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HA E135 - EU law from a business perspective*

Faculty
Assistant Professor Robin Elizabeth Herr and Susanne Borch
Course Coordinator
Professor Jens Fejø
Prerequisite/progression of the course
No previous legal training is necessary.
Course content, structure and teaching
The European Union requires free movement of goods, services, persons and capital between the Member States. Such rules provide both an advantage and a challenge to businesses. For example, efforts to abolish restrictions to trade within the Union make it easier for companies to expand their business throughout Europe. However, such expansion efforts will be curbed if they happen to violate competition laws.
The objective of the course is to familiarize students with concrete solutions to legal problems confronted by the business community in Europe. Towards this end, the following topics will be explored:
1. Basic principles of the European Union
2. Free movement of goods, services, people and capital
3. Competition law
4. EU laws that regulate contracts, such as in e-trade
5. Intellectual property rights
The teaching will take the form of lectures, discussions of recent cases, and interactive forms of teaching such as negotiating, arguing cases and advising clients. Detailed instruction on how to complete the final exam will be conveyed throughout the course.
The course's development of personal competences
  1. Enhance ability to apply legal analysis to critical business problems
  2. Improve rhetorical, persuasive and other skills needed to argue successfully both in written and oral form
  3. Increase experience in group work
Learning Objectives
  1. Demonstrate an understanding of the general principles and specific rules of EU law that affect business
  2. Intelligently discuss problems that may arise for businesses operating under EU law
  3. Thoughtfully select and persuasively apply the law in order to resolve specific legal problems encountered by business
  4. Thoughtfully reflect on the impact of the law on the business community
Type of examination, exam aids and assessment
4-hour written exam, open book.
Recommended literature
  1. Excerpts from Roger Miller, William E. Hollowell, Business Law: Text and Exercises (West Legal Studies in Business, latest edition).
  2. Excerpts from Craig & DeBurca, EU Law: Text, Cases and Materials,(Oxford University Press, latest edition). NO LONGER A PART OF THE RECOMEDED LITERATUR.
  3. Excerpts from European Court of Justices cases, EU Commission Decisions and EU Directives
  4. Scholarly articles on the subject areas covered
The final reading list will appear in the semester plan.

Last updated by Elective Secretariat 20/08/2010