Competition and Consumer Protection in the EU 370-PS5-4ERAAN

Profile of studies: general academic.
Form of study: full-time.
Course type: specialist.
Field and discipline of science: social sciences and legal sciences.
Year of study / semester: year IV / semester VII or VIII.
Prerequisites: none.
Number of teaching hours by form of class: 16 hours of seminar (including 8 hours remotely in real time and 8 hours of e-learning).
Teaching methods: seminar, consultation.
ECTS credits: 4.
Student workload balance: participation in 16 hours of classes, preparation for classes and exam 16 hours, participation in consultations related to classes 42 hours, exam 2 hours. Total: 100 hours, corresponding to 4 ECTS credits.
Quantitative indicators: student workload related to activities requiring a teacher's direct participation 50 hours, which corresponds to 2 ECTS credits, and student workload that does not require direct teacher participation 50 hours, which corresponds to 2 ECTS credits.

Type of course

(in Polish) specjalizacyjne

Mode

(in Polish) zdalnie

Prerequisites (description)

The aim of the course is to provide an overview of the concept of competition protection and consumer protection, its public and private enforcement. The course will take a practical approach, providing students with the opportunity to examine legislation and case law of EU bodies as well as national bodies with a mandate to protect competition and/or consumers. We will look in particular at competences of Member States with regard to anticompetitive practices in markets and the role and functioning of relevant mechanisms available at the EU and national levels in this regard. This will provide students with information on the approaches, opportunities and challenges in tackling these forms of competition/market abuse in practice.

Learning outcomes

K_W04 has in-depth knowledge of the principles and institutions of public law (economic law)
K_W08 knows and understands the terminology appropriate for competition and consumer protection law
K_U01 is able to correctly interpret and explain the meaning of legal norms and the mutual relations between these norms under the competition and consumer protection law
K_U05 efficiently operates in the Polish legal system, uses the standards of competition and consumer protection law to independently solve specific problems; depending on his own interests (selected specialization subjects), has extended skills in solving complex practical problems in the field of competition and consumer protection law
K_K06 can independently and critically supplement knowledge and skills, extended by an interdisciplinary dimension

Assessment criteria

Written / oral exam including e-learning tasks.
Depending on the development of the epidemic, the possibility is reserved to organize the exam using electronic means of communication.

Bibliography

- Competition law in times of economic crisis: in need of adjustment? ed. by Massimo Merola, Jacques Derenne, Jose Rivas, 2013
- Regulating competition in the EU, Bent Iversen, 2012
- Piszcz, Anna, Competition law in comparative perspective, 2011
- Van Bael, Ivo. Due process in EU competition proceedings, 2011
- Towards an optimal enforcement of competition rules in Europe: time for Review of Regulation 1/2003?: GCLC Annual Conference, 11-12 June 2009, ed. by Massimo Merola and Denis Waelbroeck, 2010

Additional information

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