- Docente: Francesca Ragno
- Credits: 8
- SSD: IUS/13
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in International Politics and Economics (cod. 5702)
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from Feb 19, 2024 to May 22, 2024
Learning outcomes
The aim of this Course is to provide students with analytical skills to assess, research and critically debate the legal principles, functioning and main challenges of the EU internal market and the EU trade policy. At the end of the Course the students are expected to have improved their analytical skills, as well as their legal reasoning and their oral and written presentation abilities
Course contents
The first part of the course will provide students with an in-depth introduction to the EU internal market and its external aspects.
The second part of the course will examine and investigate the multilateral trading system’s legal foundations and will subsequently turn on the rules and principles of the law of the World Trade Organization.
The third part of the course will address the fundamentals of European business law in an international setting. Subjects covered will be jurisdiction and choice of law in civil and commercial matters, the impact of the EU law on commercial arbitration, EU competition law, distribution of products and vertical agreements in EU Law and consumer protection in EU law.
Readings/Bibliography
Catherine Barnard, The Substantive Law of the EU: The Four Freedoms (7th edn, Oxford University Press, 2022): selected topics.
Michael J. Trebilcock, Joel Trachtman, Henry Braker, Advanced Introduction to International Trade Law (2nd edn, Elgar, 2020): selected topics.
Other materials and relevant cases will be provided during the course. Assignments for classes will be posted on a weekly basis.
Teaching methods
The class format will combine lecture-style introductions to a particular topic and (subsequent) discussions. Still, a Socratic method will primarily be adopted, and students are therefore expected to prepare for classes by reading in advance the relevant chapter of the textbooks adopted and/or the cases and the materials assigned and to participate in class discussions on a regular basis.
Assessment methods
Evaluation will be based on an in-class final exam. The final exam aims at verifying the level of understanding of the issues dealt with during the course and will consist of 11 multiple-choice questions and 2 open-ended essay questions. The grade will be calculated according to the formula detailed below: 1) multiple choice questions: 2 points for every correct answer, 0,5 points will be deducted for any wrong/missing answer; 2) open-ended essay questions: max 8 points.
Exchange students are allowed to present a research paper in lieu of the written exam.
Teaching tools
Teaching materials (slides, decisions, papers, documents) will be made available on Virtuale before class.
Office hours
See the website of Francesca Ragno