PrF:D1OBP08 Competition Law I - Course Information

D1OBP08 Competition Law I

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

prof. JUDr. Josef Bejček, CSc. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

prof. JUDr. Josef Bejček, CSc.
Department of Commercial Law – Faculty of Law
Supplier department: Department of Commercial Law – Faculty of Law

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Commercial Law (programme PrF, D-TPV4) (2)

Course objectives

The main objectives of the course are the following:deepening the theoretical knowledge of competition law from the basic course on this subject. Gettin familiar with the decision making practice of national antitrust authoritiy, national courts, including the Constitutional Court. Basic pronciples of competition policy and of the economic analysis of competition law rules. European competition law in practice of the European Commission, the Court of First Instance and of the European Court of Justice.

Syllabus

• 1. Competition law, its substance and impact 2. Economic foundations of competition law 3. European competition policy 4. Art. 81 of the European Treaty 5. Horizontal and vertical agreements distorting competition 6. Art. 82 of the European Treaty 7. Mergers and acquisitions 8. Czech legal regulation of antitrust 9. IPR and competition law 10. Competition in high-tech industries 11. Globalization and competition law 13.Public subsidies and competition 14. Anaylysis of decions of the Antitrust authorities and courts - both Czech and European ones

Literature

• PORTER, Michael E. Competitive Advantage (Orig.) : Konkurenční výhoda : Jak vytvořit a udržet si nadprůměrný výkon : Výhoda vyšší schopnosti konkurence. New York: A Division of Macmillan. info
• Hildebrand, Doris: The Role of Economic Analysis in the EC Competition Rules, The Hague, Kluwer Law International, 1998, ISBN 9041105964
• Munková, J.: Zákon o ochraně hospodářské soutěže, komentář, C.H.Beck, Praha 2003
• Child, Graham - Bellamy, Christopher - Boyce, John. Common market law of competition. Edited by Vivien Rose. 4. ed. London : Sweet and Maxwell, 2008, ISBN 978-0-19-928644-7
• Eliáš/Bejček/Hajn/Ježek a kol.: Kurs obchodního práva. Obecná část. Soutěžní právo, 5. vydání, C.H.Beck, Praha, 2007
• Bejček, Josef. Soutěžní politika a fúze v evropském kontextu. 1. vyd. Brno : Masarykova univerzita, 2010. 389 s. Acta Universitatis Brunensis Iuridica 366. ISBN 978-80-210-5067-9.
• Munková, J. - Kuindl, J.: Zákon o ochraně hospodářské soutěže, komentář, C.H.Beck, Praha 2007
• Munková-Svoboda-Kindl: Soputěžní právo, C.H.Beck, Praha, 2006, ISBN 80-7179-440-6
• BEJČEK, Josef. Existenční ochrana konkurence (Existential protection of competition). Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1996, 369 pp. Acta Universitatis Brunensis Iuridica ; No 169. ISBN 80-210-1353-0. info
• BEJČEK, Josef. Svoboda konkurence a konkurence svobod (Freedom of competition and competition of freedoms). Právník : Teoretický časopis pro otázky státu a práva. Praha: Ústav státu a práva ČSAV, 1996, roč. 136, č. 6, p. 493-501. ISSN 0324-7007. info
• BEJČEK, Josef. Konkurence a kontrola koncentrace. (Competition and concentration control). Právní praxe v podnikání : měsíčník Komory komerčních právníků ČR. Praha: Bonus, 1994, roč. 3, č. 4, p. 1-7. ISSN 1210-4043. info

Teaching methods

theoretical studies, homework reading, analysis of case law and comments

Assessment methods

obhajoba zpracovaného podkladu

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Information on completion of the course: sylabus v rozsahu 15 NS vztahující se k tématu práce

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