ELE 3704 Criminal Law and Financial Crime
ELE 3704 Criminal Law and Financial Crime
The aim of the course is to give students an understanding of the legal regulation of financial crime with a main emphasis on Norwegian rules of law. The course will give students an insight into legal issues of importance for the business community.
The students shall learn about the main penal provisions that apply to financial crime in the business sector.
Students should have the ability to analyse whether the relevant conditions for criminal liability are satisfied for the main categories of criminal offenses relating to economic crime in Norwegian law.
The students shall be able to make a summary (subsumption) in actual cases and analyse whether conditions for criminal liability and guilt are applicable.
The students shall become aware of economic and ethical aspects of financial crime.
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Introduction to economic crime as a phenomenon
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General Principles Criminal Law
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Criminal Liability for Companies
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Sentencing
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Confiscation
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Theft and Embezzlement
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Frauds
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Money laundering (including the preventive dimension)
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Insider Trading and Market Manipulation
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Corruption
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Tax and duty evasion, accounting and bookkeeping violations, use of illegal labour, bankruptcy crime)
The course consists of 45 hours assigned to the various topics in the syllabus. Details on the allocation of hours are given in the teaching plan. Only the most central areas within each topic will be covered in class.
The students are required to study the relevant syllabus ahead of each lecture and to study the syllabus in-depth afterward (self-tuition). As part of the teaching plan students will work on cases during seminars within each topic which. The students must systematize their code of laws, etc.
For electives re-sit is normally offered at the next scheduled course. If an elective is discontinued or is not initiated in the semester it is offered, re-sit will be offered in the elective's ordinary semester.
Higher Education Entrance Qualification
Disclaimer
Deviations in teaching and exams may occur if external conditions or unforeseen events call for this.
JUR 3420 Business law, JUR 3430 Marketing law, FIN 3502 Securities Law or equivalent.
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Exam category: School Exam Form of assessment: Written School Exam - digital Exam/hand-in semester: First Semester Weight: 100 Grouping: Individual Support materials:
Duration: 5 Hour(s) Exam code: ELE37041 Grading scale: ECTS Resit: Examination when next scheduled course |
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Teaching | 28 Hour(s) | |
Teaching | 17 Hour(s) | |
Prepare for teaching | 45 Hour(s) | |
Student's own work with learning resources | 45 Hour(s) | |
Group work / Assignments | 60 Hour(s) | |
Examination | 5 Hour(s) |
A course of 1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours. Therefore a course of 7,5 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of at least 200 hours.