Course detail
International and European Business Law
FP-EieblPAcad. year: 2014/2015
a) Contracts in Europe
b) International Trade and Dispute Settlement
c) Company Law
d) International / European Taxation
e) Competition Law
f) Intellectual Property
g) Environment protection and Business activities
h) Financial Markets and Banking
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
b) To develop a critical understanding of the way in which European business and management operate in the law and identify appropriate supporting legal advices of decision making
c) To give students the opportunity to gain a specialist knowledge of the particular functional areas of the European business and make analyses of European law
d) To enable students to appreciate cross-cultural differences and offer them experience to operate in multicultural environment and European law
e) To equip students with linguistic skills (oral & written) in order to facilitate communication with specific law English in Europe
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge in law.
Co-requisites
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Course curriculum
b) International Trade and Dispute Settlement
c) Company Law
d) International / European Taxation
e) Competition Law
f) Intellectual Property
g) Environment protection and Business activities
h) Financial Markets and Banking
Work placements
Aims
b) To make enable students to analyze how European and International law and in particular judgments, affect management decisions of firms operating in Europe
c) To train the students' ability to analyze a case from a business perspective and to present it to the class.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Company Law in a European Perspective, A.G. Lubbers, W. Westbroek, December 2001, ISBN 90-268-2403-3 (EN)
Developments in European Company Law, Volume 1/1996, Barry A.K. Rider, Mads Andenas (EN)
Developments in European Company Law, Volume 2, 1997: The Quest for an Ideal Legal Form for Small Businesses, Barry A.K. Rider, Mads Andenas, March 1999, ISBN 90-411-9697-8 (EN)
Developments in European Company Law, Volume 3/1999 Directors' Conflicts of Interest: Legal, Socio-Legal and Economic Analyses, Mads Andenas, David Sugarman, March 2001, ISBN 90-411-9835-0 (EN)
European Company Law: Development and Perspectives, Karl Gleichmann, December 1990, ISBN 90-6544-462-9 (EN)
Recommended reading
Classification of course in study plans
Type of course unit
Lecture
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
b) International Trade and Dispute Settlement
c) Company Law
d) International / European Taxation
e) Competition Law
f) Intellectual Property
g) Environment protection and Business activities
h) Financial Markets and Banking