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JUR2001

Commercial Law I

Credits 7.5
Level Intermediate course, level II
Course start Autumn 2025
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction Norwegian
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement School exam

About

About the course

Course content

The course deals with the following areas of law:

  • Legal method
  • Contract law
  • Labor law
  • Right of purchase
  • Money and credit law
  • Company law
  • Warranty and lien
  • Enforcement, debt negotiation and bankruptcy

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

At the end of the semester, the student must have knowledge of central legal rules for companies and corporations. The individual subject areas that the student must have knowledge of appear in front of.

Skills:

At the end of the semester, the student must, based on the theoretical knowledge, through active problem solving have acquired skills in assessing and solving legal issues in practice.

General competence:

By the end of the semester, the student must have developed an understanding of the relationship between society's ethical norms and legal rules. The student can assess and understand the significance of the legal rules for good business management.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures and assignment seminars.

Further on evaluation

Aids:

  • Norwegian Laws (Lovdata) or student law collection
  • Approved calculator in accordance with NTNU's aid code B-D "specific simple calculator".
  • Other calculators allowed in the course are: Casio FC-100V and Texas Instruments - BAII Plus.

Only ordinary exams both autumn and spring, no re-sit exams.

In the case of a final examination after the course has been discontinued, the assessment format may be changed to an oral exam.

Specific conditions

Admission to a programme of study is required:
Business Administration (BØA)
Business Administration (BØAT)
Economics and Business Administration (MSIVØK5)

Course materials

Sverre Langfeldt og Tore Bråthen: Lov og rett for næringslivet, (nyeste utgave), Oslo, Universitetsforlaget i kommisjon for Focus Forlag AS.

Lecture materials (supplementary notes, lecture foils, etc.) that are posted on Blackboard. Subject to changes. The syllabus will be announced at the beginning of the semester.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
JU210 7.5 sp Spring 2006
JUR3001 7.5 sp Spring 2005
JU210 7.5 sp Spring 2006
JUR8001 7.5 sp Spring 2006
This course has academic overlap with the courses in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Economics and Administration

Contact information

Course coordinator

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

NTNU Business School

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: School exam
Grade: Letter grades

Ordinary examination - Autumn 2025

School exam
Weighting 100/100 Examination aids Code C, LOVDATA Date 2025-12-06 Time 09:00 Duration 6 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment
Place and room for school exam

The specified room can be changed and the final location will be ready no later than 3 days before the exam. You can find your room location on Studentweb.

Sluppenvegen 14
Room SL311 orange sone
51 candidates
Room SL310 hvit sone
26 candidates
Room SL311 grønn sone
68 candidates
Room SL311 brun sone
82 candidates

Ordinary examination - Spring 2026

School exam
Weighting 100/100 Examination aids Code C, LOVDATA Duration 6 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment Place and room Not specified yet.