授業の目的 【日本語】
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授業の目的 【英語】
Goals of the Course | | Purpose and Description
This course provides an examination of international law concerning economic globalization, focusing on: an overview of the fundamental elements of the law on the World Trade Organization (WTO) as the main aspect of global economic order; and the challenges the current international economic law order faces amidst the ‘backlash’ against economic globarisation. The first half of the course provides a brief introduction to the history and evolution of the legal framework for trade liberalization and investment protection. It then proceeds to examine certain fundamental principles and functions of WTO law, focusing primarily on the WTO Agreement on Goods (GATT) and on the WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU), together with the difficulties the WTO system currently experiences. It then proceed to discuss specific topics that demonstrate the tension between international economic law and the global trend of nationalism that has also led to the backlash against economic globalization. |
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到達目標 【日本語】
Objectives of the Course(JPN) | | |
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到達目標 【英語】
Objectives of the Course | | Achievement Target
By taking this course, students are expected to obtain both the basic knowledge of international trade law – including a critical mass of case-law – and the skills which will enable them to analyze to what extent regulatory measures that have impact on international trade are consistent with these laws. Students are also expected to learn the basis for the analysis of issues of controversy, including the possible conflicts between national security and economic globalization. In sum, students will be able to obtain a good understanding of the most important aspects of international trade law, as well as the skills of critically assessing and analyzing the impacts and the prospects of economic globalization. |
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授業の内容や構成
Course Content / Plan | | Structure of the Course / Schedule授業の構成・計画
1. Introduction to international economic law
2. Structure of the WTO (1): membership, institutional structure
3. Structure of the WTO (2): developing member states and decision-making
4. Dispute Settlement under the WTO (1): jurisdiction of the WTO dispute settlement system, key features of WTO dispute settlement
5. Dispute Settlement under the WTO (2): institutions and process of WTO dispute settlement, remedies for breach
6. Rules on Trade in Goods (1): market access - scheduling concessions in the GATT
7. Rules on Trade in Goods (2): The principle of non-discrimination (the most-favoured-nation (MFN) treatment and national treatment (NT))
8. Rules on Trade in Goods (3): General Exceptions and Security Exceptions
9. Other rules of the WTO law: GATS, TRIPs
10. Regional trade agreements: CPTPP as an example
11. Backlash against economic globalization (1): WTO in crisis - reasons, the status quo and prospects
12. Backlash against economic globalization (2): FDI screening (Japan as an example) and trade war
13. Backlash against economic globalization (3): national security v. trade rules
14. Backlash against economic globalization (4): competition over cybersecurity governance
15. Summary and evaluation |
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履修条件・関連する科目
Course Prerequisites and Related Courses | | | There is no precondition to take this course. |
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成績評価の方法と基準
Course Evaluation Method and Criteria | | Contribution to class including presentation: 40%, Final exam/report: 60%.
Credit is given to C- or C (where applicable) or higher grade for each criterion. |
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教科書・テキスト
Textbook | | Text
Peter Van den Bossche and Werner Zdouc, The Law and Policy of the World Trade Organization (5th edn., CUP, 2021) |
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参考書
Reference Book | | Reference
Mitsuo Matsushita, Thomas J. Schoembaum and Petros C. Mavroidis and Michael Hahn, The World Trade Organization: Law, Practice, and Policy (3rd edn. OUP, 2017) |
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課外学習等（授業時間外学習の指示）
Study Load(Self-directed Learning Outside Course Hours) | | | Students are expected to prepare for and make presentations on given topics concerning international trade law in each session. |
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注意事項
Notice for Students | | |
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授業開講形態等
Lecture format, etc. | | In principle, lecture and seminar course subjects are offered in-person.
Online participation in classes (interactive communication classes via Teams, Zoom, etc.) may be permitted by the instructor under exceptional circumstances.
*Guidance will be posted on NUCT if there are any changes in the class format, etc. after registration. |
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遠隔授業（オンデマンド型）で行う場合の追加措置
Additional measures for remote class (on-demand class) | | |
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