Comparative Private Law
2020/2021
Content, progress and pedagogy of the module
- To supplement the student’s knowledge and skills in a way that may form part of the student’s choice of educational and professional profile
Learning objectives
Knowledge
- The background and ratio legis behind EU competition law, market definition, vertical agreements, horizontal agreements, cartels, abuse of a dominant position, mergers and joint ventures
Skills
- To identify competition law disciplines and their interrelationship
- To identify the interdisciplinary differences and similarities
- To identify competition law problems from a complex material
- To analyze competition law issues and make a critical balancing of the legal arguments
- To argue legally and linguistically correct and in a structured and coherent way
Competences
- To identify competition law disciplines and their interrelationship
- To identify the interdisciplinary differences and similarities
- To identify competition law problems from a complex material
- To analyze competition law issues and make a critical balancing of the legal arguments
- To argue legally and linguistically correct and in a structured and coherent way
Type of instruction
- Lectures
Extent and expected workload
- 270 hours
Exam
Exams
| Name of exam | Comparative Private Law |
| Type of exam | Written exam
One week take-home exam
10 page legal paper in answer to a given exam question |
| ECTS | 10 |
| Permitted aids | All written and all electronic aids |
| Assessment | 7-point grading scale |
| Type of grading | External examination |
| Criteria of assessment | The criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination Policies and Procedures |
Additional information
- The module is open to students from Law and Business Law
Facts about the module
| Danish title | Comparative Private Law |
| Module code | KA-EJ-13-S34 |
| Module type | Course |
| Duration | 1 semester |
| Semester | Spring
|
| ECTS | 10 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Empty-place Scheme | Yes |
| Location of the lecture | Campus Aalborg |
| Responsible for the module |
Organisation
| Study Board | Study Board of Law |
| Department | Department of Law |
| Faculty | The Faculty of Social Sciences |
Litterature
OBS litteratur er først endelig 3 uger før semesterstart!
- Richard Whish and David Bailey, Competition Law, 2015, 8th edition, Oxford University Press (approx. 500 pages)
