The course covered the core legal framework of business activities, providing students with an introduction to the essential legal concepts for corporate practice, fostering skills applicable to professional and managerial contexts.
The course focused on providing an understanding of the rules governing international commercial transactions, through comparative lenses. While the course was centered on legal issues, emphasis was also put on economic and political considerations that affect the regulation of international business.
The course provided an overview of the legal structure and characteristics of the modern business corporation examined in a comparative and international perspective. While having a comparative and international dimension, the course primarily focused on the U.S. legal system, on the one hand, and European countries, on the other hand.