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Law of the World Trade Organization - JURD7472

Faculty: Faculty of Law

School: Faculty of Law

Course Outline: See below

Campus: Sydney

Career: Postgraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2

Enrolment Requirements:

Pre-requisite: 36 UOC of JURD courses for students enrolled prior to 2013. For students enrolled after 2013, pre-requisite: 72 UOC of JURD courses.

Excluded: JURD7484, LAWS3084, LAWS8972

CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

This course provides an introduction to the legal environment of trade transactions at an international level, focussing on the legal and policy dimensions of the World Trade Organisation (the WTO).

Recommended Prior Knowledge

None

Course Objectives

The course is intended to give students the tools to understand the contemporary context of international trade, the legal regime established by the WTO, and to enable them to understand and take part in contemporary policy debates about the WTO and globalization.

Main Topics

Globalisation and the rationales for and against free trade;
The history of trade liberalization and the origins of the WTO;
Overview of the major agreements, such as the GATT, the GATS, and the Dispute Settlement Understanding;
Researching WTO law;
Reform of the WTO and the Doha Round;
Interlinkages of trade and development,human rights and environmental issues.

Assessment

In-Class Participation 10%
Short outline/Bibliography 10%
Final Paper 80%

Course Texts

Prescribed