JUR1880 – Financial Market Law and Regulation
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
Financial Markets Law and Regulation matters to us all. It is about our payments, mortgages, banking, other forms of savings and pensions. It is also about Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the shares and bank-loans to business and the financial system. How should the law protect depositors and investors? How can regulation promote the stability of financial markets to avoid another financial crash? How to balance efficiency and competition with stability and the universal provision of banking services?
Financial Markets Law and Regulation is increasingly important to the work of lawyers in private practice, in companies and the public sector from ministries down to local authorities, and it is undergoing rapid change involving fundamental policy choices.
The regulation of contracts between banks and their customers in national law is subject to EU directives, regulations and the practice of the European Court of Justice. It is made more complex by the impact of international standard setting, European human rights law and domestic constitutional and public and private law.
This course in financial market law and regulation includes the rules of banks, insurance and other investments, their products and the markets these are offered in with securities regulation. The course covers licensing/authorisation of banks, insurance companies and investments firms and investment funds, the organization of institutions and markets and conduct of business rules with investor protection.
The main focus are International and European sources and the interplay between national and European rules and supervisory authorities (“Finanstilsynet” and the three European Supervisory Authorities;The European Banking Authority, The European Securities and Markets Authority and The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority).
For students enrolled in Rettsvitenskap (jus) (master – 5 ?r): Have you considered a specialization as part of your degree? The course is part of the profile Selskap, transaksjon og finans.
Learning outcome
See ‘Detailed course information’ regarding requirements and syllabus.
Admission
Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.
Nordic applicants that are accepted to study programmes or individual courses at UiO can be admitted to this course.
Prerequisites
Recommended previous knowledge
Please note that lectures and curriculum for this course is aimed at students at master degree level.
However, the achievement requirements are adjusted for students who take the subject at bachelor degree level.
Overlapping courses
10 credits overlap with JUS5880 – Financial Market Law and Regulation
Teaching
Lectures/seminars, 20 hours.
Language of teaching for this course is English. This means that all communication during lectures/seminars will be in English, and all literature and auxiliary materials are in English.
Examination
24 hour written home exam
2000 words on bachelor’s level.
Footnotes should be included in the word count of the main text. Not included in this count: front page (title etc.), summary, table of contents and references (bibliography). (If relevant for the paper).
Assignments/papers with text exceeding the word limit will not be accepted.
Examination support material
This is an open book exam. Candidates may therefore make use of all available sources during the examination period.
Your exam paper must be an independent work. Exam candidates are not permitted to communicate with other persons about the exam question(s) or distribute draft answers or exam answers.
General rules on exam support materials
Use of sources and rules for citing
Familiarize yourself with the use of sources and citations in legal writing. In an exam situation, using other people’s material without declaring it in a clear manner may be considered cheating or an attempt at cheating. You must cite any sources you draw on.
Language of examination
The examination text is given in English, and you submit your response in English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
Marking criteria for written examination
This guide is used by examiners for grading elective courses at the Faculty of Law.
Explanations and appeals
Resit an examination
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Resitting an examination.
- There are special rules for resitting a passed examination in the master's programme in Law.
Withdrawal from an examination
It is possible to take this exam up to 3 times. If you withdraw from the exam after the deadline or during the exam, this will be counted as an examination attempt.
There are special rules for resitting a passed examination in the master's programme in Law.
Special examination arrangements
Application form, deadline and requirements for special examination arrangements.
Evaluation
The course is subject to continuous evaluation. At regular intervals we also ask students to participate in a more comprehensive evaluation.