This module is not currently running in 2024 to 2025.
This module focuses on considering Competition Law in a transnational context, particularly, by considering the development of international and regional legal and political developments concerning regulation of competition. Accordingly, it will predominantly focus on European Union Competition Law as the principal source of transboundary legal co-operation in this field. The module will also consider the state of, and implications of, broader international and/or regional legal co-operation in competition policy and, the impact of selected national competition law regimes' extraterritorial reach.
Contact hours: 18
Private Study hours: 182
Total hours: 200
LLM in (Specialisation); PGDip in (Specialisation); PGCert in Law
Main assessment methods
Short essay, 1,000 words (20%)
Long essay, 4,000 words (80%)
Reassessment methods
Like-for-like.
• A. Jones and B. Sufrin: EU Competition Law Text, Cases, and Materials, 6th Edition (Oxford University Press, 2016)
• R. Whish and D. Bailey: Competition Law, 8th Edition (Oxford University Press, 2015)
• S.M. Colino: Competition Law of the EU and the UK, 7th Edition (Oxford University Press, 2011)
• S. Bishop and M. Walker: The Economics of EU Competition Law, 3rd Edition (Sweet and Maxwell, 2010)
See the library reading list for this module (Canterbury)
The intended subject specific learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate a systematic understanding of the rules and concepts of Competition Law in a transnational context, notably with reference
to European Union (EU) Competition Law, international level developments in competition law as well as comparative reference to
selected aspects of certain national competition laws.
2. With reference to EU Competition Law, demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the principal provisions which empower the EU
institutions to intervene in the regulation of the market and underlying economic rationale of these provisions.
3. Demonstrate a critical awareness of the principal drivers underpinning the evolution of competition law in a transnational context, namely
the distinct drivers relating to the development of competition law from selected international, regional and national perspectives.
4. Critically evaluate the respective roles of the EU institutions in developing and enforcing EU competition law from an international legal
perspective.
5. Critically evaluate the implications of EU Competition Law for the national economies and legal competences of EU member states.
6. Explore critically the possibilities and extent of the development of international competition law.
The intended generic learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module, students will be able to:
1. Construct a critical argument in essay form, on the basis of detailed independent research.
2. Analyse a case, identifying the key concepts, the inter-relation between the facts and the legal arguments and providing a coherent
account of the judgment and of its broader ramifications.
3. Make proper use of the library resources by way of law reports, articles, monographs and textbooks.
4. Make proper use of web-based material and to distinguish appropriate sources from inadequate ones.
5. Apply critical, analytical and problem-solving skills in a wide range of different legal and non-legal settings.
Stage 1
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