IDENTIFYING DATA 2009_10
Subject (*) DRET MERCANTIL Code 16204010
Study programme
Grau de Finances i Comptabilitat (2009)
Cycle 1st
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
6 Formació bàsica First Second
Language
Anglès
Castellà
Català
Department Dret Privat,Processal i Financer
Coordinator
GIRGADO PERANDONES, PABLO
E-mail mdelcarmen.iturrioz@urv.cat
monica.assama@urv.cat
mariateresa.franquet@urv.cat
cristina.casamitjana@urv.cat
pablo.girgado@urv.cat
josep.diez@urv.cat
paola.rodas@urv.cat
Lecturers
ITURRIOZ LLOP, Mª DEL CARMEN
ASSAMÀ RAFÍ, MÒNICA
FRANQUET SUGRAÑES, MARIA TERESA
CASAMITJANA OLIVÉ, CRISTINA
GIRGADO PERANDONES, PABLO
DIEZ BESORA, JOSEP LLUÍS
RODAS PAREDES, PAOLA NICOLHE
Web
General description and relevant information L’objectiu de l’assignatura és proporcionar a l’alumne els conceptes bàsics que el permeten conèixer el contingut fonamental de les normes i institucions més habituals dins del tràfic jurídic empresarial i de l’empresa.

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
 A5 Ser capaç de cercar, analitzar i interpretar informació quantitativa i qualitativa de caràcter econòmic, social i legal, rellevant per a la presa de decisions en el context financer.
 A6 Emetre informes d'assessorament financer, comptable i fiscal.
Type B Code Competences Transversal
 B1 Learning to learn
Type C Code Competences Nuclear
 C1 Intermediate proficiency of a foreign language, preferably English.
 C4 Correct oral and written expression in one of the two official languages of the URV.

Learning outcomes
Type A Code Learning outcomes
 A5 Identifica les principals figures jurídiques del dret mercantil.
Aplica solucions a qüestions plantejades en l'àmbit del dret de societats.
Valora el significat dels principals instruments jurídics del tràfic empresarial.
 A6 Analitza els problemes jurídics de l'empresa i de l'empresari.
Type B Code Learning outcomes
 B1 Comprèn els elements que composen una disciplina
Té una visió de conjunt de les diferents teories o metodologies d’una assignatura
Type C Code Learning outcomes
 C1 Extreure el sentit general dels textos que contenen informació no rutinària dins d'un àmbit conegut
 C4 Produce grammatically correct written texts

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
Unit 1.- Legal system and commercial law 1. Legal system and commercial law
2. The concept of commercial law
3. The sources of commercial law
3.1. The commercial legislation
3.2. Commercial practice or usage
3.3. Civil law
4. European Community Law and his influence in the spanish commercial law
5. The new Lex mercatoria
Unit 2.- The Entrepeneur and the enterprise (I) 1. Entrepeneur
1.1. The concept and classes of entrepeneur
1.2. Legal status of the entrepreneur
1.3. The entrepeneur's liability
1.4. Managers and assistants
2. Enterprise
Unit 3.- The Entrepeneur and the enterprise (I) 1. Accounting
2. Trade Registry
Unit 4: Competition and Intellectual Property Law (I)
1. Competition Law
1.1. Competition Rules
1.2. Antitrust Law
1.3. Unfair Competition Law
1.4. Regulation of commercial advertising
Unit 5: Competition and Industrial Property Law (II)
1. Legal protection of industrial inventions
2. Legal protection of industrial design
3. Distinctive signs law
4. Copyright Law
Unit 6.- Social entrepreneurs. General theory

1. General principles
2. Types of Companies
3. Separate Legal Personality. Lifting the corporate veil
Unit 7.- Partnerships
1. Partnership Company
2. Limited Partnership Company
Unit 8: The Public Limited Company (I) 1. General principles
2. Foundation of public limited companies.
3. Company finance. Collective investment and the issue of bonds.
Unit 9: The Public Limited Company (II) 1. Shares
Unit 10: The Public Limited Company (III) 1. Bodies making up a public limited company.
1.1 Shareholders' General Meeting
1.2 Governing Board
Unit 11: The Public Limited Company (IV) 1. Amending the articles of association.
2. Accounting in public limited companies.
3. Winding up and dissolution
Unit 12: The Private Limited Company (I)
1. General principles
2. Foundation of public limited companies.
Unit 13: The Private Limited Company (II)
1. Bodies making up a private limited company.
1.1 Partners' General Meeting
1.2 Governing Board
2. Amending the articles of association.
3. Winding up and dissolution
Unit 14: Transformation, merger and division of commercial companies 1. Transformation
2. Merger
3. Division
Unit 15: Others Commercial Companies and Groups of Companies 1.Special public limited companies
2. Mutually based companies
3. Concentration and financial co-operation by companies
Unit 16: Commercial contracts 1. Entrepeneur and commercial contracts
2. Commercial contract types
Unit 17: Transferable securities
1. Transferable securities:
1.1. Notion, characteristics and types
1.2. Bills of exchange
1.3. Cheques
1.3. Promissory notes
1.4. Electronic means of payment: credit and debit cards.

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
Hours outside the classroom
(**) Total hours
Introductory activities
A5
1 0 1
Lecture
A5
B1
30 48 78
Problem solving, classroom exercises
A6
C1
C4
27 42 69
Personal tuition
A5
1 0 1
 
Objective multiple-choice tests
A5
B1
1 0 1
 
(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities Activitats encaminades a prendre contacte i a recollir informació dels alumnes i presentació de l’assignatura.
Lecture Exposició dels continguts de l'assignatura.
Problem solving, classroom exercises Formulació, anàlisi, resolució i debat d'un problema o exercici, relacionat amb la temàtica de l'assignatura.

Personalized attention
Description
El primer dia de classe s' informarà a l'estudiant de l'atenció personalitzada i individual referent a dubtes i problemes de la matèria.

Assessment
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Problem solving, classroom exercises
A6
C1
C4
There are 4 classroom exercises during the semester. Each one is worth a 10% final grade. 40%
Objective multiple-choice tests
A5
B1
Objective test with 30 multiple-choices. The correct answer adds 1 point and the wrong one takes away 0,25.
Minimum Pass Mark: 12 points
60%
Others  
 
Other comments and second exam session

The qualification in the 2d Exams (2d Examination Session) is only a objective test with 30 multiple-choices. The correct answer adds 1 point and the wrong one takes away 0,25.


Sources of information

Basic Sánchez Calero, F., Principios de Derecho Mercantil, ,
Menéndez, A. (dir.), Lecciones de Derecho Mercantil, last edition,
Jiménez Sánchez, G. J. (coord.), Lecciones de Derecho Mercantil, last edition,

Sánchez Calero, F., Principios de Derecho Mercantil, última edició.

Menéndez, A. (dir.), Lecciones de Derecho Mercantil, última edició.

Jiménez Sánchez, G. J. (coord.), Lecciones de Derecho Mercantil, última edició.

Complementary

Recommendations


(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.