82155 - INTERNATIONAL LAW FOR MANAGEMENT

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

The course of International Law for Management has the aim to offer students a general overview of the public international law and domestic law applicable to international business transactions between private parties, as well as the public international law applicable to trade and investment relations between or among States. This field also involves the analysis of international organizations related to international business and economic activity, including institutional organizations/structures (GATT/WTO, IMF, NAFTA, EU) and regulatory Authorities. At the end of the course, students are expected to understand the regulatory framework of international business transactions, as well as how States relate to one another in the international economy.

Contenuti

International institutional organizations:

 - GATT/WTO

 - IMF

 - WORLD BANK (IBRD - IDA)

 - EU

 - OCSE

Trade agreements (NAFTA, TRIPS, TTIP, TPP, ecc.)

Tariffs and customs regulation

Antidumping, countervailing duties, subsidies

Product safety regulations, environmental restrictions

Labour standards and human rights

Testi/Bibliografia

M. J. Trebilcock, Advanced Introduction to International Trade Law, EE, Cheltenham, 2015.

Further material can be suggested during lessons

Metodi didattici

Frontal lessons

Organization of seminars with experts focusing on a specific topic of the course

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

Attendance will be checked ad the beginning of every lesson.

Attendance must be at least 70% of the whole 30 hours course.

In case of attendance imopssibility, students are required to discuss the issue in advance with prof. C. Golino.

Assessment methods:

1. Team working paper of no more than 1000 words for each team member (footnotes and bibliography excluded). The issues of the paper will be decided during lessons and will consist on analysis of the agreements. The last 3 lectures will be dedicated to the PPT presentation of the draft of the paper. The dead line ho hand in the paer will be agreed together during the first lesson.

2. Written exam consisting in 1 open question on the textbook. Students are given 1,30 hours to complete the question.

The final grade will be based upon:

40% written paper

40% final exam

20% class participation

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

Power point presentations

Text book

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Claudia Golino