International Economic Law (Taught)

This programme seeks to provide you with in-depth knowledge and critical understanding of:

• international legal institutions

• the rules and principles of the international economic system

• key legal and policy issues arising from the globalisation of the world economy

Combining detailed technical legal and policy analysis with an engagement with history and political economy, it will help you to place the current chapter of globalisation in its larger context, and to understand where it might be heading.

You will take foundational courses in international trade law and international investment law, and select additional subjects from a range of other courses, varying from year to year. These may include:

• law and development

• investor state dispute settlement

• economic integration and energy policy

• current issues in public international law and the environment

This programme is designed to provide an advanced understanding of the law, institutions and policy concerning international economic relations and their ongoing development by the:

• United Nations

• World Trade Organisation

• World Bank

• Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development