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2014/2015  BA-BHAAV2604U  EU law from a business perspective

English Title
EU law from a business perspective

Course information
Language English
Course ECTS 7.5 ECTS
Type Elective
Level Bachelor
Duration One Semester
Course period Autumn, Spring, Fourth Quarter
Timetable Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk
Study board
Study Board for BSc in Economics and Business Administration
Course coordinator
  • Georg Ringe - Department of International Economics and Management (INT)
Secretary Susie Lund Hansen - slh.jur@cbs.dk
Main academic disciplines
  • Business Law
  • Globalization, International Business, markets and studies
  • Management
  • Corporate and Business Strategy
Last updated on 11-04-2014
Learning objectives
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

At the end of the course the student should
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the general principles and specific rules of EU law that affect business
  • Intelligently discuss problems that may arise for businesses operating under EU law
  • Thoughtfully select and persuasively apply the law in order to resolve specific legal problems encountered by business
  • Thoughtfully reflect on the impact of the law on the business community
Course prerequisites
No previous legal training is necessary.
Examination
4 hour written sit-in exam:
Exam ECTS 7,5
Examination form Written sit-in exam
Individual or group exam Individual
Assignment type Written assignment
Duration 4 hours
Grading scale 7-step scale
Examiner(s) One internal examiner
Exam period Autumn Term and Spring Term
Aids allowed to bring to the exam Limited aids, see the list below and the exam plan/guidelines for further information:
  • Aids to be decided
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
If the number of registered candidates for the make-up examination/re-take examination warrants that it may most appropriately be held as an oral examination, the programme office will inform the students that the make-up examination/re-take examination will be held as an oral examination instead.
Course content and structure

Learning Objectives
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
At the end of the course the student should
 
Teaching methods
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.
Further Information
Tuesday 9.50-12.25, week 43-48 and
Wednesday 14.25-17.00, week 43-48.
Changes i schedule may occur.
Expected literature
  1. Nigel Foster, EU Law Directions (3rd edition, OUP 2012)

 

The final reading list will appear in the semester plan.
Last updated on 11-04-2014