Admission requirements
This course is open to students enrolled in the Master Law and Society.
Description
This module examines the evolution of different ideas about regulation and compliance, both from a governance perspective and from a corporate viewpoint. It starts with regulatory theory to analyze the different instruments and options available to regulate various aspects of society (regulatory design). The regulatory field has witnessed a shift from command and control by national governments to a greater diversity of involved actors, a larger variety of steering modes and an increasing importance of levels of government other than the nation-state (both decentralized and supra-national governance). The course proceeds by looking at how regulators as well as companies deal with the regulatory norms. We will look at enforcement styles, compliance management systems, and case studies of companies that have been caught for large-scale violations (capacity, incentives, corporate culture, different roles and positions within the company). The course will lastly focus on corporate social responsibility, regulatory globalization, regulatory capitalism, the (historical) development of the concepts in different regions, the national and global legal frameworks applicable, the stakeholders involved, and the social and legal issues that arise when global corporations operate in national economies. Several concrete case studies will be drawn from a range of countries from different regions during this course.
Course objectives
Objectives of the course
At the end of this course, students are able to
Identify, explain and apply a range of classic and ongoing theories and academic debates on regulation and compliance, and critically examine the concepts and problems addressed in them;
Review and critically evaluate the development of past and current regulatory regimes;
Identify the different legal and non-legal factors and actors that influence regulatory enforcement;
Argue, reflect and illustrate during a scientific debate related to a theme within the field of regulation and compliance;
Reconstruct and evaluate the process of different actors on the basis of a case study;
Apply the knowledge of regulatory enforcement by explaining regulation and compliance issues orally and in writing by using scientific findings and results combined with reasoning and argumentation.
Timetable
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Mode of instruction
Lectures
Number of (2 hour) interactive lectures: 5
Names of lecturers: dr. Marieke Kluin and lecturer Criminology
Required preparation by students: students will have read and prepared the reading materials.
Seminars
Number of (2 hour) seminars: 5 (mandatory)
Names of instructors: to be announced
Required preparation by students: students will have read and prepared the reading materials by answering three questions and formulating three questions related to all the reading materials.
All students are required to attend and actively participate during lectures and seminars.
Assessment method
Examination form(s)
You have to write assignments for the seminars (5%);
You have to do one (group) presentation in the form of a scientific debate (5%);
All weekly seminars must be attended in order to pass this course (pass/fail);
You have to pass a written examination, consisting of open questions (90%);
Each component has to be completed with a passing result (5,5) in order to complete the course successfully. If this is not the case, the lowest partial grade will be registered as final grade.
There will be a retake for the written examination mentioned above. Depending on the number of participants, the course coordinator can decide that this retake will be an oral examination. In that case, you will be notified of this in time.
The partial components that have been finished with a passing grade, will be valid up to and including the academic year following the year in which the grade has been achieved. To this there is one exception: when the learning objectives, content, design or examination of a course has been changed, the course coordinator can decide that the validity of the partial exam concerned has expired due to didactic reasons. This will be stated in the course description of the academic year in which the change(s) will be implemented.
Regulation retake passed exams
In this course it is possible to retake an exam that has been passed (cf. art. 4.1.8.1 and further of the Course and Examination Regulations). Students who have passed the exam may retake the final written assessment (test) of the course if they meet certain requirements. To retake a passed exam, students need to ask the Student Administration Office (OIC) for permission. For more information, go to 'course and exam enrollment' > 'permission for retaking a passed exam' on the student website.
Reading list
Course materials
A combination of international articles, the titles of which will be distributed via Brightspace, students will have to look up the articles themselves.
Registration
Registration for courses and exams takes place via MyStudymap. If you do not have access to MyStudymap (guest students), look here (under the Law-tab) for more information on the registration procedure in your situation.
Contact
Coordinator: Dr. M.H.A. Kluin
Work address: KOG (Steenschuur 25 Leiden)
Telephone number secretariat: (0)71 – 527 7324
Institution/division
Institute: Criminal Law and Criminology
Department: Criminology
Room number secretariat: KOG (Steenschuur 25 Leiden), room B3.11
Opening hours: 09:00 – 16:00
Telephone number secretariat: (0)71 – 527 7324