Postgraduate Course: Fundamentals of EU Competition Law 1 (LAWS11529)
Course Outline
| School | School of Law |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | 1. the concept of competition in economic literature and in the structure of the EU treaties;
2. common concepts: 'undertaking'; 'effect on trade' and 'appreciable' effect
3. Article 101: structure, goals and function; Article 101 (1) and (3);
4. Article 101 and 'valuable' content: media licensing and trademarks in e-commerce;
5. Article 102: purpose; concept of dominance and assessment;
6. Competition law and Intellectual Property Rights in innovative industries: refusals to licence; pay-for-delay agreements;
7. Competition law in digital markets: platforms and the Digital markets Act;
8. Artificial Intelligence and Competition Law
9. An introduction to state aid
10. An introduction to the enforcement of competition law: public and private
11. Review and Q&A, assessment skills training. |
| Course description |
See above.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- have acquired an appreciation of the place, policy and objectives of the regulation of competition;
- demonstrate a detailed understanding of the relevant rules of EU law, their application, and the role competition regulation plays in the wider purpose of the Union;
- analyse the interactions between competition law and others area of the law, e.g. Intellectual property law;
- discuss the impact of the competition rules on digital markets.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | EU,Competition,Law,Level 11,Postgraduate,LLM,European Law |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Arianna Andreangeli
Tel: (0131 6)50 2008
Email: a.andreangeli@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Susanna Wickes
Tel:
Email: Susanna.Wickes@ed.ac.uk |
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