Commercial law

Department of Law

The course is offered in the first cycle and is included in the third semester of the Bachelor's Programme in Business and Economics (S1EKA). It is not offered as a freestanding course.

The course EKR112 Commercial Law builds on the knowledge that was introduced during the course EKR111 Introduction to Commercial Law (3 credits).

The course covers domestic and international sales, payments, trade finance, principles of insurance law and insolvency. The course briefly discusses tax and international economic law. The course is delivered with examples from UK and EU laws.

On successful completion of the course the student will be able to:

1. Demonstrate basic knowledge of commercial law and related functional subjects.
2. Demonstrate basic knowledge of the social and legal policy role of commercial law in the surrounding society.
3. Demonstrate basic ability to reason about how different actors should relate to and act in various contexts considering commercial law.
4. Demonstrate the ability to develop solutions to legal problems.
5. Demonstrate basic skills in legal academic writing.
6. Demonstrate the ability for independent and critical reflection.

The teaching is provided through lectures, exercises, group work, and seminars.

Language of instruction: English

Learning outcomes are assessed in the following way:

• oral presentation through group work at seminars (learning outcomes 1, 2, 3 and 4)
• written exam (learning outcomes 1, 2, 3 and 4)
• essay (all learning outcomes)

lf a student who has been failed twice for the same examination element wishes to change examiner before the next examination session, such a request is to be granted unless there are specific reasons to the contrary (Chapter 6 Section 22 HF).

lf a student has received a certificate of disability study support from the University of Gothenburg with a recommendation of adapted examination and/or adapted forms of assessment, an examiner may decide, if this is consistent with the course's intended learning outcomes and provided that no unreasonable resources would be needed, to grant the student adapted examination and/ar adapted forms of assessment.

lf a course has been discontinued or undergone major changes, the student must be offered at least two examination sessions in addition to ordinary examination sessions. These sessions are to be spread over a period of at least one year but no more than two years after the course has been discontinued/changed.

lf a student has been notified that they fulfil the requirements for being a student at Riksidrottsuniversitetet (RIU student), to combine elite sports activities with studies, the examiner is entitled to decide on adaptation of examinations if this is done in accordance with the Local rules regarding RIU students at the University of Gothenburg.

The grading scale comprises: Excellent (A), Very good (B), Good (C), Satisfactory (D), Sufficient (E) and Fail (F).

To obtain a pass grade on the course, a student must pass each of the following components: oral presentation, written exam and essay. To determine the final grade, points from each component are combined.

Upon completion, the course will be evaluated in accordance with the rules for course evaluations established by the Bachelor's Programme in Business and Economics at the School of Business, Economics and Law. The result and any changes in the course structure should be communicated to both the students who completed the evaluation and to the students who will start the course.