International Economic Law

Course description

The programme offers an in-depth study of all the different aspects of the contemporary regime of international economic law. Unlike most other programmes, it overcomes the division between the main branches of international economic governance - world trade, investment, and finance - and raises awareness for common themes and challenges facing international economic law in these different areas.

**WHY THIS PROGRAMME**

- The core course is designed to provide a bird’s-eye-view of the field of international economic governance and the multiple roles played by international law in that context.

- Key areas of focus include the structure of global economic governance, the rules and institutions of world trade, international investment, and international finance.

- Drawing on a range of different legal, critical, and interdisciplinary approaches, it aims to provide the students with the opportunity to study at advanced level the various aspects of contemporary international economic regulation in its full normative, political, and historical complexity.

- You will benefit from the combined experience of a lecturing team representing a rich diversity of professional and international backgrounds. Theorists and practitioners, litigators and consultants, our lecturers come from more than half-a-dozen countries, including Germany, Canada, Portugal, UK, and Uzbekistan.

- The programme is supported by excellent facilities, including two dedicated law libraries, extensive online resources, and access to various official publication databases, such as the European Documentation Centre.

- Guest-speaker presentations, an active research seminar series and other extra-curricular events provide you with a unique opportunity to meet international lawyers and academics from around the world, become exposed to some of the most topical discussions shaping the field of international economic law, and to engage with current debates.

**PROGRAMME STRUCTURE**
You are required to take at least five courses from the following list (plus one other) and to submit a dissertation as falling within the area. For this programme you must complete the core course, International Law and International Economic Governance, and then either International Trade Law or International Investment Law. Courses will be delivered through a combination of lectures and seminars.

**Core Course**
INTERNATIONAL LAW AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE
INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW OR INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT LAW

**Optional Courses may include:**CLIMATE CHANGE LAW AND GOVERNANCE
FINANCE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE PROJECT
FOUNDATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION
INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION LAW
INTERNATIONAL COURTS AND TRIBUNALS
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE LAW
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REGULATION
INTERNATIONAL LAW AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
FINANCE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE PROJECT
INTERNATIONAL LITIGATION IN PRACTICE (ILIP)
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW AND THE MARKET
LAW AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
LAW AND MARKETS

Subjects

• International economics
• Financial law