Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Specialised master in European law | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit 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 learning unit
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