Study Programmes 2015-2016
DROI2357-1  
International and Comparative Competition Law
Duration :
20h Th
Number of credits :
Specialised master in European law, competition law and intellectual property3
Lecturer :
Nicolas Petit
Language(s) of instruction :
English language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the second semester
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
The course focuses on substantive US antitrust law. It seeks to contrast the antitrust case-law of the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) with that of the EU courts.
Learning outcomes of the course :
This course aims at offering a good understanding of the main legal and economic principles underpinning the seminal US antitrust cases.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
SCOTUS cases will be selected as reading assignments for each class, and the course will take the form of a back and forth discussion with the Professor.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Recommended or required readings :
Ouvrage: Ernest Gellhorn, William Kovacic & Stephen Calkins, Antitrust Law and Economics in a Nutshell, 5th Edition, West Academic Publishing, 2004.
Assessment methods and criteria :
For the exam, the students will be asked to discuss a US antitrust law case, possibly through the form of a moot court competition out of the facts of a known US antitrust case.
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
  2-3 hours a week
Contacts :
Chargé de cours: Nicolas.petit@ulg.ac.be Assistant: norman.neyrinck@ulg.ac.be