NUS: Faculty of Law - Course Description

World Trade Law I
Last Updated Date: 23 June 2009

4 Credits, Semester 1

Course Description:
The WTO is at the legal center of globalization and Free Trade Agreements have supplemented WTO disciplines. This course has professional and intellectual objectives. Professionally it aims to equip you to handle the principal WTO and FTA legal disciplines with proficiency and confidence. Intellectually it aims to understand globalization and its discontents in a critical an rigorous manner eschewing the bombast of the fierce public debate about these issues. This is a demanding course requiring regular attendance, consistent preparation and class room engagement. Do not enroll if you plan to coast but the rewards are commensurate with the effort.

This is a new module to be taught as an intensive and will cover the Grammar and Syntax of World Trade as well as the Exceptions to the General Rules on World Trade. As World Trade Law has expanded with the growth of international trade, a follow up module on safeguards, subsidies and anti-dumping as well as other advanced rules is proposed to be offered as LL4199B/LL5199B/LL6199B World Trade Law II in Semester II.

Course Convenor: Prof Joseph Weiler

Co-teacher(s): NA

Module Codes: LL4199A / LL5199A / LL6199A

Contact Hours: 9 sessions over 3 weeks [3 x a week, 3-hrs continuous weekly seminars]

Workload: Intensive [Week 1 -3, 11 - 27 Aug]

Mode of Assessment: Take Home Exam - 100% [ Release: Fri 9 Oct 09, 4pm; Due: Mon 12 Oct 09, 10am]

Preclusions: Student who did World Trade Law (8 Credits [LL4060B/LL5060B/LL6060B] are precluded.

Prerequisites: NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent. [LL4199A/LL5199A/LL6199A] is a prerequisite of World Trade Law II [LL4199B/LL5199B/LL6199B] but World Trade Law II is not a corequisite of World Trade Law I

Examination Date: Different Mode of Examination

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