DROI2357-1

Duration

20h Th

Number of credits

	Specialised master in European law	3 crédits

Lecturer

David Hull

Language(s) of instruction

English language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

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.
Possible study of Japanese competition law.

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, hybrid learning)

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

Assessment methods and criteria

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

Any session :

- In-person

oral exam

- Remote

oral exam

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred remote

Additional information:

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. On line

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

2-3 hours a week

Contacts

Chargé de cours: david.hull@uliege.ac.be Assistant: norman.neyrinck@uliege.ac.be

International and Comparative Competition Law