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Name of Module International Law: European Business Law

Module Code ILAW B

ECTS-Credits

2 Language of Instruction: English

Module Type Compulsory module Module Level basics

Contact Lessons 14 x 2 Total Workload 60 hours

Term Full-Time Study: 5/6 Part-Time Study:

Lecturer Responsible Marc Schröder

Lecturer Team Marc Schröder, Doris Walser et. al.

Methods of Teaching and Learning

Lecture presentations, guided self-study of legal-cases, self-study

Aim Working in the management of a company with international/cross-border

business seeks for basic knowledge of European business law.

The European Union is the most important trading partner for Switzerland. Its

Common Market offers a lot of opportunities to companies as well as to

consumers. Knowing the legal framework of the EU brings advantages to

understand the rights and obligations and to foresee legal developments in the

future. The course provides with a profound introduction to the legal and

political system of the EU and its Common Market.

Compliance and corporate governance is a more and more important factor for

companies to avoid fines and sanctions. The course provides with the "dos" and

"don'ts" under EU competition law and the anti-money laundering (AML) rules to

an extent that allows the students to recognize risks and to behave correctly.

As the financial market sector is one of the most important for Switzerland, and

Swiss law especially in the financial sector is more often affected by the

developments of EU law, the course gives an overview of legal aspects and

latest developments in regard to financial services and supervision of the

financial sector.

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Module / Learning Objectives (Competencies)

Professional Competencies:

Students know:

˗ the institutions of the EU and their function

˗ the legal sources of the EU

˗ the Common Market and the four basic freedoms; requirements, contents and legal framework

˗ EU competition law and policy

˗ the correct behaviour in competition

˗ anti-competitive agreements and abuse of dominance

˗ the EU merger control

˗ anti-money laundering (AML) measures

˗ basics of the legal framework for financial services

˗ the European System of Financial Supervision

Methodological Competencies: Students know:

˗ how to recognize legal problems

˗ how to behave correctly under European business law

˗ how to search for problem solutions

˗ how to persuade its collegues to apply to the legal regulations and to instruct them accordingly

Social Competencies: Students:

˗ act as fair players in the market

˗ communicate in a fair and open way without suggestive wording

˗ work in teams in a goal-oriented manner

˗ present a teamwork result in a target-group-oriented and appropriate fashion

˗ motivate a team to a legally correct behaviour

Personal Competencies: Students:

˗ behave in a legally correct manner

˗ develop a critical-constructive attitude towards approaching legal questions

˗ develop an awareness of the consequences of violating any legal regulations

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Module Content/ Learning Content

Block I: Basics of European Business Law

o Institutions of the EU

o Legal sources of EU Law

o The Common Market and the four basic freedoms

Block II: EU Competition Law

o Anti-competitive agreements

o Abuse of a dominance

o EU merger control

Block III: EU Financial Market Law

o EU financial market supervision

o EU financial services policy

o EU anti-money laundering rules

Module Structure

Contact studies (21 h)

o 14 x 90 minutes

Guided self-study (10 h) o analysing a Commission decision or a Court judgment with instructor coaching

Self-study (29 h) o reviewing contact-study material

o reading further literature

o preparing for the exam

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Teaching Materials o Lecture presentations

o Practical examples

o EU Treaties

o Various EU Regulations and Directives

o Various EC decisions and Court judgments

Module Requirements

Graded Performance/ Compulsory Requirement

Analysing and presenting an EU decision or judgment in a team, with satisfactory performance (compulsory requirement)

Final module exam (60 minutes) at the end of the semester (graded performance)

Follow-up Modules