Course content - Learning outcome - Admission - Prerequisites - Overlapping courses - Teaching - Examination - Evaluation - Other

Course content

The course is a continuation of JUR1640 - Electronic Communications Law (BA) (discontinued).

The course examines how the European Union (EU) regulates one of its most dynamic, innovative industries: the electronic communications sector. The course concentrates on the efforts of the EU to deregulate and re-regulate electronic communications networks and services in order to achieve Union-wide competition in the sector. Account is also taken of the global context for this area of regulation. Accordingly, account is taken of the regulatory roles played by non-EU actors in the field, particularly the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and World Trade Organization (WTO). The main legal instruments examined in the course are Directives 2002/21/EC, 2002/19/EC, 2002/20/EC, and 2002/22/EC (all as amended), Regulation (EC) 1211/2009, along with relevant Commission recommendations and guidelines.

A salient set of issues taken up in the course concern the interaction and respective roles of, on the one hand, rules on Significant Market Power and, on the other hand, rules of general EU competition law.

The themes taken up in the course can be summed up with the following key words: liberalization; harmonisation; competition; access; interconnection; market analysis; significant market power; universal service; authorization; broadcasting.

Learning outcome

The primary objective of the course is to impart a solid understanding of the central EU rules governing electronic communications and the provision of services based on such communications.

A secondary objective is to impart understanding of the main ways in which general EU competition law interacts with the rules dealing specifically with electronic communications, along with the principal similarities and differences between the two sets of rules.

A further aim of the course is not just to elucidate the relevant legal rules as they currently stand but also to encourage critical appraisal of them. This involves analysing and challenging the assumptions upon which the rules are based, and discussion of alternative regulatory possibilities.

Admission

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Students who are admitted to study programmes or individual courses at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for by registering a study plan in StudentWeb.

International applicants, if you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.

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Prerequisites

Formal prerequisite knowledge

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Recommended previous knowledge

Please note that lectures and curriculum for this course is aimed at students at master degree level.

However, the achievement requirements are adjusted for students who take the subject at bachelor degree level.

Overlapping courses

5 credits overlap with JUR5640 - Electronic Communications Law and Internet Governance (discontinued), 5 credits overlap with VALTELE - Telecommunications Law (discontinued), 5 credits overlap with VALECLIG - Electronic Communications Law and Internet Governance (discontinued), 5 credits overlap with JUTTELE - Telecommunications Law (discontinued), 5 credits overlap with JUTECLIG - Electronic Communications Law and Internet Governance (discontinued), 5 credits overlap with ICTLTELE - Telecommunications Law (discontinued), 5 credits overlap with ICTLEGLIC, 5 credits overlap with JUS5640 - Electronic Communications Law (discontinued), 10 credits overlap with JUS5641 - Electronic Communications Law and 5 credits overlap with JUR1640 - Electronic Communications Law (BA) (discontinued).

Teaching

Lectures/seminars.

Language of teaching for this course is English. All communication during lectures/seminars will be in English, and all literature and auxiliary materials are in English.

Access to teaching

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Examination

4 hour written examination.

Examination support material

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Regulations for support materials permitted at examination for courses taught in English . Please read all three chapters.

Previous exam papers

Language of examination

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The language of examination for this course is English: the examination question will be given in English, and students may answer in English only.

Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.

Explanations and appeals

You may request an explanation of your grades, and you may also appeal against your grades or make a complaint about formal examination errors. Read more about explanations and appeals.

Resit an examination

You can usually resit an exam, but the conditions depend on whether you had a valid reason for absence from the regular exam. Read more about resitting an exam.

Withdrawal from an examination

A student may sit this exam up to 3 times. If a student wishes to withdraw from the exam, s/he must do so in StudentWeb at least two weeks prior to the first day of the exam. Failure to do so will be counted as one of the three opportunities to sit the exam.

Special examination arrangements

If you have a disability or a health problem that entails significant inconvenience in an examination situation, you may be considered for special examination arrangements. Mothers who are breastfeeding may apply for extra time to complete the exam.

Please se Detailed regulations for the Faculty of Law, Chapter 3 regarding application, responsibilities and special measures.

Evaluation

Feedback from our students is essential to us in our efforts to ensure and further improve the high quality of our programmes and courses. All courses are subject to continuous evaluation. At regular intervals we also ask students on a particular course to participate in a more comprehensive, periodic evaluation of this course.

Other

The language for this course is English. Students enrolled in Masterprogrammet i rettsvitenskap must pass one English subject as part of their degree, this course will meet these obligations.

This subject is taught at Bachelor's level. The subject is also taught at Master's level (10 ECTS credits), see JUS5641 - Electronic Communications Law

Please see the chapter above, regarding overlap. For instances of overlap, credits will be deducted on the subject at Bachelors's level.