Civil and Commercial Law

Aim

The aim of the course is to make the students well orientated about the legal system in general and within areas concerning building business out of the contractor´s point of view in particular. The students should, as far as concerns the areas mentioned under “Course contents” below, be able to:

• Use basic legal concepts; Perspicuously reproduce legal rules as well of the areas of application for laws and standard agreements;
• Identify areas of application for laws and standard agreements;
• Analyse a legal rule in terms of legal facts and consequences; Perspicuously explain basic legal concepts and principals; Relate a legal rule and apply it to a given situation;
• Assess and evaluate given information out of a legal perspective; Assess the legal consequences of a more complex situation.

Content

The legal System. Civil Law, generally. Law/Legal system of Property, Associations, Damages, Real Estate, Contracting and Purchasing