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EUROPEAN ECONOMIC LAW
GABRIELLA IERMANO
Academic year2023/24
CourseECONOMICS
Code112NN
Credits6
PeriodSemester 1
LanguageEnglish

ModulesAreaTypeHoursTeacher(s)
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC LAWIUS/05LEZIONI42
GABRIELLA IERMANO unimap
Obiettivi di apprendimento
Learning outcomes
Conoscenze

The course will try to enable students to carry out a critical analysis on the topic addressed in class. To this end, students are exposed to the perspective of practitioners and of professors coming from various European universities. This will highlight real-life challenges and prove useful in the career-path. This will require to read through long and complex cases by the EU Commission in the relevant areas; develop familiarity with basic business law concepts; and the ability to argue and plead in public. Students are invited to think critically.

Knowledge

The course will try to enable students to carry out a critical analysis on the topic addressed in class. To this end, students are exposed to the perspective of practitioners and of professors coming from various European universities. This will highlight real-life challenges and prove useful in the career-path. This will require to read through long and complex cases by the EU Commission in the relevant areas; develop familiarity with basic business law concepts; and the ability to argue and plead in public. Students are invited to think critically.

Prerequisites for further study

      

Indicazioni metodologiche

Students attending the classes are requested to actively participate to the discussion. They can prepare a presentation on a subject addressed during the lessons. The presentation will be part of the final examination (50% of the final grade).

Teaching methods

Students attending the classes are requested to actively participate to the discussion. They can prepare a presentation on a subject addressed during the lessons. The presentation will be part of the final examination (50% of the final grade).

Programma (contenuti dell'insegnamento)

Aim of the course is to provide students with an in-depth and critical knowledge of the European rules on company law, trade-mark law and competition Law and with an introduction to the Banking Union, to the Capital Markets Union and to the European rules on sustainable growth. If students complete the course successfully, they should be able to explain the main concepts that underpin European Economic law and to comprehend the policy issues that arise regarding the harmonization of company law and the regulation of the European companies, as well as European competition law and trade-mark law.

Students do not need a specific legal or economic background.

Considering the characteristics of the course, attendance is highly recommended.  

Syllabus

Aim of the course is to provide students with an in-depth and critical knowledge of the European rules on company law, trade-mark law and competition Law and with an introduction to the Banking Union, to the Capital Markets Union and to the European rules on sustainable growth. If students complete the course successfully, they should be able to explain the main concepts that underpin European Economic law and to comprehend the policy issues that arise regarding the harmonization of company law and the regulation of the European companies, as well as European competition law and trade-mark law.

Students do not need a specific legal or economic background.

Considering the characteristics of the course, attendance is highly recommended.  

Bibliografia e materiale didattico

 

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC LAW 2023-24

Prof. Gabriella Iermano

 

Program

ALL THE PDF FILES INDICATED BELOW ARE AVAILABLE ON THE E-LEARNING PLATFORM, IN THE "MATERIALI DIDATTICI" SECTION

Topics covered

Sources of EU Law. Directives and regulations

European Company and Business Law:

Introduction

The European Economic Interest Grouping.

Supranational Companies: introduction

Supranational Companies in Details: The European Company

Supranational Companies in Details: The European Cooperative Society

SE and SCE employee involvement directive

Supranational Companies in Details: The SUP Proposal.

European Green Bond Regulation (Draft)

Shareholders Rights Directive

Data Protection in the EU

Takeover Regulation

European Investment Bank

Statute for social and solidarity-based enterprises

EU Sustainability Law: Corporate sustainability due diligence

EU Sustainability Law: The European Green Deal

European Central Bank and the Banking Union

Capital Markets Union

European Trademark Law

European Competition Law

Exam materials (all the following pdf files are available on the e-learning platform “European Economic Law 2022-23”)

The ABC of EU Law.pdf (p. 83-111)

Company law and corporate governance _ European Commission.pdf

European Economic Interest Grouping.pdf

European Company (Societas Europaea) - 1.pdf

European Company - EU (Societas Europaea) - 2.pdf

Statute for a European Cooperative Society.pdf

Employee involvement.pdf

Single-member private limited liability companies (Societas Unius Personae).pdf

European green bond standard.pdf

Shareholder rights directive.pdf

V. slides

Corporate sustainability due diligence .pdf

Takeover Bids (ESMA).pdf

Takeover Bids.pdf

European Investment Bank.pdf

Statute for social and solidarity-based enterprises (1).pdf

Corporate sustainability due diligence 1.pdf

Corporate sustainability due diligence 2.pdf

European Green Deal.pdf

Banking Union (1) .pdf

Banking Union (2) SSM.pdf

Banking Union (3) SRM.pdf

Capital Markets Union.pdf

Trademark protection in the EU.pdf

EU Competition policy.pdf

Additional Reading

de Luca, European Company Law. Text, Cases and Materials, Cambridge University Press, 2021, 1-57

 

 

 

Bibliography

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC LAW 2022-23

Prof. Gabriella Iermano

 

Program

ALL THE PDF FILES INDICATED BELOW ARE AVAILABLE ON THE E-LEARNING PLATFORM, IN THE "MATERIALI DIDATTICI" SECTION

Topics covered

Sources of EU Law. Directives and regulations

European Company and Business Law:

Introduction

The European Economic Interest Grouping.

Supranational Companies: introduction

Supranational Companies in Details: The European Company

Supranational Companies in Details: The European Cooperative Society

SE and SCE employee involvement directive

Supranational Companies in Details: The SUP Proposal.

European Green Bond Regulation (Draft)

Shareholders Rights Directive

Data Protection in the EU

Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

Takeover Regulation

European Investment Bank

Statute for social and solidarity-based enterprises

EU Sustainability Law: Corporate sustainability due diligence

EU Sustainability Law: The European Green Deal

European Central Bank and the Banking Union

Capital Markets Union

European Trademark Law

European Competition Law

Exam materials (all pdf files are available on the e-learning platform “European Economic Law 2022-23”

The ABC of EU Law.pdf (p. 83-111)

Company law and corporate governance _ European Commission.pdf

European Economic Interest Grouping.pdf

European Company (Societas Europaea) - 1.pdf

European Company - EU (Societas Europaea) - 2.pdf

Statute for a European Cooperative Society.pdf

Employee involvement.pdf

Single-member private limited liability companies (Societas Unius Personae).pdf

European green bond standard.pdf

Shareholder rights directive.pdf

V. slides

Corporate sustainability due diligence .pdf

Takeover Bids (ESMA).pdf

Takeover Bids.pdf

European Investment Bank.pdf

Statute for social and solidarity-based enterprises (1).pdf

Corporate sustainability due diligence 1.pdf

Corporate sustainability due diligence 2.pdf

European Green Deal.pdf

Banking Union (1) .pdf

Banking Union (2) SSM.pdf

Banking Union (3) SRM.pdf

Capital Markets Union.pdf

Trademark protection in the EU.pdf

EU Competition policy.pdf

Additional Reading

de Luca, European Company Law. Text, Cases and Materials, Cambridge University Press, 2021, 1-57

 

 

 

 

 

 

Modalità d'esame

The examination consists of a written and an oral test.

 

Assessment methods

The examination consists of an oral test.

 Students attending the course will be required to make a power point presentation (10 minutes, max 10 slides) on an assigned topic. This presentation is not compulsory but highly recommended and will count as 50% of the final exam score.

Attendance to workshops and seminars will be considered on the overall result for the final evaluation.

Note

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WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS

(Attendance is highly recommended)

 

- Workshop 24.10.2023

Topic: Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence in the EU. Will it change the face of capitalism?

 

- Seminar: 20.10.2023, h. 10.30

Topic: The German law on corporate sustainability due diligence: the Lieferkettengesetz

Speaker: Avv. and RA Dr. Marilena Bacci

International law firm "Dolce-Lauda", Frankfurt am Main

 

 

- Seminar: 27.10.2023, h. 10.30

Topic: The employee involvement: comparison to the German experience

Speaker: prof. Claudia Stachel, prof. Gabriella Iermano

Nürtingen-Geislingen University

 

 

- Seminar:  27.10.2023, h. 12.15

Topic: EU data protection system (with special regard to e-commerce)

Speaker: prof. Claudia Stachel, prof. Gabriella Iermano

Nürtingen-Geislingen University

 

- Workshop 30.10.2023

Topic: Cobots, artificial intelligence and sustainability. An interplay

 

Notes

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WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS

(Attendance is highly recommended and will be considered on the overall result for the final evaluation)

 

1) Workshop

Topic: Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence. From the French Loi sur le devoir de vigilance and the German Lieferkettengesetz to the European Directive Proposal

Speakers:

- prof. Claudia Stachel (Nürtingen-Geislingen University)

- Dr. Marilena Bacci (Avv. and RA. in Frankfurt am Main)

- Prof. Gabriella Iermano (University of Pisa)

Mark for attendance: 1 point

 

2) Co-teaching

Topic: The employee involvement: comparison to the German experience

Speaker: prof. Claudia Stachel, prof. Gabriella Iermano

Nürtingen-Geislingen University

(November 9, h. 12.15, Room O1 “Polo Piagge”)

 

3) Co-teaching

Topic: EU data protection system (with special regard to e-commerce)

Speaker: prof. Claudia Stachel, prof. Gabriella Iermano

Nürtingen-Geislingen University

(November 9, h. 12.15, Room O1 “Polo Piagge”)

 

4) Seminar

Topic: EU data protection system/Employee involvement: Practical cases

Speaker: prof. Claudia Stachel

Nürtingen-Geislingen University

(November 9, h. 14.15, Room O1 “Polo Piagge”)

  

5) Seminar

Topic: The European Investment Bank: … from the inside

Speaker: prof. Plutarchos Sakellaris

University of Athen, former vice-President of the European Investment Bank

(date do be defined)

Mark for attendance: 1 point

 

Updated: 31/10/2023 08:44