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Department of Banking and Financial Management

Undergraduate Studies

Academic Year 2025-26

Commercial Law

3rd Semester

ΧΡΔΙΚ03

Course id

7,5

ECTS

General Background

Course type

The objective of the course is to present, in a comprehensive and at the same time intelligible manner, the institutional framework underlying the most important thematic areas – parts of Commercial Law, so that students obtain, as far as possible, an all-inclusive depiction of how the real economy and the market operate. In this context, it is expected that students will:

  • comprehend how a commercial business (sole proprietorship or corporate) operates as well as the wider environment in which it operates;
  • acquire the ability to synthesize the acquired knowledge in order to solve practical problems and adequately deal with case studies discussed in the course
  • Analytical skills and critical thinking
  • Deductive reasoning
  • Ability to place facts within the scope of rules
  • Development and supporting of arguments in order to resolve problems

Course content

  • Introduction to law and commercial law – commercialism and law
  • The concept of “enterprise” and basic principles of labor law
  • Associations of persons – companies and basic principles governing legal entities
  • The “association” and the “civil company”: fundamental principles
  • Partnerships
  • Capital companies
  • Securities
  • Industrial property
  • Unfair competition and consumer protection
  • Free competition