European Union Competition Law

Aims of the course and expected results:
- Knowledge and understanding of the subjects of the course. Students will be expected to demonstrate an adequate knowledge and understanding of EU competition policy and of the rules and principles which regulate the relationships between EU and national law (in particular, Italian law).
- Ability to work with principles and provisions. Students will be expected to successfully apply the notions learnt during the course to practical cases, through the study of official documents of the EU and, in particular, the case law of the European Court of Justice.
- Independent thinking. Students will be expected to convincingly debate and put forward arguments with respect to the subjects of the course.
- Legal terminology skills. Students will be expected to express the knowledge acquired during the course in a coherent, well-argued fashion as well as with proper legal terminology.
- Learning skills. Students will be expected to have acquired the basic skills to further develop and update their knowledge of EU competition law, by applying the legislative framework as well as the relevant case law, also at a national level.

By the end of the course, students will be expected to have acquired: (i) an adequate knowledge and understanding of EU competition law; (ii) the ability to work with principles and legal rules, as well as to apply the notions learnt to practical cases; (iii) the ability to interpret the legal rules studied and to take properly argued and legally sound positions on the subjects of the course; (iv) a deep knowledge of the legal terminology related to EU law; (v) the basic skills to further develop and update their knowledge of EU competition law.