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, in particular the law on the World Trade Organization (WTO) and related trade and investment agreements as the main aspects of global economic order. It first provides a brief introduction to the history and evolution of the legal framework for trade liberalization and investment protection. It then proceeds to examine WTO law, focusing primarily on the WTO Agreement on Goods (GATT) and on the WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU), while a brief overview of topics such as the General Agreement on Services (GATS) and financial services in the GATS as well as intellectual property under the WTO will also be provided. During the course, instructor(s) will also discuss the latest challenges to the conventional framework of international economic law, namely, security threat and free trade agreements.
The purpose of this course is for students to obtain both the 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. It also provides the basis for the analysis of issues of controversy such as the role of these fields of law in the global legal order. |
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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 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. Rules on Trade in Goods (4): Other rules – SPS, TBT, anti-dumping
10. Rules on Trade in Services (1) Scheduling Concessions
11. Rules on Trade in Services (2): General and Security Exceptions
12. TRIPS
13. Future prospects of international trade law 1 – security threats and economic globalisation
14. Future prospects of international trade law 2 – proliferation of regional free trade agreements
15. Future prospects of international trade law 3 –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, 2022)
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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参考書
Reference Book | | |
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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. | | 対面で実施します。
Classes will be held in-person. |
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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
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