Banking contract law Field of study: Law in Business
Programme code: W5-S2LB24.2024

Module name: Banking contract law
Module code: PUB
Programme code: W5-S2LB24.2024
Semester: winter semester 2025/2026
Language of instruction: Polish
Form of verification: exam
ECTS credits: 3
Purpose and description of the content of education:
The purpose of the module is to equip the student with knowledge of the legal solutions of banking contracts, which in the practice of trading are concluded by banking institutions with customers (both who are and who are not entrepreneurs), which can be organized into broader groups of contracts related to the deposit activities of banks (bank account agreement, monetary settlements), then contracts in the field of bank lending activities (bank credit agreement, bank loan agreement, including consumer loans and credits), and finally agreements in the field of securing bank receivables arising from banking activities (suretyship, bank guarantee, accession to debt, assumption of debt, assignment of receivables by way of security, pledge, transfer of ownership by way of security, deposit, blocking of funds by way of security, bank mortgage, bank agreements related to dealing in bills of exchange). The subject is also intended to equip the student with knowledge of the role and importance of banking institutions in the financial market, where banks, as so-called financial intermediary institutions, are subject to special legal regulation.
List of modules that must be completed before starting this module (if necessary): not applicable
Learning outcome of the module Codes of the learning outcomes of the programme to which the learning outcome of the module is related [level of competence: scale 1-5]
Is aware of the need to expand knowledge in connection with the conduct of business by the banking law [K01]
 K05 [3/5]
Knows how to find the correct legal regulation, interpret the provisions and draw conclusions as to the permissible or required conduct [U01]
 U04 [4/5]
Freely uses instruments drawn from various fields of law, including in situations requiring the application of interdisciplinary knowledge. [U02]
 U06 [4/5]
Has knowledge of the management of the enterprise in terms of its relationship with a specialized external entity such as a bank, which is a financial (credit) intermediary institution [W01]
 W02 [4/5]
Knows the financial instruments necessary for the entrepreneur and manager available or occurring in relations with banking institutions seen as financial intermediary institutions [W02]
 W06 [5/5]
Form of teaching Number of hours Methods of conducting classes Assessment of the learning outcomes Learning outcomes
lecture [FZ1] 30 Formal lecture/ course-related lecture [a01]  exam K01 U01 U02 W01 W02
The student's work, apart from participation in classes, includes in particular:
Name Category Description
Literature reading / analysis of source materials [a02] Preparation for classes
reading the literature indicated in the syllabus; reviewing, organizing, analyzing and selecting source materials to be used in class
Studying the literature used in and the materials produced in class [c02] Preparation for verification of learning outcomes
exploring the studied content, inquiring, considering, assimilating, interpreting it, or organizing knowledge obtained from the literature, documentation, instructions, scenarios, etc., used in class as well as from the notes or other materials/artifacts made in class
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Syllabuses (USOSweb)
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