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| Module code:  MAIM-222 | 
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| 4V (4 hours per week) | 
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| Semester: 2 | 
| Mandatory course: yes | 
| Language of instruction: English
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| Assessment: written examination + term paper with presentation
 
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| MAIM-222 (P420-0283, P420-0284) International Management, Master, ASPO 01.10.2016
, semester 2, mandatory course
 
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| 60 class hours (= 45 clock hours) over a 15-week period. The total student study time is 180 hours (equivalent to 6 ECTS credits).
 There are therefore 135 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.
 
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| Recommended prerequisites (modules): None.
 
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| Recommended as prerequisite for: 
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| Module coordinator: Prof. Dr. Holger Buck
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| Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Holger Buck
 
 
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| Learning outcomes: The students
 • are familiar with the important legal framework for international business
 • understand the function and mechanisms of  contract, competition and corporate law  in international legal relations
 • can work with the regulations in international agreements,  EU law and various national laws independently and
 link them in compliance with the norm hierarchy
 • understand the importance of the norms for the day-to-day life of an international corporation
 • develop solutions for concrete cases and contracts from international business law by classifying
 the problem, subsuming the situation using the relevant provisions and then deriving a result
 • create design proposals for international contractual und corporate practices
 • acknowledge the result based on general legal value assessments.
 
 
 
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| Module content: 1. International Competition Law:
 International competition law and territoriality principle; European and international industrial property rights; international conventions; market freedoms; EU cartel law with its references to national cartel law
 
 2. International Contracts and Companies:
 Contractual design and safeguards for international sales contracts; special features when working with especially important contracts; conflict resolution;
 Company statutes and structures; corporate governance and compliance in globally active corporations; mergers; insolvency
 
 
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| Teaching methods/Media: Interactive lecture based on practical examples and exercises
 Visualization of keywords on a presentation board, transparencies
 Learning material via Internet (graphs, diagrams, exercises)
 Online exercises for researching international/European legal sources
 
 
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| Recommended or required reading: - Annand, R.: Blackstone’s Guide to the Community Trade Mark, Blackstone, London, current edition
 - Cook, T.: EU Intellectual Property Law, Oxford University Press, Oxford, current edition
 - Dabbah, M.: International and Comparative Competition Law, Cambridge University Press,
 Cambridge,current edition Fairhurst, J., Law of the European Union, Pearson, Harlow, current edition
 - Gildeggen, R. & Willburger A.: Internationale Handelsgeschäfte, Vahlen, Munich, current edition
 - Herdegen, M.: Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht, Beck, Munich, current edition
 - Huber, P. (ed.): Rome II Regulation – Pocket Commentary, Sellier, Munich, current edition
 - Jones A. & Sufrin, B.: EU Competition Law, Oxford University Press, Oxford, current edition
 - Kilian, W.: Europäisches Wirtschaftsrecht, Beck, Munich, current edition
 - Mo, J.: International commercial law. Butterworths, Sydney, current
 edition Twigg-Flesner, C. (ed.), European Union Private Law, Cambridge University
 Press,Cambridge, current edition
 - Van Hulle, K. & Gesell, H. (eds.). European Corporate Law, Nomos, Baden-Baden, current edition
 - Walz, R. (Hrsg.). Beck’sches Formularbuch Zivil-, Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensrecht Deutsch – English.
 Beck, Munich, current edition
 - Yu, P.: International Intellectual Property Law and Policy, Carolina Academic Press, Durham, current edition
 
 
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