LW986-7-AU-CO:
Public International Economic Law
2023/24
Essex Law School
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Postgraduate: Level 7
Current
Thursday 05 October 2023
Friday 15 December 2023
15
20 October 2023
Requisites for this module
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This 15-credit module will introduce students to the core issues of public international economic law. It will address how public international trade, investment, and monetary laws interact to protect states' economic interests. Students will also learn to critically analyse current debates in international economic law so they are prepared to work in this sphere in the future.
The module aims to introduce students to key aspects of public international economic law, to enable students to understand and critically evaluate the relationship between key contract law rules and principles and to apply these to real or hypothetical legal problems, and to critically analyse existing debates within public international economic law.
By the end of the module, students will be expected to be able to:
1. Gain a systematic understanding of, and successfully employ, principal sources and key knowledge of public international economic law
2. Critically evaluate key legal rules and principles and
3. Analyse case studies in depth, providing critical reflection
4. Critically analyse and develop arguments critiquing existing debates in international economic law and demonstrate originality in application of knowledge.
Students will acquire the above knowledge and skills in lectures and seminars, largely aligned with the following topics but responsive to current developments and debates within the fields:
Session 1: Understanding public international economic law: relationships and key sources for the regimes
Session 2: Introduction to the GATT and WTO systems
Session 3: TRIPs and the protection of intellectual property
Session 4: Tariffs, Quotas and Preferential Trade Agreements
Session 5: Dispute resolution in and through the WTO
Session 6: International investment law: key principles (prohibition on expropriation and fair and equitable treatment)
Session 7: Investor-state dispute settlement
Session 8: International Monetary Law
Session 9: International Development and Aid
This module will be delivered by a weekly schedule of a two-hour on-campus lecture, and a one-hour live tutorial. Additionally, the module requires students to complete an MCQ via Moodle every other week to ensure they receive regular feedback on their knowledge accumulation.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
LW986-7-AU Summative Essay |
|
100% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Mrs Jessica Glassock, email: j.glassock@essex.ac.uk.
Law Education Office, pgtlawqueries@essex.ac.uk
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Dr Avidan Kent
University of East Anglia
Associate Professor
Available via Moodle
Of 20 hours, 18 (90%) hours available to students:
2 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
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