Special questions of economic law

Teacher(s)

Strowel Alain; Wauthy Xavier;

Language

French

Prerequisites

The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

General objective: To provide students with an interdisciplinary vision of a current phenomenon and to analyze it from the point of view of psychology. Specific objectives: The phenomenon chosen this year is risky behavior. In this context, at the end of the course, students: • They will have an interdisciplinary knowledge and conception of the phenomenon of risk and therefore have done the intellectual exercise of crossing distinct disciplinary perspectives to analyze a human phenomenon. • They will know the theoretical bases of anthropology, philosophy, psychoanalysis, and sociology to understand and analyze various forms of risky behavior. • They will be familiar with descriptive data on the risky behaviors of young people, the practices of high-risk sports, and will be able to use theoretical benchmarks for their understanding and discussion. • They will have the keys to interpret risky behaviors and understand their logic in contemporary society. • They will be able to use a bibliography in order to decode a social, legal or psychological phenomenon. They will therefore have acquired some guidelines of method.

Content

The unifying theme of the course is the concept of “information good”. The course offers an analysis of digital markets for products (software, database,…) and services (social networks, digital platforms,…). It consists of three parts:
A: Introduction to Intellectual property from the point of view of Law and Economics
B: Protection of software through copyright and patents, open source models
C: Internet, social networks and collaborative platforms.

Teaching methods

The course is organized around a serie of themes for whom a detailed calendar will be provided in the beginning of the semester. Teaching methods will depend on the number of students registered to the course but in all cases prior readings will be required

Evaluation methods

In 2025-2026, the evalaution will take the form of a written exam with a serie of short closed questions and a short open question - essay.

Bibliography

Pour les aspects juridiques, les ouvrages suivants peuvent être utilisés (en partie disponibles sur le site du cours):
- Propriété intellectuelle. Géopolitique et mondialisation, CNRS éd., 2013
- N. Binctin, Stratégie d’entreprise et propriété intellectuelle, LGDJ, 2015
- S. Dusollier et A. de Francquen, Manuel de droits intellectuels, Anthemis, 2015
En ce qui concerne les aspects économiques, plusieurs documents de référence sont proposés aux étudiants. Ces lectures fournissent un cadre auquel les étudiants doivent se référer dans leur travail :
- F. Lévêque & Y. Menière, Economie de la propriété intellectuelle, La Découverte, 2003 ; la version anglaise The Economics of Patent and Copyright est sur le site du cours.
- J. Tirole, Défaillances de marchés et politiques publiques, Conférence Nobel, 2014 (sur https://www.tsefr.eu/sites/default/files/TSE/documents/doc/by/tirole/nobel_lecture_fr_30_mars_2015_partenaires_idei.pdf )

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