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Issues of European Business Law - LAWS8158

Faculty: Faculty of Law

School: Faculty of Law

Course Outline: See below

Campus: Kensington Campus

Career: Postgraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2

Enrolment Requirements:

Academic Program must be either 9200, 9210, 5740, 9230, 9231 or 5231

CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

EU Business Law provides an opportunity to become familiar with the legal and political dynamics of the rapidly changing law and business environment in Europe. European Union law today represents more than 60 per cent of the national legal systems of the 25 member states. The course enables the student to understanding the legislative process in the Union and the conflict-ridden ways Union law becomes part of the national systems. The course covers the "four fundamental freedoms" that enable Europeans and foreigners to do business and get employed in Europe. Case studies of telecommunications and anti-discrimination law will be used to put European legal development into context. Basics of EU competition law are also presented. Fundamentals of the EU legal system is offered to enable those who never took EU law to follow the course.

LLM Specialisations

Recommended Prior Knowledge

None. However students may find that having taken or taking concurrently, Public International Law, Business Associations 1, European Community Law and Commercial Law would prove to be particularly helpful.

Course Aims

Students are expected to gather a good overview over the legal foundations and the economic rationale of the Internal Market and the foreign economic policy of the European Union. In particular, the following areas are analysed in detail:
  • the common commercial policy;
  • the free movement of goods;
  • the free movement and establishment of persons;
  • the free movement of services;
  • the free movement of capitals and payments;
  • EU competition law (Antitrust and state aids).

Assessment

Research Essay 80%
Class Participation 20%

Course Texts

TREATY ON THE FUNCTIONING OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (TFEU) available online at:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2012:326:0047:0200:EN:PDF

Resources

A full up-to-date reading list will be provided in the detailed course outline.
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Study Levels

Undergraduate Study Postgraudate Study Postgraduate Research Study Non-Award Study

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