International Economic Law

General characterization

Prerequisites

Not Applicable

Bibliography

Not Applicable

Teaching method

Classes will combine lectures with discussions on previously designated topics. Students will have advance access to reading materials and/or bibliographical references on the designated topics.

Evaluation method

Students may choose between two types of assessment: (i) an assessment exclusively based on the grade obtained at the final written exam (100%); or (ii) an assessment based on the weighted average resulting from the grade obtained in the final written exam (50%) combined with the grade resulting from active participation in the classroom (50%). The latter will require the advance reading of materials and active engagement in class concerning the discussion of preselected topics.

Subject matter

I. – Introduction: notion and object of IEL; IEL and International Public Law; legal sources; evolution of IEL; current trends and challenges to IEL

II. – IEL and EU Law: the common commercial policy (CCP); the EU as an actor in the multilateral trading system.

III. International trade law

1. Why trade?


2. Why free trade?


3. Discussing protectionism and globalization

IV - The WTO Agreement: origins, structure, institutional setting and dispute settlement

V. – GATT: obligations, exceptions and remedies

VI. – GATS: overview

VII. – Topical issues in international trade: what future for multilateralism?

VIII. – The World Bank Group

IX. – The international monetary system and the IMF

X. — Conclusion

Programs

Programs where the course is taught: