This course examines legal problems produced by economic globalisation through a problem based approach. It focuses on disputes, regulatory conflicts, and enforcement questions that arise when economic activity crosses borders. Core areas of study include international trade and investment, sovereign debt, digital trade, data governance, public health regulation, and cultural policy. The course places particular attention on how international economic rules constrain state action and affect private actors. The course adopts a practical method. Students work with disputes, case law, and regulatory conflicts rather than abstract models. Legal rules are examined through their application in litigation, arbitration, and regulatory practice. This approach trains students to identify legal issues, assess competing arguments, and evaluate outcomes across different legal settings. Public policy forms a central part of the course. Topics include tobacco control measures, treatment of cultural goods and services, cross border data transfers, and cybersecurity regulation. These areas are examined because they produce recurring conflicts between international economic obligations and domestic regulation. The course also addresses institutional questions linked to global economic governance, including limits of coordination and enforcement across trade, investment, and digital regulation. By the end of the course, students acquire the ability to analyse legal disputes linked to economic globalisation and to assess how international economic rules operate in practice. The course prepares students for legal work in areas where cross border economic activity, regulation, and dispute settlement intersect. It is designed for students who seek training grounded in legal problems rather than abstract exposition and who plan to work in fields linked to international trade, investment, regulation, or dispute resolution.

Exam: End of term. The use of Generative AI tools is not allowed.

Applicable to students admitted before Semester A 2022/23 and in Semester A 2024/25 & thereafter

This is an open-book exam.

Students must obtain a minimum mark of 40% in the continuous assessment and final examination and an overall mark of 40% in order to pass the course.

When University facilities and resources are available, students are required to take a computer-based examination in computer labs. During the examination, students are blocked from access to files, programme and the Internet. 

Applicable to students admitted from Semester A 2022/23 to Summer Term 2024

This is an open-book exam.

Students must obtain a minimum mark of 50% in the continuous assessment and final examination and an overall mark of 50% in order to pass the course.

When University facilities and resources are available, students are required to take a computer-based examination in computer labs. During the examination, students are blocked from access to files, programme and the Internet.