info
    recommended literature
  • Černá/Štenglová/Pelikánová a kol.: Právo obchodních korporací. 2. vydání. Wolters Kluwer. 2021
  • Štenglová/Havel/Cileček/Kuhn/Šuk. Zákon o obchodních korporacích. Komentář. 3. vydání. C. H. BECK, 2020
  • Lasák/Pokorná/Čáp/Doležil. Zákon o obchodních korporacích. Komentář. 2. vydání. Wolters Kluwer, 2020
  • ČECH, Petr and Petr ŠUK. Právo obchodních společností : v praxi a pro praxi (nejen soudní). Vydání I. Praha: Ivana Hexnerová - Bova Polygon, 2016. 373 stran. ISBN 9788072731770. info
Teaching methods
Learning is made in the form of lecture (once a week) and seminaries (once a week). The lectures have cognitive function, seminaries are reserved for practise of ability to apply the legal regulation on the concrete cases. The legal regulation is discussed, the cases are solved.
Assessment methods
The course is completed by credit, the conditions for granting credit are determined by the teacher who conducts the seminars. The prerequisite for the award of credit is active participation in the seminars and always at least one written test, usually two tests are included (one in the middle of the semester, the other at the end of the semester). The credit test and other assignments for credit can be taken remotely (online).
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

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The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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