Theory of Economic Contract Law

Course: «Еducational and Professional Program Law»

Structural unit: Education and Research Law School

Title
Theory of Economic Contract Law
Code
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
7 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
2
Learning outcomes
Achievement of such competencies, skills and abilities as knowledge in the field of regulation of economic contractual relations, developing personal reasonable judgments concerning the issues of conclusion, change, termination, performance and invalidation of economic contracts, coordinating the plan of personal research of specific issues of economic contract law and preparing materials with the help of given sources; presenting material on the issues of commercial contract law in order to reveal the content of these issues; acquisition of the skills to work with sources of economic contract law and to apply them in practice, in particular when conducting contractual work at enterprises and organizations, including drafting certain types of economic contracts.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Know the norms of the Economic Code of Ukraine and legislative acts from the course "Commercial Law", which regulate economic contracts, the system of bodies resolving economic disputes; be able to consolidate and deepen the knowledge gained during lectures by means of independent study of the legislative acts and sources of special literature mentioned by the lecturer, as well as additional literature on relevant topics of the course; use the acquired knowledge from the courses of civil and economic law; use information and analytical resources of the Internet; perform self-study tasks, solve problems; possess the skills to resolve practical situations and use legal methods to resolve disputes that may arise in the field of economic activity.
Course content
The discipline focuses on economic contract law as an institute of economic law; sources of economic contract law; form and content of the economic agreement; theoretical issues of concluding, amending, terminating and executing business agreements; general characteristics of certain types of economic contracts. The course stipulates studying the sources of economic contract law, basic concepts and special terminology.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Topical Issues of Economic Law: a manual / [O. A. Belyanevych, O.M. Vinnyk and others]; ed. V.S. Shcherbyna. K .: Jurinkom Inter, 2013. 527 p. Topical Issues of Economic Law (Special part): a textbook / ed. V.S. Shcherbyna, V.V. Reznikova. K .: Lira-K Publishing House, 2018. - 672 p. Belyanevych O.A. Economic Contract Law of Ukraine (theoretical aspects): a monograph. Kyiv: Jurinkom Inter. 2006. 592 p. Scientific and Practical Commentary on the Economic Code of Ukraine / ed. V.S. Shcherbyna, N.B. Patsuria. Kyiv: Yurinkom Inter, 2019. 816 p. Economic law (General part): a textbook. / ed. V.S. Shcherbyna, V.V. Reznikova. Kyiv: Lira-K Publishing House. 2021. 448 p.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Seminars are conducted in the form of a conversation with the elements of questioning. The methodological peculiarity of conducting seminars in such a way is the division of the topic for discussion into small logically related issues, the solution of which contributes to mastering lecture material and understanding its practical value. If desired, the student is given the opportunity to briefly (up to 5 minutes) speak on the given question (orally) or in the form of a report or presentation. After the answer, students can supplement it with certain clarifications, additional information. The teacher can ask questions to test the student's knowledge, deepen the study of the topic of the discussion, focusing the group on certain problematic aspects. To test knowledge, tests, individual written assignments and drafting of economic agreements are assigned.
Assessment methods and criteria
Types of formative assessment are chosen by the teacher who conducts practical lessons in compliance with the course syllabus. The teacher who conducts seminars processes students’ points scored during coursework and enters them in the student performance evaluation documents. If a student is absent from a seminar for a good reason, he / she may complete the missed lesson in extracurricular time within 14 days after this lesson was missed, during the teacher's consultation. The procedure is carried out by means of oral questioning or another type of task set by the teacher. Points for missed classes are not awarded. At the end of the semester, missed classes are not completed.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Anastasiia Popova
Department of economic law and dispute resolution
Education and Research Law School

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of economic law and dispute resolution
Education and Research Law School