| International economic law |
| Section A: Evolution and principles of international economic law |
| · Evolution of the law and economic policy |
| · Evolution of international economic law |
| · Fundamental principles of international economic law |
| · Institutional structure of international economic law |
| Section B: International monetary and development law and policy |
| · The law and practice of the World Bank |
| · The law and practice of the International Monetary Fund |
| · Financing for development |
| · The millennium development goals |
| Section C: Regulation of foreign investment |
| · International efforts to regulate foreign investment |
| · Regulation of multinational enterprises (MNEs) |
| · The notion of corporate social responsibility |
| · Multinational enterprises and human rights |
| Section D: Public international law of trade |
| · Substantive rules of the GATT/World Trade Organization system |
| · Institutional overview of the World Trade Organization |
| · Case study of the liberalisation of trade in agriculture |
| · Current trade agenda and the Doha Development Round |
Sequence:
Section A first. |
Textbook:
Andreas Lowenfeld, International Economic Law 2nd rev ed (Oxford: Oxford University Press,
2008), ISBN: 9780199226948 |
| WTO Secretariat, The Legal Texts: The Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999), ISBN:
9780521785808 |
For Section C of the course only:
Surya P. Subedi, International Investment Law: Reconciling Policy and Principle (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2008), ISBN: 9781841138794
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