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The following outlines of
course content are correct at the
time of writing, although the material (or the order in which it is
covered)
may be subject to change. Note that:
1.
All courses
are 3
credit hours each, unless otherwise indicated.
2.
Normally, a
course will
not be run without a minimum enrolment of five students.
LAW504: Introduction to International Law
The course
provides a
better understanding of current topics in International Law. A various
aspects
are considered, including theories on the law of treaties; the
principal of
jurisdiction; air law and space law, and the law of the sea;
international
environmental law; the international protection of human rights;
international
organizations; diplomatic and consular law; international law and the
use of
force, and the settlement of disputes by peaceful means.
LAW505:
Introduction to the Private International Law
The
course examines the foundations of private international
law on a comparative basis. The nature of the system, including its
sources in
national and international law will be discussed. Issues regarding
connecting
factors (such as domicile and nationality), the jurisdiction of the
courts, the
recognition and enforcement of judgments, and choice of law will be
explored.
The analysis of specific issues will stress the development of the
practitioner's skills in conflict of law methodologies, concepts and
rules
concerning certain economic and commercial contractual transactions,
liability
for torts (extra-contractual obligations), and the creation and
activities of
corporations and other "legal" persons.
This course
illustrates the history and current system of United Nations (UN). This
deeply
considers the UN charter, UN system, including the Security Council,
the
General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship
Council, the
Secretariat, the International Court of Justice and the specialized
agencies;
UN roles, including peace-keeping and observer missions, the
establishment of
friendly relations among states, the range of actions from humanitarian
assistance to enforcement and the peaceful settlement of disputes.
LAW509:
International Business Law
This
course will provide a legal and institutional
examination of international trade. The international regime, the World
Trade
Organization and the GATT, and a national regime (the United States)
are
discussed. Topics include: restrictions on trade, dumping, subsidies,
protectionism, reciprocity, the Uruguay Round (services, dispute
resolution,
and intellectual property), trade and the environment, and the special
treatment of developing countries, as well as the Seattle negotiations.
This
course also includes examination of private and public law aspects of
international business, including conflict of law and comparative law
issues.
Selection of optimal business format for international operations,
including
branch, subsidiary joint venture, technology license and
distributorship;
international commercial law, including sales contracts, commercial
documents
and letters of credit; and international contracts and dispute
resolution
issues, including governing law, choice of forum, force majeure,
currency,
treaty issues, and corrupt practices.
LAW510:
International Financial Law
This
section presents frameworks for understanding the
performance of economies that are linked to the rest of the world
through trade
in assets as well as through trade in goods and services. The course
will teach
models of the determination of exchange rates, trade balances, and
other
macroeconomic variables. These models are then used to analyze general
issues,
such as the choice of exchange rate regime, the performance of the
international monetary system, and the role of international capital
markets,
as well as specific current topics, such as the single currency in
Europe, the
Asian financial crisis, and the policy debate over capital controls.
LAW511:
International Trade Law
The
course first provides an overview of the main
international economic organizations and of the main categories in
which they
can be grouped (regional, sectoral, horizontal etc.). Next, the course
briefly
addresses the structure and functioning of International Monetary Fund,
World
Bank and WTO.
LAW512:
World Trade Organization
The
course mainly concentrates on the main contemporary
international economic organization, the World Trade Organization
(WTO). The
structure and functioning of the WTO are first analyzed, with special
focus on
the dispute settlement system. The main substantive provisions of the
WTO
system are subsequently addressed (with focus on most-favoured-nation
treatment, national treatment, tariffs and non-tariff barriers), by
reference,
where appropriate, to selected dispute settlement cases.
LAW513:
International Human Rights Law
This
course will address the questions concerning the basis
for an international human rights system that would pose limits to
states'
treatment of their own nationals. What fundamental rights, if any, do
individuals throughout the world have in relation to governments? Who
may
legitimately articulate and enforce such rights, and through what
mechanisms?
The course will examine these issues through the mechanisms of
international
criminal law. It will begin with an overview of the development and
current
state of the international law of human rights. It will then turn to an
examination of the law governing conduct that is criminalized under
international treaty or custom, including war crimes, genocide, crimes
against
humanity, piracy, slave trade, certain forms of terrorism and the like.
LAW514:
International Law and the State
This looks
at the
subjects of international law by focusing on the states. The course
examines
the principal of self-determination and criteria of statehood; the
recognition
of state and government; the fundamental rights of states; territorial
sovereignty; immunities of jurisdiction; the state responsibilities;
the state
succession to regional and global communities, and treaties;
international law
and the use of force by states; the settlement of disputes by peaceful
means.
This
course focus on the Vienna Convention on the Law of
Treaties which is the authoritative treaty on the international law of
treaties, establishing the procedures by which treaties are adopted,
interpreted, and invalidated. It is considered mostly a codification of
already
existing and binding customary law on treaties, and so aside from some
necessary gap-filling and clarification, it is not viewed as a change
in
existing international law.
LAW516:
International Environmental Law
Examination of the role
of
international law in addressing regional and global environmental
problems such
as acid rain, marine pollution, depletion of the ozone layer, global
warming,
and deforestation
LAW602:
WIPO and Intellectual Property Law
This course is designed
to define Intellectual
Property such as trademark, copyright and patent, be aware of the
organizations
involving intellectual property rights such as WIPO, WCO and WTO and
know how
intellectual property rights protected--what are the differences
between
intellectual property rights and other property rights.
A
broad based survey course covering topics such as: legal aspects of
business
organizations and their financial transactions; major areas of
government
regulation of business; and issues of property rights, insurance, and
international transactions. One segment of the course focuses on legal
issues
arising in marketing and advertising.
The course we will focus
on the historical
development of the law of the sea regime, the zones of jurisdiction now
in
existence (territorial sea, exclusive economic zone, high seas,
continental
shelf, deep seabed), and the tension between coastal state and maritime
state
interests. Furthermore; it will focus on specific law of the sea
topics, such
as: dispute settlement; piracy and terrorism; national security and
military
uses of the ocean; fisheries and marine pollution; baselines,
boundaries and
limits; and salvage and shipwrecks.
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