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

• Sources of law concerning EU consumer law
• The concept of consumer and their organization
• EU law interaction with member states consumer law
• The purpose of consumer protection and interaction with other regulation
• Selected consumer law issues:
  • Sale of consumer goods (including distance and doorstep selling), including:
    • Lack of conformity
    • Rights of the consumer in case of lack of conformity
    • Right of withdrawel
  • Marketing, including:
    • Good marketing practice
    • Misleading marketing.
    • Identification
    • Unsolicited communication
    • Marketing directed at children and young people
    • Promotions
    • Guarantees
    • Price information
  • Unfair contract terms
  • Means of payment
  • Passengers’ rights
  • Complaints and sanction
• Sharing economy

Skills

• Proper use of concepts and terminology of consumer law
• Identifying relevant consumer law issues
• Express themselves clearly and well-structured on consumer law issues with the use of correct terminology
• Understanding relevant practice from the EU Court of Justice
• Using sources of law and legal methods in consumer law
• Qualifying interaction between public and civil consumer protection laws
• Qualifying interaction between EU regulation and member states implementation

Competences

• Independently explaining consumer law areas and reflecting critically and analytically
• The ability to assess and analyse rules and consequences of the rules
• Qualifying and relate legal issues within consumer law
• Being able to work problem oriented by independently composing a problem and working with in an analytical and structured way
• Taking responsibility for own learning, development and specialization within the frames of consumer law

Type of instruction

• Workshops
• Lectures

Extent and expected workload

• 270 hours

Exam

Prerequisite for enrollment for the exam

• A written hand-in – answering given questions regarding the course curriculum – must be submitted 3 weeks after the start of the course. The assignment will be given at least 2 weeks before the course starts.
• The work with the hand in should be expected to take 2 full weeks. The hand-in must be accepted by the teacher in order for the student to participate in the exam.

Exams

Additional information

• The module is open to students from Law and Business Law