MV608K Advanced Corporate Law (Governance and Managerial Duties)

Faculty of Law
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Zdeněk Houdek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Mgr. Radek Ruban, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Josef Kotásek, Ph.D. (assistant)
JUDr. Kamil Kovaříček, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Mgr. Radek Ruban, Ph.D.
Department of Commercial Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Vladimíra Vraná
Supplier department: Department of Commercial Law – Faculty of Law
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MV608K/01: Mon 2. 3. to Fri 22. 5. Mon 14:00–15:40 041, R. Ruban
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! MV608Zk Company Law && MP506Z Commercial Law II
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, PR_)
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
This course has as its objective the improvement of practical skills in the field of corporate law.

The content of this course will be organized into six blocks. Each of them will be introduced at the opening lecture which should extend and deepen basic understanding of corporate law. Students will be asked to deal with practical cases that will be analyzed in classes.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, students should be able to:
draft an easier executive service agreement;
get a deep understanding of business judgment rule;
get an understanding of corporate governance in insolvency;
prepare a shareholders´ instructions addressed to management;
draft a report on relations.
Syllabus
  • Executive Service Agreement;
  • Business Judgment Rule;
  • Corporate Governance and Insolvency;
  • Restructuring and Managerial Duties;
  • Shareholders´ Instructions;
  • Report on Relations.
Literature
  • ŠTENGLOVÁ, Ivana, Bohumil HAVEL, Filip CILEČEK, Petr KUHN and Petr ŠUK. Zákon o obchodních korporacích: komentář. 2. vyd. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2017, 1128 pp. ISBN 978-80-7400-540-4. info
  • ČECH, Petr and Petr ŠUK. Právo obchodních společností: v praxi a pro praxi (nejen soudní). 1. vyd. Praha: Bova Polygon, 2016, 373 pp. ISBN 978-80-7273-177-0. info
  • LASÁK, Jan, Jarmila POKORNÁ, Zdeněk ČÁP and Tomáš DOLEŽIL. Zákon o obchodních korporacích: komentář. I. díl (§ 1 až 343). 1. vyd. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2014, 1578 pp. ISBN 978-80-7478-537-5. info
  • LASÁK, Jan, Jarmila POKORNÁ, Zdeněk ČÁP and Tomáš DOLEŽIL. Zákon o obchodních korporacích: komentář. II. díl (§ 344 až 786). 1. vyd. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2014, 2814 pp. ISBN 978-80-7478-537-5. info
  • POKORNÁ, Jarmila, Eva TOMÁŠKOVÁ, Alena KERLINOVÁ, Jan LASÁK, Milan PEKÁREK, Jaromír KOŽIAK, Alena POKORNÁ, Tomáš DVOŘÁK and Josef HOLEJŠOVSKÝ. Obchodní společnosti a družstva (Business Companies and Cooperatives). první. Praha: C. H. Beck Praha, 2014, 448 pp. Academia iuris. ISBN 978-80-7400-475-9. info
Teaching methods
Weekly classes.
Assessment methods
Students will deal with five cases that will follow lectured topics. Credits will be granted for proper solutions to these cases.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023.
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