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Apr 18, 2024
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LAW 8319 - International Economic Law and Development
Credits: 3
Foundation course that enhances the understanding of financial, monetary, trade, and investment law and regulations. Also, related economic development theories and policies in their current global setting, particularly as they directly impact 80 percent of the world population (i.e., the developing world). Against the constantly changing background of economic policymaking, examines economic and legal interaction among industrialized states, developing countries, international economic institutions (e.g., U.N. economic functions, IMF, and World Bank Group) and regional economic institutions (e.g., in Latin America and Africa), and private actors (e.g., multinational corporations, international commercial financial institutions, and nongovernment organizations). Provides an overview of the legal and institutional foundations of the evolving global international economic order. Particular attention is given to the issues of sustainable economic development, stable financial systems, and alleviation of poverty in developing and emerging countries. May cover issues such as the basic legal principles and doctrines governing international economic organizations, official development assistance, the U.N. Millennium Goals, the Washington Consensus versus the Monterrey Consensus, the WTO Doha Agenda for developing countries, South-South and North-South regional economic integration efforts, sovereign debt reduction and rescheduling, privatization development programs, development of appropriate economic legal and judicial infrastructures for development, and postconflict economic reconstruction. The course should be of particular importance for domestic and international students seeking an international legal practice with private firms, international and regional bodies, and domestic government and private bodies dealing with the international arena.
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