Universität Wien

040469 UK Insolvency Law (2021W)

2.00 ECTS (1.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work
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Details

max. 50 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Exams:
MO 24.01.2022 18:30 Digital
MO 31.01.2022 18:30 Digital

Monday 06.12. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
Monday 13.12. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
Monday 10.01. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
Thursday 13.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Monday 17.01. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
Thursday 20.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Monday 24.01. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital
Monday 31.01. 18:30 - 20:00 Digital

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Content:
This course aims to provide basic knowledge of insolvency law. In addition to an introduction to the function and concern of the legal field in question, the persons and bodies involved, the prerequisites for opening insolvency proceedings and the substantive insolvency law, specifically the effects of opening insolvency proceedings and the main features of the right of avoidance, are to be explained in more detail. In addition, the main features of the reorganisation plan and the reorganisation procedure will be presented and the special provisions for the insolvency of a natural person will also be presented and discussed.

Objectives:
To provide the fundamentals of insolvency law and other important aspects of the company in crisis.
Method:
Digital lecture via the Moodle platform (the course is held in German).
The course materials for the individual course units are made available to the students according to the specified time and topic schedule of the course (available in Moodle), so that the chosen structure and the desired content of the course can be ensured. Only after the initial uploading of the respective documents can the students access them at any time. In any case, the documents made available remain online until the end of the course.

Assessment and permitted materials

Students can achieve a total of 40 points in the course: 36 points are awarded in the two digital online examinations via the Moodle platform (written open book examination with open questions; duration 45 minutes each), 4 points can be obtained through participation in the home learning units.
Grade key for the course: from 21 points grade 4, from 26 points grade 3, from 31 points grade 2, from 36 points grade 1.

Copying from the Internet or from textbooks in the case of digital online examinations (open-book examinations) and the use of an annotated law text or labelled post-its in the case of attendance examinations is deemed to be unauthorised. Information on the use of unauthorised aids can also be found at https://privatrecht.univie.ac.at/service-news/schummeln/.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Students can achieve a total of 40 points in the course: 36 points are awarded in the two digital online examinations via the Moodle platform (written open book examination with open questions; duration 45 minutes each), 4 points can be obtained through participation in the home learning units.
- Grade key for the course: from 21 points grade 4, from 26 points grade 3, from 31 points grade 2, from 36 points grade 1.
Copying from the Internet or from textbooks in the case of digital online examinations (open-book examinations) and the use of an annotated law text or labelled post-its in the case of attendance examinations is deemed to be unauthorised. Information on the use of unauthorised aids can also be found at https://privatrecht.univie.ac.at/service-news/schummeln/.

Examination topics

At the beginning of the course, the students are precisely informed of the specific teaching materials to be used for the acquisition of the course material: These are course scripts, textbooks and codes as well as digital lecture slides (PP presentation), which are made available online via the Moodle platform.

Reading list

• Fink, Insolvenzrecht, (10th edition) 2017 (Script LexisNexis)
• Code of Business Law (current edition)
Further literature:
• Selected current articles on the subject of insolvency law, which are made available to students online.

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Last modified: Fr 12.05.2023 00:12