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2013/14 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

LAW5320M European Business Law

15 creditsClass Size: 20

Module manager: Oliver Gerstenberg
Email: o.h.gerstenberg@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2013/14

This module is mutually exclusive with

LAW5435M	EU Internal Market and Competition Law
LAW5485M	Transnational Economic Relations and Private Law Making

This module is approved as an Elective

Module summary

The module provides students with an overview of the Law of the Internal Market. Particular attention is given to the question of how the European Court of Justice (ECJ) goes about its business of balancing free trade objectives with non-economic concerns. The European bodel is a balanced compromise, accomodating both a market economy and a developed welfare state.

Objectives

By the end of the module, students should be able to understand the history of the Single European Market and its current state of development, the topical issues relating to it and the debate over its future.

Syllabus

1) The History of the Single Market and the four economic freedoms
2) The current state of development
3) Application of the freedoms in relation to intellectual property rights
4) Topical issues: enlargement, the social charter, external relations
5) The EU and the WTO: the way ahead.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Seminar	5	2.00	10.00
Private study hours			140.00
Total Contact hours			10.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			150.00

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay	1 x 4,500 word essay	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 20/02/2014

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