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Semester 1

Business Entities (LAWS08134)

Subject

Law

College

CAHSS

Credits

10

Normal Year Taken

2

Delivery Session Year

2023/2024

Pre-requisites

This course is only open to visiting students who are nominated to study with us on a Law exchange agreement. Exchange students outside of Law and study abroad students are not eligible to enrol on this course, with no exceptions. Law exchange students who wish to take this course must have previously completed courses equivalent to Contract & Unjustified Enrichment (LAWS08127) and Scottish Legal System (LAWS08128). **Please see Additional Restrictions**

Course Summary

Business Entities (ordinary) is designed to offer an introduction to business entities in Scotland. The course covers both the general law and statutory law.

Course Description

The course will look at the following: (i) agency (including commercial agency); (ii) partnerships (general and limited partnerships); (iii) limited liability partnerships; and (iv) companies. The course is, essentially, comprised of two parts: (i) Agency and Partnership law; and (ii) Company law. **It will involve looking at relevant primary sources (cases and legislation), and secondary sources (textbooks and articles). The course will not look at corporate insolvency (liquidation, receivership and administration) in the section on Company Law. Corporate insolvency will be dealt with in the Commercial Law (Ordinary) course in Semester two, where it will be taught in conjunction with personal insolvency (bankruptcy). **Given common legislation in some areas, e.g. company law and commercial agency, there is a reasonable amount of overlap with English law, as these areas refer to United Kingdom or British legislation. Thus, English case law will frequently be referred to in relation to matters concerning the interpretation of provision of statutes, as well as the general law; this will be particularly so for company law.

Assessment Information

Written Exam 0%, Coursework 100%, Practical Exam 0%

Additional Restrictions

Full Year Law exchange students must take the final exam for this course in May; Semester 1 Law exchange students must submit an equivalent essay in December instead. This course cannot be taken alongside Scottish Legal System (LAWS08128) or Contract & Unjustified Enrichment (LAWS08127). **This course is only open to visiting students who are nominated to study with us on a Law exchange agreement. Exchange students outside of Law and study abroad students are not eligible to enrol on this course, with no exceptions.

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