Law & Economics Courses
All our courses have a strong international character making them a perfect starting point to study Law and Economics from an international perspective. Subjects that are covered include Competition Law, Public International Law, Human Rights Law, Blockchain, International Law of the sea and Financial Law
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European Competition Law and Economics: Cartels and Other Evils
This course is designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to the cartel prohibition in the EU. From laying out the foundational knowledge about cartels within European competition law, introduci...
Blockchain: Best Ally or Worst Enemy to Antitrust, IP & Data Protection?
Blockchain is the biggest challenge faced by antitrust law in the last 20 years. The core features of this technology create numerous issues for our legal systems to the point of endangering them. Thi...
International Human Rights Law: An Introduction
Interested in learning about human rights? This one-week introduction course focuses on the major features of international human rights law. It begins by examining the philosophical and political bas...
Introduction to Public International Law
The Public International Law course will look at the role of international law in responding to today's global challenges. Together, we will examine the nature and function of international law, its s...
Brexit and Beyond: Consequences for European Law & Economics
In a referendum on the 23rd of June 2016, a small majority (52%) of British voters supported the British exit from the European Union. This was no surprise, as levels of support for EU membership have...
The Politics of Human Rights: Narratives and Counternarratives
Some say we need ‘borders instead of human rights’. That refugees do not deserve rights. Others think that human rights are ‘not enough’, or that they only serve the neoliberal elite now. What is for ...
FinTech Talent Program
FinTech ('Finance' and 'Technology') encompasses innovative financial products and services that enable businesses and their customers to attract financing and to better manage their money and assets....
EU Law: Opportunities and Challenges
Is Europe in crisis? This one-week summer course on EU integration discusses the major tensions, dilemmas and challenges underpinning contemporary events in the EU. Participants will debate national s...
Introduction to the International Law of the Sea
Oceans are essential for maintaining life on earth. Their resources are increasingly important to the world economy; 90% of international trade is seaborne. The current regime for the oceans is built ...
Financial Law and Economics: the (Next) Financial Crisis and Europe
The financial crisis of 2008 shook up the world and was coined as the worst financial crisis since the 1930’s Great Depression. Only a year later, the European Sovereign Debt Crisis destabilized the f...
Addressing Local Policy Issues in Emerging Economies
This course provides participants with applied research methods to clearly identify and effectively address local policy issues in the context of developing countries and emerging economies. Coming up...
Corporate Governance after the Financial Crisis
Failing Corporate governance of financial institutions has often been mentioned as an important cause of the crisis. Consequently, having a deeper understanding how Corporate boards are formed and how...
Understanding and Managing Mergers and Acquisitions
Many executives say they use M&A as a means to consolidate or expand the market position of their firm or increase its production efficiency. Most mergers and acquisitions, however, fail to create...
The New Silk Road
Connecting students and universities from China and Europe.International relations are shifting as multilateral trade and cooperation are being renegotiated by the US and UK. Meanwhile, China is launc...
Introduction to Econometrics using Stata
The course Introduction to Econometrics using Stata is in particular useful for students who lack a sufficient basic knowledge of statistics, regression analyses and/or Stata. During the course studen...
Law and Sustainability
Students will learn how issues of sustainability are dealt with in the legal order at the international, national and EU levels. The summer school will address how the law can buttress sustainability ...
Refreshing Mathematics A
Do you want to start your bachelor Economics and Business Economics in Utrecht (or elsewhere) with more self confidence and a renewed insight in the relevant mathematical knowledge? Then the Summer Sc...
Public International Law and the Law of the Sea - Track
Are you interested in the role of law in international affairs, and in particular in the way States make use of the law to cooperate in the shared exploitation of the oceans? This intensive and intera...
Highlights of Law and Economics - Track
This course deals with the highlights of Law & Economics and Europe. In the first part of this course, European Competition Law and its relationship with the economy are discussed. In the second p...
International Human Rights Law and Its Political Dimensions - Track
Interested in learning about human rights? This two-week course focuses on the major features of international human rights law as well as its political dimensions. It begins by examining the philosop...
Law and Economics: Corporate Governance & Mergers and Acquisitions - Track
Corporations and Mergers and Acquisitions (M and A) provide excellent case studies for Law and Economics. This special track deals with these two subjects. We will deal with the underlying causes of t...