Faculty
Adriana Budeanu, Elisabeth Thuesen, Robin Herr, Jan Trzaskowski

Course Coordinator
Lise Lyck

The course is part of the BSc in Business Administration & Service Management at CBS. It can be followed both by students from the service management study and by other students as an elective, referring to the prevailing rules. The students must document a level in English equal to TOEFL 575 and a level in mathematics equal to Danish level B.

The Business Law course deals with legal aspects of international business activities, and focuses on:

1) International and supranational co-operation on trade liberalization between different states, in particular free movement of goods and services in the European Community;

2) Cross-border contracting and the regulation of sales; and

3) Intellectual property rights, in particular copyrights and protection of trademarks.

Case work is mainly based on judgments and legal Acts

Other issues include:

The learning objectives to achieve within business framework are:

To become familiar with the role of government and the regulatory authorities in the market at different geo-political scalesTo understand the rationale for the existence of public sector activities in tourism and cultureTo understand the influences that change business environmentsTo understand the role of governments in relation to culture, tourism and transportation of peopleTo understand regional, national and EU regulation, both as a business advantage and as a restriction for business activitiesTo gain knowledge of market failures and how to regulate in order to avoid the impact of market failureTo gain knowledge of public expenditure theory and practice in relation to tourism, culture and transportation of peopleThe learning objectives to achieve within business law are:To become familiar with the definitions and concepts of trade liberalizationTo understand and explain the basic concepts of International and European Trade Law and Intellectual Property Law and to understand and explain the characteristics and differences between European Community Law and National Member State LawTo understand and apply the general rules on free movement of products and services within the EU, in particular rules on cultureTo understand and apply the general international rules of contract and rules on sale of goods, including e-commerceTo understand and apply the general rules on legal protection of copy rightsTo distinguish and structure the essential elements of a legal problem, select the relevant sources of law, present a relevant argumentation for the solution and – on this basis – make a well founded evaluation of the chosen set of rules to apply in a concrete context in order to solve concrete legal problems within the above mentioned areas of law

Written 4 hours individual exam with open books, counts for 100% of the final grade.

For more details please refer to the specific conditions stated in the study rules and regulations booklet.

Exam aids: For this open book exam, students are allowed bring language dictionaries as well as literature and notes. The only electronic device allowed at the exam is a non programmable calculator (in other words, the following are NOT allowed: laptop, USB stick, mobile phone, etc).

Lectures, case analyses, home assignments.