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Course outline

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: 0521785804