LAWS399-06SU2 (U) Summer Nov 2006 start (University Campus)

Special Topic: European Business Law

11 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 27 November 2006
End Date: Wednesday, 31 January 2007
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 10 December 2006
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 7 January 2007

Description

A detailed examination of the framework for the conduct of trade in the European Union.

This single semester summer school course examines the legal framework for the conduct of business in the European Community as well as the wider implications of the role played in international trade by the EC as a trading power.  The course seeks to analyse in detail the mechanisms for the creation and maintenance of the single market within the EC.  To this end it considers the critical areas of free movement of goods, persons, services, economic enterprises (establishment) and capital as well as the contingent issues of taxation and harmonisation.

The proposed syllabus is as follows:
1.   Background to the Free Trade Area
2.   Creating the Internal Market
3.   Free Movement of Goods - Customs Duties
4.   Free Movement of Goods - Internal Taxation
5.   Free Movement of Goods - Physical and Technical Barriers to Trade
6.   Free Movement of Goods - Derogations
7.   Free Movement of Goods - Justifying Barriers
8.   The External Economic Relation of the EU - the Common Commercial Policy
9.   Intellectual property
10.  Free Movement of Persons - The European Workers
11.  Free Movement of Persons - Other European persons
12.  Free Movement of Persons - Derogations
13.  Free Movement of Persons - Third Country Nationals
14.  Right of Establishment
15.  Freedom to Provide and Receive Services
16.  Free Movement of Capital
17.  European Monetary Union
18.  Collision of EC Economic Rights with Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
19.  Regulating the Internal Market - Harmonisation
20.  Competition Law - Restrictive practices
21.  Competition Law -Dominant Position
22.  State Aids
23.  Modernisation of European Competition Law
24.  The European Union as a Trade Power

Prerequisites

Co-requisites

LAWS202-206

Course Coordinator

For further information see Faculty of Law Head of Department

The course is taught by visiting lecturer, Dr Annick Masselot of the University of Leeds, UK.  Dr Masselot is an expert in European Union Law and has an impressive record of research and publication in this area.  Dr Masselot is present in Canterbury as a result of being awarded a Marie Curie Fellowship from the EU and is based in the National Centre for Research on Europe.

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Assessment TBA


Essay (40%) - due by 4.00pm, Monday 15 January 2007.
Final Test (60%) - 9.30-11.30am, Tuesday 30 January 2007.  The test will be held in A2.

Assessment is by a 3,000 word essay (worth 40%) and a final two hour test (60%).

Notes

Students with a non-law background may be permitted to enrol in European Business Law.  They should apply to the Academic and Student Manager, School of Law, in the first instance.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $364.00

International fee $1,632.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Faculty of Law .

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