科目ナンバー

JU-LA3-006S

履修条件・関連科目等

This course will be taught in English and all of the course materials are in English. Foreign exchange students who have had opportunities for taking English-speaking classes before will preferentially be able to enroll this class.

授業で使用する言語

英語

授業で使用する言語（その他の言語）

授業の概要

1. The aim of this course is to help students acquire an understanding of the basic concepts and principles of the regulations which govern the business firms and their activities in Japan.
2. It also enhances the development of students’ skill in making oral presentation and self-regulated learning.

科目目的

The main objective of this course is to gain a good understanding of how government intervention has actually played out in various industries in Japan.

到達目標

At the end of this course, participants completing this course will have achieved the following outcomes;
(1) examine the certain trade practices by the enterprise(s) through defining the market(s) and assessing their market effect,
(2) demonstrate the comparative analysis of the Japanese Competition Law and other jurisdictions’ competition law,
(3) review and explain the logics of competition law enforcement through the courts’ judgments, regulatory authorities’ decisions, and private individuals’ lawsuits,
(4) formulate an argument to determine whether or not the specific conducts constitute an illegal anti-competitive effect.

授業計画と内容

This class is held face-to-face, in principle. If there is any change, I will let you know as soon as possible.
This class mainly focuses on the basic concepts of Competition Law and its current topics, such as cartels, mergers, and various conducts by undertakings related to “Platform and Digital Economy”.
It includes the comparative legal studies and analysis of the practices by the courts and authorities among the States (mainly US, EU and its member States, and Australia) .
This class also examines the various laws and policies and a number of the regulations, such as competition law, telecom law, energy law, and transportation law.

Main contents of this course are as follows:

(1)
Introductory questions & basic concepts of Competition Law & Policy
(2)
Competition Law (1): pricing, Part 1
Low price & price discrimination
(3)
Competition Law (2): pricing, Part 2
RPM & price-fixing (ex. cartels and bid-rigging)
(4)
Competition Law (3): conditional deal
Restrictive terms on trading (Pros and Cons on competition)
(5)
Competition Law (4): conditional deal
Restrictive terms on trading (non-pricing conditions)
(6)
Competition Law (5): restrictive terms
Selective Distribution System in Japan and EU
(7)
Competition Law (6): Freedom of Contract and adverse effect
Refusal to deal
(8)
Midterm exam in class: Presentation of country reports
Explanation of the Competition Law and Policy regime in your home country
(9)
Competition Law (7): Unique regulation of Japanese Competition Law
Tying, Abuse of Superior Bargaining Position
(10)
Topics (1): Platform business and competition law
Cases (OTAs’ Most Favored Nation Clauses) and Platform’s characteristics
(11)
Topics (2): Platform business and regulations
New regulations all over the world
(12)
Competition Law (7): M&A regulation
Concept of Market and its identification
(13)
Competition Law (8): M&A cases
Traditional M&A and Platform M&A
(14)
Open book Quiz in class: Hypothetical Question

授業時間外の学修の内容

指定したテキストやレジュメを事前に読み込むこと／授業終了後の課題提出

授業時間外の学修の内容（その他の内容等）

1. The students are expected to attend all classes and be on time and turn in assignments when they are due.
2. The students are to read the assigned materials carefully before the classes and to prepare for the discussion about the cases or topics in those materials.

授業時間外の学修に必要な時間数／週

・毎週１回の授業が半期（前期または後期）または通年で完結するもの。１週間あたり４時間の学修を基本とします。
・毎週２回の授業が半期（前期または後期）で完結するもの。１週間あたり８時間の学修を基本とします。

成績評価の方法・基準

成績評価の方法・基準（備考）

課題や試験のフィードバック方法

授業時間内で講評・解説の時間を設ける／授業時間に限らず、manabaでフィードバックを行う

課題や試験のフィードバック方法（その他の内容等）

アクティブ・ラーニングの実施内容

ディスカッション、ディベート／グループワーク／プレゼンテーション

アクティブ・ラーニングの実施内容（その他の内容等）

授業におけるICTの活用方法

実施しない

授業におけるICTの活用方法（その他の内容等）

実務経験のある教員による授業

いいえ

【実務経験有の場合】実務経験の内容

【実務経験有の場合】実務経験に関連する授業内容

テキスト・参考文献等

Materials for this course (treaty provisions, statutes. regulations, court and administrative decisions) are mainly available on the Internet (manaba) and the instructor will distribute the handouts as he thinks right.

The following textbooks are highly recommended.
(1)
WAKUI, Masako, Antimonopoly Law: Competition Law and Policy in Japan (Second Edition)
Independently published (2018/10/24)
ISBN-10: 1729188699
ISBN-13: 978-1729188699
(2)
HIROSHI YAMADA et al, Competition Law in Japan (Wolters Kluwer, 2020)
ISBN 978-94-035-3011-6
e-Book: ISBN 978-94-035-2915-8
web-PDF: ISBN 978-94-035-2920-2
(3)
Ariel Ezrachi, Competition and Antitrust Law: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford UP, 2021)
ISBN 978-0-19-886030-3
(4)
David J. Gerber, Competition Law and Antitrust: A Global Guide (Oxford UP, 2020)
ISBN 978-0-19-872747-7 (hbk.)
ISBN 978-0-19-872748-4 (pbk.)

その他特記事項

Notice for Students
*Information for the Online lectures: TBA
1. Spring term class for 2 credit.
2. There are no particular prerequisites for this course.
3. The students shall inform their instructors of dates they will miss class due to an excused absence prior to the date of that anticipated absence.
4. For the foreign students, we will discuss Japanese Competition Law and Policy in terms of the comparative legal analysis so that the foreign students will have chance to present their own legal system and to illustrate the differences with those of Japan.

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