Issues of European Business Law - JURD7658
Faculty: Faculty of Law
School: Faculty of Law
Course Outline: See below
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
Enrolment Requirements:
Pre-requisite: 36 UOC of JURD courses for students enrolled prior to 2013. For students enrolled after 2013, pre-requisite: 72 UOC of JURD courses.
Excluded: LAWS8158
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (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.
Course Objectives
At the conclusion of this course, students should be able to:
- Demonstrate familiarity with the major components of the European Union legal order.
- Appreciate the many different approaches and issues faced by different European business law actors and institutions as they operate within the international and European business legal order.
- Engage in debate about European business law issues as they effect Europe as a whole and its individual states.
Assessment
Class Participation - 20%
Written Essay - 80%
Written Essay - 80%
Study Levels
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