International Competition Law and Policy

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• A3. The values, policies and interests underlying international competition law.
• A2. The core principles, concepts, economics and doctrines of competition law and their application to commercial relationships or transactions or corporate parties.
• A1. The national, regional or international institutional framework of competition law and its corporate or commercial governance agendas.

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• B1. Suggest possible legal developments to improve the efficiency and fairness of competition law governing affected parties in the international commercial context and in the context of other areas of law and sector regulation.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• C1. Undertake independent research and access primary and secondary sources effectively.
• C2. Analyse complex written texts and construct arguments and solve problems based on premises drawn from various sources.
• C3. Communicate arguments and reference sources appropriately.

The course will generally cover agreements between undertakings, unilateral conduct, and merger control in an international context. It will also cover the competition law’s relation to other areas of law such as intellectual property and trade and the application of competition law as a regulatory tool. Enforcement issues will be discussed when necessary to understand the substantive law. During the module you will consider the underlying policies behind the competition rules, how they have changed over the years and their improvement.

Teaching Method:

One 2-hour seminar per week

Learning methods include:

Essential and additional directed reading, as per distributed reading lists reproduced on Blackboard;

Engagement with current legal or commercial developments to ensure that you can relate the material being discussed in class to contemporary controversies

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Formative Assessment

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: Feedback will be provided to you individually in writing on the school feedback form.
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.