93437 - DIRITTO ANTITRUST EUROPEO

Academic Year 2020/2021

  • Moduli: Pietro Manzini (Modulo 1) Mauro Gatti (Modulo 2)
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Law (cod. 9232)

    Also valid for Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Law (cod. 0659)

Learning outcomes

The student, at the end of the course, has acquired a thorough knowledge of European competition law, both in theory and in practice. He is able to critically analyze the administrative practice and the case-law on the subject and to elaborate solutions for the legal-economic problems they present.

Course contents

The course is suitable for extravagant and curious students; for those who are interested in frontier issues, the divergent, for those who like to look elsewhere.

The course focuses on a particular area of European Union law. As a consequence, students who take the antitrust law exam in year II will benefit from a reduction of the study program of the European Union law exam in year IV (the reduction in the program applies to all channels).

Those who decide to attend the course in the year V - i.e. after taking the European Union Law exam - will be a bit disappointed, but they will feel comfortable with the whole institutional profile.

General topics:

1. What is antitrust and why it makes sense to study it.

2. Cartels: old Adam Smith discovered them too.

3. The competitive effects of vertical agreements: quite a tangled mess

4. Market power: big and bad companies?

5. Abusive Practices: The game gets tougher

6. Public enforcement: the distance between Beccaria and the European Commission

7. Private enforcement: let's talk about 'compensation for damages'.

8. Public services and antitrust

9. The future of antitrust: artificial intelligence, privacy and democracy.

Readings/Bibliography

 For students attending classes:

P. MANZINI, Il diritto antitrust europeo - Materiali e giurisprudenza - Bologna, 2020, forthcoming.

 

For students not attending classes:

P. FATTORI, M. TODINO, La disciplina della concorrenza in Italia, Terza edizione, il Mulino, 2019, pp. 13-257 e 443-481

Teaching methods

Frontal lesson. Frequency is recommended.

Reading the relevant jurisprudence before the lesson would be ideal, so the professor should no longer have to hear from the students that abroad there are class discussions and in Italy there are not.

Assessment methods

Oral exam

Teaching tools

Some slides, if really necessary.

Office hours

See the website of Pietro Manzini

See the website of Mauro Gatti

SDGs

Peace, justice and strong institutions

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.