6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 4016863EER for all students in the 1st semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Possible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Alvorens men een inschrijving kan nemen voor 'European Public law' moeten de studenten binnen de Master Rechten minstens 20 studiepunten van hun master verworven hebben.
Taught in
English
Faculty
Faculty of Law and Criminology
Department
Economic Law
Educational team
Kim Van Der Borght (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
22 contact hours Lecture
45 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

The course aims to provide an understanding of the legal rules and principles pertaining to international trade. It embarks from a historical analysis as a basis for understanding the dynamic process of change of these rules in their political, cultural and economic context. It reviews the current structure of international economic law and the relevant organisations and reviews in a comparative perspective the regional and multilateral arrangements.

Course material
Handbook (Recommended) : The Law and Policy of the World Trade Organization, Text, Cases and Materials, Peter Van den Bossche, 4de, Cambridge University Press, 9781316610527, 2017
Additional info

These textbooks are not compulsory but are a good basis for the course.

  • Asif Qureshi & Andreas Ziegler, International Economic Law (Sweet & Maxwell, 2014).
  • Peter Van den Bossche, The Law and Policy of the World Trade Organization (Text, Cases and Materials), Cambridge University Press (recent edition).
Learning Outcomes

Algemene competenties

  • critically and systematically analyse international economic law in its historical, political, economic and social context;
  • analyse current legal problems in international economic law and international economic governance;
  • assess and predict future developments;
  • consider and critically assess the different approaches to the relevant problems
  • carry out competent and independent research into some aspects of the law relating to international regulatory institutions
  • present and communicate their research findings effectively to a high level of proficiency.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
SELF Paper determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the SELF Paper category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Paper + Presentation with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

This course is assessed on the basis of:

1. coursework consisting of a presentation and paper. Depending on the number of students enrolled, this can be an individual assignment or a group work.

2. an individual research paper of 5000 words.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Laws: Dual Master in Comparative Corporate and Financial Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Civil and Procedural Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Criminology (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Economic Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Tax Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: International and European Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Public Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Social Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Criminal Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Law and Technology (only offered in Dutch)