Programme: Business law compulsory elective block
Subject Role: Compulsory elective
Recommended semester: 3
Objectives
The European Union is one of the world’s largest economies and one of most important actors of global trade. The course gives a comprehensive overview of the European Union’s economic law and policy, focusing on issues of economic integration, internal market, economic crimes, corporate compliance activities and the regulation of new digital technologies. The course’s topics are divided into three sections: - brief introduction into the law and operation of the European Union – historical and economic background, as well as institutional framework, legal order, sources of law; - economic law and policy in domestic matters – the rules and operation of the internal market, based on the free movement of persons, goods, services and capital; - economic crimes in a wider sense, corporate compliance activities, new digital technologies and the law.
Academic results
Knowledge
- The course selects those issues of EU economic law and policy that have a high potential of being of interest for a non-lawyer audience.
Skills
- At the end of the course, students will be able to identify and analyze legal and policy problems in this field.
Attitude
- The course gives a comprehensive overview of EU economic law and policy as to free trade and free competition.
Independence and responsibility
- At the end of the course, students will be able to identify and analyze legal and policy problems in this field.
Teaching methodology
The course is specifically designed to the needs of a non-lawyer audience: it presents the materials accordingly and focuses on issues that have a high potential of being of general interest and the special requirements of the studies.
Materials supporting learning
- Klaus-Dieter Borchardt, The ABC of EU law (2017), pp. 11-145.
General Rules
Learning outcomes are assessed on the basis of midterm exams taken during the semester and assignments completed in class. To pass the course, students must achieve a minimum score of 50% on the midterm exams.
Performance assessment methods
Learning outcomes are assessed on the basis of midterm exams taken during the semester and assignments completed in class. To pass the course, students must achieve a minimum score of 50% on the midterm exams.
Percentage of performance assessments, conducted during the study period, within the rating
- Midterm exams: 80
- Classroom activity: 20
Percentage of exam elements within the rating
Conditions for obtaining a signature, validity of the signature
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Issuing grades
| % | |
|---|---|
| Excellent | 91-100 |
| Very good | 85–90 |
| Good | 76–84 |
| Satisfactory | 63–75 |
| Pass | 50–62 |
| Fail | < 50 |
Retake and late completion
According to the TVSZ, it is possible to correct and retake exams. The results achieved during class cannot be corrected or retaken.
Coursework required for the completion of the subject
| Nature of work | Number of sessions per term |
|---|---|
| Participation in contact lessons | 28 |
| Preparing for the mind-term exam | 48 |
| Participation of homework | 14 |
| Total | 90 |
Approval and validity of subject requirements
Consulted with the Faculty Student Representative Committee, approved by the Vice Dean for Education, valid from: 10.11.2025.
Topics covered during the term
Subject includes the topics detailed in the course syllabus to ensure learning outcomes listed under 2.2. can be achi-eved. Timing of the topics may be affected by calendar or other circumstances in each semester.
| Lecture topics | |
|---|---|
| 1. | EEurópai Unió: alapok, célok – történelmi, politikai és gazdasági háttér |
| 2. | Az EU intézményi kerete és jogalkotási eljárása |
| 3. | Az EU-jog státusza és forrásai: elsődlegesség, közvetlen alkalmazhatóság/hatály |
| 4. | Alapjogok védelme az EU-ban |
| 5. | EU-jog alkalmazása, bírósági eljárások |
| 6. | Belső piac – áruk, személyek, szolgáltatások tőke szabad mozgása |
| 7. | EU jogharmonizáció |
| 8. | EU gazdasági bűncselekmények |
| 9. | Vállalati compliance az EU-ban: történeti alapok, összehasonlító elemzés |
| 10. | Vállalati complaince az EU-ban: whistleblowing-védelmi irányelv és hazai jogalkotás |
| 11. | EU és digitális technológiák: mesterséges intelligencia |
| 12. | EU és digitális technológiák: információs rendszerek |
| 13. | EU és digitális technológiák: készpénz-helyettesítő fizetési eszközök |
| 14. | EU és digitális technológiák: pénzmosás elleni jogszabályok |
Additional lecturers
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