Fundamentals of European Banking Law

  • Introduction to European banking law • Overview of the European banking regulation (CRR, CRD) • Characteristics and special traits of the European banking regulation in contrast to the Basel framework • National implementation and remaining scope • Banking Union (Single Supervisory Mechanism, Single Resolution Mechanism, European Deposit Insurance Scheme) • Capital Markets Union and overview of other principles/instruments? of financial market regulation

Mode of delivery

face to face

Type

compulsory

Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools

Haentjens, M., Carabellese P. (2020). European Banking and Financial Law (2nd ed.). Routledge. Chapters 1, 6, 7, 8.
Chiti, M. P., Santoro, V. (2019). The Palgrave Handbook of European Banking Union Law. Palgrave Macmillan. (Chapters 1, 2, 3, 8, 9)

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lecture, student participation, student presentations, legal research, case discussion and analysis, legal writing

Assessment methods and criteria

Exam method: Written final examination (70%); continous assessment: student participation, group discussion and analysis of legal problems (30%)
Content-related assessment criteria: degree of problem identification and problem characterization, complexity of the solutions.
Formal criteria: completeness of the answers, task-specific requirements, linguistic differentiation of the presentation of results.

Prerequisites and co-requisites

None

Infos

Degree programme

International Banking and Finance (Master)

Cycle

Master

ECTS Credits

3.00

Language of instruction

English

Curriculum

Part-Time

Academic year

2023

Semester

3 WS

Incoming

No

Learning outcome

After successful completion of this course, students can

  • explain characteristics and specific features of the European banking regulation
  • argue legally in the field of European banking law, both in oral and in writing
  • analyse and solve practical cases of European banking regulation, in particular with regard to the Single Supervisory Mechanism, the Single Resolution Mechanism and the European Deposit Insurance Scheme
  • contrast the regulatory framework of European banking regulation and the Basel framework.

Course code

0230-17-01-BB-EN-19