LLAW3252 International Trade Law and Development

2017

4.5

1 x 2-hour seminar weekly

1 Admission into BLAWLP-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice
1a Admission into BLAWLPG-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Graduate Entry)
1b Admission into BLAWLPR-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice
1c Admission into BLAWLPRG-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Graduate Entry)
1d Admission into BLAWLPRGH-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Graduate Entry) (Honours)
1e Admission into BLAWLPRH-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Honours)
2 18 units of second year LLAW topics
3 LLAW2212 - The Constitution and the Australian Federation [International / Comparative I]
Must Satisfy: ((1 or 1a or 1b or 1c or 1d or 1e) and 2 and 3)

LLAW3109 has been successfully completed

May be enrolled concurrently in LLAW3250 International Law

This topic will introduce students to the principles of international trade law. It will focus on the international agreements, rules and principles which govern the major international economic institutions (the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, World Trade Organisation). An insight will be given into International Trade Conventions.

The topic will also cover the development of these institutions, their dispute resolution procedures and their current jurisdiction (detailed analysis of post Uruguay Round outcomes).

Case studies will be employed to examine issues such as trade and the environment, trade and human rights, third world debt, development and economic restructuring.

Students will be expected to think critically and analyse the social and political implications of global free trade and financial liberalisation.

This topic aims to:

• convey to students awareness and understanding of the regulation of international trade and the institutions which govern it

• introduce students to the fundamental theories that underpin and the policies that inform International Trade Law as a field of legal study

• consider the role that trade law has on development and address development issues as discussed in legal documentation and bodies of the United Nations

• encourage students to develop further their skills in legal research, collaborative work, writing and analysis

Students successfully completing this topic will have demonstrated their ability to:

• identify the major international trade institutions, their procedures and policies

• analyse the historical development of international trade law through these institutions

• apply the dispute resolution mechanisms of the World Trade Organisation

• critically evaluate the policies and practices of global free trade and economic liberalisation; and

• critically explain the relationship between international trade law, human rights, the environment and development