| Learning objectives |
After completing the course, the students will be
able to:
- Demonstrate a holistic understanding of the legal aspects of
service management, including the relationship between business and
society;
- Identify the challenges to business in establishing
international and cross-border contracts;
- Critically assess international business challenges in a global
context;
- Examine various business environment challenges, including
culture, politics and sustainability, for the service sector;
- become familiar with the definitions and concepts of EU trade
liberalisation and integration, and to
- identify and explain the basic concepts of International and
European Trade Law, including its regulatory aspects;
- evaluate and apply the basic international rules of contracts
for the sale of goods, services, intellectual property rights, and
in particular e-commerce;
- understand and apply the general EU rules on free movement of
services, with a focus on fundamental rights and
non-discrimination;
- identify and apply the general rules on public procurement of
services and of state aid in the EU context;
- generally speaking, identify the essential elements of a
concrete legal problem, select the relevant sources of law, and
present a convincing argument for the resolution of that
problem.
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| Course prerequisites |
| English language skills equal to B2 level (CEFR)
and math skills equal to Danish level B are recommended. |
| Examination |
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Public
Regulations: Service and Innovation:
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| 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) |
Internal examiner and second internal
examiner |
| Exam period |
Spring Term |
| Aids allowed to bring
to the exam |
Open book: all written and electronic aids,
including internet access |
| 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.
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| Course content and structure |
The legal framework more and more influences the
reality of cross-border business in the service sector. This course
aims at providing students with the basic theoretical knowledge and
practical skills useful for analysing the dynamics and consequences
of this interaction, by focusing on legal aspects of international
business activities and international service management.
The course provides a number of legal parameters and tools for
students of international service management. Areas include private
international law, EU business regulation, as well as particular
areas of interest such as intellectual property rights, health care
or financial services. Students will gain an understanding of the
main elements of legal contract management and relate it to a real
service firm. The relationship between theory and practice will be
achieved by integrating the knowledge provided in the course to
specific cases of real service corporations. Through its learning
activities and assessment this course enhances competencies of
problem solving, team work, writing and presenting academic reports
for an expert audience, the coordination of project activities and
the application of knowledge to practice. |
| Teaching methods |
| The course material is delivered through lectures
and class activities. It is expected that students prepare before
classes by reading relevant documents, articles and/or case studies
as suggested in the reading schedule (on Learn). |
| Student workload |
| Lectures |
36 hours |
| preparation for class and exam |
166 hours |
| exam |
4 hours |
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| Further Information |
| The course is first offered in spring
2016 |
| Expected literature |
- M Bonell, ‘The CISG, European Contract Law and the
Development of a World Contract Law’ (2008) 56 American Journal of
Comparative Law 1
- F Easterbrook, ‘Federalism and European Business Law’
(1994) 14 Intl Rev of Law and Economics 125
- W Gekiere, R Baeten and W Palm, ‘Free movement of services in
the EU and health care’ in E Mossialos et al, Health Systems
Governance in Europe - The Role of European Union Law and Policy
(Cambridge, 2010) 461-508
- R Grosse, ‘The bargaining view of government-business
relations’ in R Grosse (ed), International Business and
Government Relations in the 21st Century (Cambridge University
Press, Cambridge 2005) 273
- W Kerber and S Grundmann ‘An Optional European
Contract Law Code: Advantages and Disadvantages’ (2006) 21 European
Journal of Law and Economics 215
- MJ Koop, ‘Institutional Competition versus Centralisation: Quo
Vadis Europe?’ (1993) 9 Oxford Review of Economic Policy 15
- O Lando ‘Why codify the European Law of Contract?’ (1997)
European Review of Private Law, pp. 525-535.
- RZ Lawrence and L Edwards ‘Shattering the myths about U.S.
trade policy’ (2012) 90 Harvard Business Review 149
- A Ogus, ‘Competition between National Legal Systems: A
Contribution of Economic Analysis to Comparative Law’ (1999) 48
ICLQ 405
- C von Bar and E Clive (eds) ‘Part C. Services,
Chapter 1-2’ in Principles, Definitions and Model Rules of European
Private Law: Draft Common Frame of Reference (DCFR), 2009.
- The UN Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible, Cultural
Heritage,
http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?lg=en&pg=00006
- The UN Convention Concerning the Protection of the World
Cultural and Natural Heritage,
http://whc.unesco.org/en/conventiontext/
- The WTO Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual
Property Rights (TRIPS),
http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/trips_e/t_agm0_e.htm
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