Contract Law

Prerequisits:
Understanding basic concepts of contract law.

Content :

1. Fundamental principles of contractual obligations.
2. Origin, effects, termination and types of obligations.
3. Change of creditor or debtor.
4. Sales contract.
5. Deed of gift.
6. Loan contract.
7. Lease contract.
8. Construction contract.
9. Contract of carriage.
10. Contract of storage.
11. Contract of mandate.
12. Commission agency contract.
13. Commercial agency contract.
14. Brokerage contract.
15. Freight forwarding contract.
16. Insurance contract.
17. Contract of partnership.
18. License agreement and delimitation with compulsory license.
19. Surety.
20. Settlement.
21. Basic characteristics of innominate contracts.
22. Contract of distribution.
23. Leasing contract.
24. Factoring contract.
25. Forfating contract.
26. Specific civil procedure provisions in commercial disputes.

Readings:

Required readings:

• Juhart, M., Plavšak, N. (ur.): Obligacijski zakonik s komentarjem, I.–IV. knjiga, GV Založba, Ljubljana, 2004 (izbrana poglavja bodo sporočena na predavanjih).
• Možina, D.: OZ z uvodnimi pojasnili, GV založba, Ljubljana, 2013.
• Grilc, P.: Pravna narava distribucijske pogodbe, Zbornik znanstvenih razprav, 2010, letn. 70, str. 95-126.
• Ude, L., in Galič, A. (red.): Pravdni postopek – zakon s komentarjem, III. knjiga, Založba Uradni list RS, 2012 (izbrana poglavja bodo sporočena na predavanjih).
• Sodna praksa (sporočeno na predavanjih glede na razvoj sodne prakse). / Case law (it will be communicated in lectures in the perspective of the developments of the case law).
• Zapiski s predavanj. / Lecture notes.

Recommended readings:

• Možina, D.: Odškodninska odgovornost države, GV Založba, 2015, str. 17-59
• Rozman, T.: Faza preizkusa sklepčnosti tožbe. Pravnik: revija za pravno teorijo in prakso, 2014, letn. 69, št. 5/6, str. 327-352, 411-412.
• Bohinc, R., Rozman, T.: Slovenia, (International encyclopaedia of laws, Insurance law, Suppl. 70). Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International, cop. 2019.
• Rozman, T.: Ureditev odgovornosti družbenikov za obveznosti izbrisanih družb - Tertium non datur?. Pravna praksa, 2011.

Objectives and competences:

Students will develop general competencies:

• initiative and independence in decision-making;
• increasing knowledge in the fundamental field of civil law;
• specialized legal knowledge in the field of compulsory courses which supports the professional orientation of the student;
• development and use of a legal syllogism and argumentation, general communications skills of presentation of acquired knowledge inside and outside the organization and to the international environment;
• ability to use different interpretive methods for interpreting legal texts.

Students will develop course-specific competencies:

• ability to connect knowledge from different fields (interdisciplinarity);
• application of effective legal approaches in companies and in the public sector;
• recognizing and managing new forms of organization, relationships and types of work and knowledge of application in practice;
• identifying opportunities and threats in the global market;
• ability to address specific professional issues using relevant legislation, case law, interpretative arguments and scientific methods and procedures;
• understanding the elements of a contractual relationship and knowledge of basic civil law contracts.

Intended learning outcomes:
After completion of the course, student will be able to:

• prepare the most complex contracts;
• define the legal problem and the correct solution;
• independently and correctly apply civil law theory, legislation and case law to the specific case;
• prepare expertise materials for decision makers.

Learning and teaching methods:
Lectures with active student participation, case studies, individual and team research work, distance learning with ICT and presentations.

Assessment:

• Written exam (50 %) and
• student written assignment (50 %).

Prerequisite for taking the written examination is a positive assessment of the written assignment.

Weight (in %)

• Written exam (50 %) and
• student written assignment (50 %).

Lecturer's references:
r. Til Rozman obtained his bachelor’s degree in law from the University of Ljubljana Law School in 2009. After legal internship (2009–2011), Rozman worked as a young researcher in the field of civil and commercial law and as a teaching assistant at the University of Ljubljana (2011–2015). Since 2015, he has been teaching at the Faculty of Social Sciences in the field of Comparative Corporate Law and EU Law and has been working as a market regulation expert at the Agency for Communication Networks and Services of the Republic of Slovenia (AKOS).

In 2016, Rozman cum laude defended his doctoral thesis on the issues of normative regulation and business practices of managing corporate groups in the Republic of Slovenia and the EU and was awarded with the title PhD. Between 2016 and 2019, Rozman was member of two research projects at the Research Centre for Comparative Corporate Law, namely „Socially Responsible Corporate Governance as the Foundation of the new Development Paradigm of Slovenia and EU” and “Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises: Contemporary Issues and Challenges for Slovenia and EU”.

In 2018, Rozman was appointed as an Assistant Professor of Civil and Commercial Law at the University of Ljubljana. He has published several academic articles and has delivered papers at national and international conferences in the fields of the EU and comparative corporate law, competition law and economic regulation.

In 2020, Rozman has joined research project »Holistic approach to business and human rights: a normative reform of Slovenia and international legal order«, carried out by the Faculty of Government and European Studies and funded by the Slovenian research agency.

References:

• Rozman, T.: Faza preizkusa sklepčnosti tožbe. Pravnik: revija za pravno teorijo in prakso, 2014, letn. 69, št. 5/6, str. 327-352, 411-412.
• Bohinc, R., Rozman, T.: Slovenia, (International encyclopaedia of laws, Insurance law, Suppl. 70). Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International, cop. 2019.
• Rozman, T.: Ureditev odgovornosti družbenikov za obveznosti izbrisanih družb - Tertium non datur?. Pravna praksa, 2011.