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Course Outline ILW3: International Law: doing business in the EU

Literature:

- Book: European Business Environment, ed. F. Somers, Noordhoff uitgevers

ISBN 978-90-01-76891-1

- Reader: European Treaties (3373)

Goals:

1. Students know the importance of the European Union for businesses and are able to solve the most important problems that businesses face even though there is a customs union in the EU

2. Students know how to solve problems concerning the free movement of

goods, persons, services and capital.

3. Students know how to deal with problems in which businesses are prohibited to disturb the internal market by making unlawful agreements or by misusing their business power.

Topics :

-Introduction to law

-Private law versus Public law

-History of the EU

-The organization of the EU

-Free movement of goods

-Free movement of persons

-Free movement of services

-Free movement of capital

-EU Competition law

Examination:

1. Written exam: the students show in the final exam that they have a clear understanding on how the EU works and how to solve problems when the trade is disturbed by government authorities. They solve problems for businesses that operate in the EU. The students are able to answer questions and cases by applying the most important articles out the conventions of the EU.

2. Assignment ILW3: students have to write a paper in which they describe and solve the most important problems for a business set up in the EU. See Scholar for details.

WEEKLY SCHEDULE

WEEK 1 : Introduction to law

Topics:

-Introduction to the course

-Introduction to law: sources of law

-Private law versus public law

-Introduction to international law: conventions

- Intergovernmental cooperation vs supranational cooperation

-International economic cooperation around the world

* Study Chapter 2 European Business Environment

* Find out which economic cooperations there are in the world. Are they...