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Course description of DROI-C-506 [version française]

Title

Comparative commercial Law



Lecturer

Mme Andrée PUTTEMANS



Objective

This course aims at showing to the students the interesting application of the comparative method in the field of Commercial law, where it is of a great practical importance taking into consideration the globalization of the economy



Contents

Comparison between the systems having distinct commercial law and Commercial Courts and the others; comparative approach of the principle of the free movement of goods (EU, WTO, ALENA,...); comparison between American anti-trust law and European competition law ; parasitic competition in comparative law; class actions: The American regime and the European ones; Comparison of our insolvency procedures with the american "chapter eleven"; .



Campus and term(s)

Campus du Solbosch, 2nd term



Teaching methods

Ex cathedra, course taught in French



Assessment

Written examination



ECTS

total: 3 ECTS (théorie: 2, travaux personnels: 1)

The ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) credit is a measure of the student workload for each activity associated with a course. Conventionally, one ECTS credit represents 24h of work.


Course thaught in

Académie universitaire Wallonie-Bruxelles:


DROI-C-506

DECO6-A: master complémentaire en droit économique - année unique, option droit des assurances (compulsory)

DECO6-E: master complémentaire en droit économique - année unique, option droit de l'entreprise (compulsory)

DECO6-T: master complémentaire en droit économique - année unique, option droit des transports (compulsory)

DEUR6: master complémentaire en droit européen - année unique (optional)

DINT6-A: master complémentaire en droit international - année unique, option droit international des affaires (optional)





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