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HA.R41 - EU Internal Market Regulation* *NOT ESTABLISHED*

Faculty
Robin Elizabeth Herr / Susanne Borch
Course Coordinator
Jens Fejø
Prerequisite/progression of the course
No previous legal training is necessary. Students only need to come with an interest in EU law
Course content, structure and teaching
: The internal market of the European Community requires free movement of goods, services, persons and capital between the Member States. Such rules provide both an advantage and a challenge to businesses within the European Community. The objective of the course is to give business students knowledge of the law so that they are familiar with legal issues within their business environment.
The course will combine lectures with active student participation through class discussion and use of the case method. The following topics will be explored:
  • General principles of EU law
  • Free movement of goods: duties, charges and taxes
  • Intellectual property regulation
  • Free movement of workers
  • Free movement of services
  • Discrimination
  • Competition
The course's development of personal competences
  • Improve rhetorical, persuasive and other skills needed to argue successfully both in written and oral form
  • Increase experience in group work
  • Enhance ability to apply legal analysis to business problems
Learning Objectives
The objectives of the course are to enable students to:
  • Display an understanding of European legal theory and method
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the general principles and specific rules of EU law
  • Intelligently select and persuasively apply the law in order to resolve specific legal problems encountered in the business community
Type of examination, exam aids and assessment
4-hour written exam, open book.
Students at the HA programme are able to write their bachelor project in connection with this course: Yes
Recommended literature
The teaching materials will be a collection of court judgements, commission decisions and other materials such as Craig & DeBurca, EU Law: Text, Cases and Materials, 4th edition (Oxford University Press 2008).

Last updated by The electives office 21/12/2009