Introduction to Civil and Commercial Law

The complexity of modern civil and commercial transactions induces the need of understanding and interpreting the basic concepts of civil and commercial law, that govern the legal transanctions between individuals and other bodies corporate or uncorporated. The aim of this course is to provide students with university education which will enable acquisition of knowledge of legal principles and rules of civil and commercial law, by focusing on the following topics: general principles of civil law, conditions of validity and protection of rights according to greek civil code, law of obligations, law of contracts, contractual liability, tort, property law, company law.

Objectives

At the end of this course the student will be able to: 1. Understand the main principles of civil and commercial law . 2. Apprehend the basic rules of company law . 3. Understand and interpret a selected number of legal problems in civil law, regarding the law of obligations, the law of contracts and tort.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisite courses.

Syllabus

In this course we study the main principles and rules of civil and commercial law . In particular the topics we examine include: - principles of civil law - legal capacity - conditions of validity and protection of civil rights according to greek civil code - law of obligations - law of contracts - contractual liability - property law - tort - company law