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Cursus: USEMCOM2
USEMCOM2
Advanced Competition Law and Economics: Current Challenges
Cursus informatie
CursuscodeUSEMCOM2
Studiepunten (EC)5
Cursusdoelen
Learning objectives 
At the end of the course the student is able to:
•      apply both legal concepts and economic theories of competition policy to specific issues and cases of competition law and policy;
•      advise governments, competition authorities, courts or private parties on the implications of topical issues in competition policy and competition cases;
•      be able to write a paper on a conceptual issue in competition law and policy;
•      be able to participate constructively in a discussion of competition cases, problems and concepts.
Inhoud
This course is the continuation of the course Law and Economics of Competition and Market Dominance. It is part of the master program Law and Economics of the Utrecht University School of Economics and the Department of Law. After having been introduced to the fundamentals of European Competition Law and Economics in Competition I, this course focuses on several specific concepts of competition law and policy. The course is offered in period 2 and is mandatory for both the LL.M-students and the MSc-students. The course integrates the legal and economic aspects of the fundamentals of competition law and policy into one coherent whole. The course is supported by both the Economics and the Law department of Utrecht University and is jointly taught by lecturers from these departments.

Some of the content of the course Advanced Competition Law and Economics: Current Challenges will be decided by the lecturers depending on recent developments, but will likely address merger control in the light of recent cases and discuss challenges online platforms pose to competition policy. However, certainly the course will delve deeper into some conceptual issues, both from the field of economics (strategic interaction) and from the legal field (procedure, evidence, proof and judicial review). It is expected that also the application of competition law to the new economy and the interplay between intellectual property and competition law will be covered. 
 
Format
•      the course will consist of a mix of teaching methods, which will include lectures, seminars and guest lectures, and may include seminars, pleading or discussion sessions, guided self- and group-study sessions, group work, recourse to open office hours or online discussion hours, and the studying of online content.
•      the course will have different teaching hours per week. 

Assessment method
  • Mid-term exam (40% of the final grade)
  • End-term exam (60% of the final grade)
 
In case online access is required for this course and you are not in the position to buy the access code, you are advised to contact the course coordinator for an alternative solution. Please note that access codes are not re-usable meaning that codes from second hand books do not work, as well as access codes from books with a different ISBN number. Separate or spare codes are usually not available.
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