European and Global Competition Policy (Massarotto)
Faculty
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| Giovanna Massarotto CTIC Fellow gmassa@law.upenn.edu |
Additional Information
Skills Training
Oral Presentations
Team Projects
Expository Writing
Grading
30% Participation,
70% Exam,
Other (Other (A project with class presentation, graded as part of participation.))
With Permission of Instructor
Class meets in person.
Course Continuity
Students are encouraged to stay home if you are ill or experience flu-like symptoms. If you miss a class for any reason, it is still your responsibility to make up the work missed.
I offer the following to students who miss class due to illness:
- Class sessions are regularly recorded. If you are absent due to illness or some other unavoidable circumstance, email me and I can send you an email with instructions for accessing the recording for the class session(s) you missed.
- I will make PowerPoint slides or other class materials routinely available on the course site to everyone in the class.
- Please make an appointment to meet with me and I will review/answer questions about what you missed.
Meeting Times/Location
W 12:50PM - 2:50PM
Tanenbaum Hall 142
Category
Seminar
Credits
3.0
Competition policy was a pilar in the foundation of the European Economic Community back to 1957. The European competition policy, along with U.S. antitrust law, inspired many jurisdictions all over the world by becoming a model of reference for competition law worldwide. Through the study of the foundations of the European competition policy, this seminar lays out the role of competition law in shaping the European economy. The class will cover key differences and similarities between the U.S. and EU competition regimes and examine how these different approaches have been implemented in other jurisdictions.
Competitive markets represent cornerstones for the continued strengthening of the EU-US economic and trade relationship. This seminar will focus on the technology sector, in which the EU and the US have set up a Joint Technology Competition Policy Dialogue (TCPD) to develop common approaches and strength the cooperation on competition policy and enforcement.
By the end of the course, participants should expect to: • Understand the role of competition policy in the European economy. • Evaluate EU Competition law and U.S. antitrust law critically. • Analyze different competition approaches via case studies. • Identify competition law principles that are recognized globally. • Discuss current competition law as it applies to digital platforms and tech companies. • Explore the role of competition law in innovation and new-market development.
Attendance is required.
Evaluation will be based upon participation and a written assignment, which will consist of a paper.
International and Comparative Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of international and comparative law, both substantively and procedurally; Perform legal analysis in the context of international and comparative law; Communicate effectively on topics related to international and comparative law; Demonstrate an understanding of the role of international and comparative law, and their interconnection with domestic law.
Intellectual Property and Technology Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of intellectual property law; Perform legal analysis in the context of intellectual property law; Communicate effectively on topics related to intellectual property; Demonstrate an understanding of the interconnection between technology and intellectual property, and how they affect other areas of law and society.
Perspectives on the Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate an understanding of how the law affects, and is affected by, the individual course topic; Perform legal analysis in the context of the individual course topic; Communicate effectively on the legal and other aspects of the individual course topic; Demonstrate the ability to use other disciplines to analyze legal issues relevant to the individual course topic, including economics, philosophy, and sociology, as appropriate.
Administrative and Regulatory Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of administrative and regulatory law and the administrative process, including the role of statutory authorization and work of administrative agencies; Perform legal analysis in the context of administrative and regulatory law; Communicate effectively on topics related to administrative and regulatory law; Demonstrate an understanding of the role administrative and regulatory law play in our legal system and in society as a whole.
Textbooks
"EU Competition Law: Cases, Text and Context" by ELEONOR M. FOX & DAMIEN GERARD |