JJUA55232U Law of the World Trade Organization - NOTE: THE COURSE IS CANCELLED IN THE SPRING SEMESTER 2018
The goal of the course is to provide students with a good basic
understanding of the world trading system and its development. The
course will offer theoretical and practical knowledge of World
Trade organization (WTO) law, drawing heavily on case law from
dispute settlement practice. The course will
provide overview of the economic and political rationale behind
trade liberalization and establishment of the General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the WTO. It will introduce topics on
fundamental basics of the WTO, and the WTO dispute settlement
system, followed by substantive
WTO rules on non-discrimination, market access, as well as fair
trade issues. It will address the basic principles of trade in
goods and trade in services, and it will also discuss specific WTO
agreements that address non-tariff barriers: the TBT Agreement and
SPS Agreement, as well as the trade-related
intellectual property rights issues (TRIPS). The course will
reflect the relationship between trade rules and other non-trade
values, such as environmental protection, public health and human
rights. It will also address selected emerging regional trade
agreements and their co-existence issue with the WTO system.
This course is part of iCourts Excellence Programme (iEP) – International Law and Courts in a Global World, see 'Remarks' below.
The course aims at providing students with a theoretical and practical understanding of the regulatory framework of the international trading system.
Students must gain knowledge on:
-general and specific parts of WTO law;
-interpretation of WTO principles and agreements;
-dispute settlement system of the WTO, and impact of trade
agreements in selected critical social issues;
-role of WTO law in members' domestic legal regimes and
interactions between these different legalcregimes.
Students should gain skills:
-to understand specific terminology and sources of WTO law;
-to develop ability to analyze complex economic aspect and legal
issues of rules of international trade.;
-to apply and evaluate primary and secondary sources to cope with
issues of international trade law.
Students should gain competences:
-to find legal and economic information relevant to
international/national trade law and policy;
-to describe legal problems and issues in the field international
trade law;
-to carry out legal professional activities in international trade
law environment.
Required reading:
Peter Van den Bossche and Werner Zdouc (3 ed.), The Law and Policy
of the World Trade Organization, Cambridge University Press
2013.
Optional reading:
Articles and cases will be provided for selected sessions.
Total required reading is approximately 750 pages.
- Category
- Hours
- Preparation
- 356,5
- Seminar
- 56
- Total
- 412,5
Enrolling as a Single Master Level/ Credit Student:
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- Credit
- 15 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Written examinationIndividual written assignment
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
- Exam period
June 1, 2018
- Re-exam
August 23, 2018
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- JJUA55232U
- Credit
- 15 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree MasterFull Degree Master choice
- Duration
- 1 semester
- Placement
- Spring
- Schedule
- Please see timetable for teaching time
- Continuing and further education
- Price
DKK 15.000
- Study board
- Law
Contracting department
- Law
Course Coordinators
- Joanna Lam (10-6c7163707063306e636f426c7774306d7730666d)