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Autumn 2014
JUS5641 - MA:
The exam consists of two questions. Please answer both; they carry equal weight. Both questions require a comparative analysis. You should, at a minimum, assess commonalities and differences in the respective purpose and effect of these rules (or principles).
- Compare the ”obligations of access to, and use of, specific network facilities” in Article 12 of the Access Directive (2002/19/EC) with other available remedies identified in Articles 9 to 13a of the Access Directive.
- Compare the Norwegian Guidelines for Internet Neutrality (version 1.0, 2009) with the rules proposed by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC 14-61). The texts of both instruments can be found in the attachment.
JUR1641 - BA:
The exam consists of two questions. Please answer both; they carry equal weight.
- Discuss the assessment of significant market power (SMP) according to Framework Directive (FD) Article 16 (4). This discussion should include an analysis of this rule’s purpose and a brief assessment of whether the rule is effective in achieving this purpose.
- Discuss the obligations identified in Articles 9 to 13a of the Access Directive. In particular, do these provide adequate measures for handling SMP?
Autumn 2013
- Exam paper (BA and MA)
Autumn 2012
Please answer both of the following questions. The first question will be worth 40 percent of the exam grade. The second question will be worth 60 percent of the exam grade.
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Critically discuss the role of National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) in designating an actor as having significant market power. Limit your answer to NRA actions prior to determining an actor has significant market power.
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Critically evaluate the “toolbox of remedies” NRAs have to regulate Electronic Communications Service Providers after a finding of significant market power has been made.
Previous exam papers for JUS5640
Autumn 2011
Non-discrimination
Please answer both of the following questions. Each question shall be given equal weight in the grading of the answers.
- Explain the objectives of the non-discrimination rule in the Access Directive, Article 10.
- How can the non-discrimination rule resolve anti-competitive behavior by dominant vertically integrated telecommunications operators?
Previous exam papers for JUR5640
Autumn 2010
Please answer all of the following questions. Each question will be given equal weight in the marking of the answers.
1. In the EU regulatory framework for electronic communications, what is significant market power and what are the consequences of having such power?
2. Lawrence Solum has stated that “ICANN is best understood as an attempt to institutionalize and preserve the autonomy of an engineering-based approach to Internet governance in face of pressures to cede control to either national governments or market mechanisms”. Discuss the validity of that statement.
Autumn 2009
Please answer both of the following questions. Each question shall be given equal weight in the grading of the answers.
1. Critically discuss the role played by the concept “Significant Market Power” in the 2002/03 EU regulatory framework for electronic communications.
2. What is signified by the phrase “rough consensus and running code”? To what extent does the phrase accurately describe the current form(s) of Internet governance? To what extent ought such governance to conform to the principle(s) expressed by the phrase?
Autumn 2008
Please answer both of the following questions. Each question shall be given equal weight in the grading of the answers.
1. Critically discuss the following claim: “The EU regulatory framework for electronic communications has increasingly diverged from the rules in general competition law”.
2. What role does the Internet Engineering Task Force play in Internet governance?
Autumn 2007
Please answer all of the following questions. Each question will be given equal weight in the marking of the answers.
1. What are the principal obligations of transparency in the EU regulatory framework for electronic communications, and what aim(s) do these obligations ultimately fulfill?
2. What is the role of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers in
governance of the Internet, and why has that role been controversial?
Autumn 2006
Please answer all of the following questions. Each question will be given equal weight in the marking of the answers.
- What is significant market power and what are the consequences of having significant market power?
- Explain the role of the National Regulatory Authority and the EU-Commission in defining relevant markets and assessing significant market power.
- What is the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy, and what are its main strengths and weaknesses?