Course: Foundation Law and Trusts

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Course title Foundation Law and Trusts
Course code SPK/NPSF
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Melzer Filip, doc. JUDr. LL.M. Ph.D.
  • Petrov Jan, Mgr. et Mgr. LL.M. Ph.D.
  • Telec Ivo, prof. JUDr. CSc.
  • Ronovská Kateřina, doc. JUDr. Ph.D.
  • Pihera Vlastimil, JUDr. Ph.D.
Course content
" General private law questions of foundation (endowment fund) law " Foundations and endowment funds in the system of law of legal persons and endowment fund law separately " Principles and history of civil foundations (private funds), their types and public registers " Foundations and endowment funds, principles and related obligations " Management of foreign assets " Trust funds and foundations affiliated with funds; Comparison with legal persons

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
Learning outcomes
Foundation law and Trusts relates with compulsory subjects Introduction to the Private Law 1 and 2. At the same time it represents the opposite to the content of the courses Corporate Law 1 and 2, Association Law and Corporate Finance. The substance of this course is civil status of funding, as well as allied obligations (Obligation Law). On the basis of the comparative method the attention is paid to particular types of foundations (foundations and endowment funds). Another part of the course is devoted to unincorporated funds, ie. trusts. Educational attention is focused on the management of foreign assets, including due diligence etc., all this in the context of private law of legal persons, as well as real rights and obligation law.
Extension of knowledge of the private law.
Prerequisites
To provide extensional legal information on the foundation in the Framework of the legal persons and of the trustes.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

Seminar presence and the succesful absolutorium of the colloquium.
Recommended literature
  • Lavický,P. et al. (2014). Občanský zákoník. Komentář sv I.. Praha, C. H. Beck.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Law Study plan (Version): Law (2010) Category: Law, legal and public administration proceeding 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Law Study plan (Version): Law (2010) Category: Law, legal and public administration proceeding 5 Recommended year of study:5, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Law Study plan (Version): Law (2010) Category: Law, legal and public administration proceeding 4 Recommended year of study:4, Recommended semester: Winter