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 organisation
• EU law interaction with Member State 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 fx:
    • Lack of conformity
    • Rights of the consumer in case of lack of conformity
    • Right of withdrawel
  • Commercial practice, including fx:
    • Unfair commercial practice
    • Misleading commercial practice
    • Identification
    • Unsolicited communication
    • Commercial practice directed at children and young people
    • Guarantees
    • Price information
  • Unfair contract terms
  • Means of payment
  • Passengers’ rights
  • Complaints and sanction
• Sharing economy
• Knowledge about the impact of digitalisation on consumer protection legislation

Skills

• Proper use of concepts and terminology in 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 legislation
• Qualifying interaction between EU legislation and Member State implementation

Competences

• Independently explaining consumer law areas and reflecting critically and analytically
• The ability to assess and analyse rules and consequences of the rules
• Qualify and relate legal issues within consumer law
• Being able to work problem-oriented by independently composing a problem and working with it in an analytical and structured way
• Taking responsibility for own learning, development and specialisation within the frames of consumer law
• Being able to reflect on the impact of digitalisation on aspects of consumer protection such as new business models (sharing economy), advertising, sustainability, and information duties

Type of instruction

• Workshops
• Lectures

Students are expected to physically show up to class to participate in group and project work.

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.
• The same conditions apply for reexams. The deadline for the written hand-in must be agreed upon with the course responsible.

Exams