Teaching code

4S009821

Teacher

Yannick Ai Ahmide Albert Said Radi

Coordinator

Yannick Ai Ahmide Albert Said Radi

Credits

6

Language

English

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

IUS/13 - INTERNATIONAL LAW

Period

1° periodo lezioni (1B) dal Nov 6, 2023 al Dec 15, 2023.

Courses Single

Authorized

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

Learning objectives

The course is included in the learning area on Internationalization of the markets. The course aims to provide students with the legal framework relating to the international trade and investment law in the context of the globalized world economy (World Trade Organization, bilateral investment treaties, and free trade agreements).
At the end of the course, students will be able to identify, outline and explain the basic principles that apply in international trade matters. They will be able also to identify, evaluate and compare standards and investment protection procedures in different countries.
Students will also acquire the ability to face and solve practical problems typical of the professional context in which they will operate, thus orienting their competence to the goal of contractual compliance and to the prevention of the judicial conflicts. Students will also be able to verify the practical and applicative consequences of the theoretical and regulatory framework and to set, in written and oral form (and also through group work, written exercises and the method of Problem Based Solving - PBS), the solution to concrete issues, using the appropriate and specific disciplinary vocabulary, adopting the correct lines of reasoning and argumentation, and formulating autonomous judgments. The teaching method used is functional to the continuous learning and updating of acquired knowledge.

Prerequisites and basic notions

none

Program

Analysis of the WTO, bilateral investment treaties and free trade agreements:
1) Introduction to international trade and investment law as part of international economic law
2) WTO
- Institutional aspects (GATT, creation of the WTO...)
- Substantive aspects (Governing principles and key rules, eg Most-favoured Nation clause...)
-Dispute settlement (Dispute settlement body, panel, appellate body, Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement...)
3) Investment law
- Institutional aspects (specificity of arbitration, arbitration centres, on-going reforms...)
- Substantive aspects (protection of foreign investors, eg indirect expropriation... ; protection of public interests, eg obligations upon investors...)
-Dispute settlement (arbitral procedure, alternatives to investor-state arbitration...)

Bibliography

Didactic methods

The course is delivered through in-class explanations. Students are offered the opportunity to actively participate. All students are asked during the course to share with the audience the output of their work on the proposed assignment.

Learning assessment procedures

The exam consists in an oral exam.
It is a close-book exam which lasts 20 minutes.
There is no preparation time before the exam starts, but students are of course offered the time to prepare their answer before answering each question.
The materials for the exam consist in the explanations provided in class and the content of the slides.

Evaluation criteria

Knowledge of the explanations provided in class and the content of the slides.
Clarity of the answers provided.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

The evaluation between 18 and 20 means that the student has a sufficient, yet basic knowledge of the course materials.
The evaluation between 20 and 25 means that the student has a more than sufficient knowledge of the course materials.
The evaluation between 25 and 29 means that the student has a good or very good knowledge of the course materials.
The evaluation between 30 and 30 cum laude means that the student has a very good or excellent knowledge.

Exam language

English