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Title LEGAL INSTITUTIONS AND GLOBAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Code BLEL708
Coordinator Prof DM Demougin
Economics, Finance and Accounting
Dominique.Demougin@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2017-18 Level 7 FHEQ Second Semester 15

Pre-requisites before taking this module (other modules and/or general educational/academic requirements):
 

Modules for which this module is a pre-requisite:
 

Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on a required basis:
 

Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on an optional basis:
MSc Business Law and Economics

Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 24
Lectures
          24
Timetable (if known) A feature of the module is the emphasis on applying theories and concepts to real life problems and situations. Action learning sets are used as a method to enable group discussions to consider the
  		           
Private Study 126
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Coursework  1500 words  Midterm semester 2   50  Yes  Standard UoL penalty applies  Report 1 
Coursework  1500 words  End of Semester 2  50  Yes  Standard UoL penalty applies  Report 2 Notes (applying to all assessments) - none 

Aims

This module introduces students to the key concepts of “law and macroeconomics”. It provides students with the skills and knowledge to recognise and contribute to a macroeconomics perspective on legal systems.

Learning Outcomes

Students will understand the relationship between legal institutions/structures and macroeconomic outcomes

Students will identify key dimensions of legal environment on the performance of organizations

Students will analyse the relevance of legal indicators for business

Students will recognise the principles of legal competition at the international level

Students will explain resistance to change of legal institutions

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Lecture - Lectures

A feature of the module is the emphasis on applying theories and concepts to real life problems and situations. Action learning sets are used as a method to enable group discussions to consider the implications and issues of legal institutions There will contact days involving a mix of lectures, action learning sets, activities, group discussions and case studies based on international data (World Bank Doing Business Report and Index of Legal Certainty. Self-development and learning activities (non-contact) are required to complete the assessment components and to gather material for the taught sessions.


Syllabus
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Indicative Content


  • Legal Institutions in Economic Theory

  • Legal Origins: Common Law and Civil Law

  • Law and Finance

  • Models of Legal competition

  • Convergence and Models of Legal Unification

  • Doing Business Program (World Bank)

  • Legal Indicators



Recommended Texts
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