Бакалавриат
2026/2027
Международное торговое право
Статус:
Курс по выбору (Юриспруденция)
Кто читает:
Департамент международного права
Где читается:
Факультет права
Когда читается:
4-й курс, 3 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
3
Контактные часы:
40
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The course provides a comprehensive analysis of the system of international trade law in the applicable business-oriented perspective. The course secures an advanced scrutiny of the international treaties regulating international trade as interpreted in case law and state practice, and addresses the matters of the implementation of those rules into the national legal systems. The course puts particular emphasis on developing the skills of interpreting international treaties, resolving legal controversies, structuring legal argumentation through the lens of international trade-related cases. The aim of the course is also to foster knowledge and skills necessary for practice in international trade litigation, skills useful in international trade negotiations and policymaking. Students need to have prior familiarity with the basics of public international law. Additional background in administrative law, private international law is welcome, although not mandatory.
Learning Objectives
- The main purpose of the research seminar is to develop the skills of students to interpret and apply international treaties in the field of international trade law, interpret and apply the findings of the WTO Dispute Settlement Body, provide an understanding of the basic structure of the WTO institutions and the legal texts.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Gain knowledge on sources of international trade law; the place of international trade rules within the international legal and political system; the key issues and principles of international trade law and the current legal challenges in the field; particularities of the application of WTO rules by the national courts in various jurisdictions.
- Be able: to use specific terms and sources of international trade law; to resolve contradictions between international treaties, including in the field of international trade; to apply the rules of the WTO Agreements and conduct business on the basis of WTO rules; to provide reasoned and concise legal advice on given cases in the field of international trade law.
- Acquire the following competencies and abilities: to cope with controversial situations and cases, develop solutions; to work with information (search, evaluate, use information necessary to perform scientific and professional tasks from various sources, including using a systematic approach).
- Acquire the following competencies and abilities: to search, analyze and work with legally significant information using legal, comparative and other specific methods; to describe and solve legal problems, prepare legal advice in the field of international trade law.
Course Contents
- Topic 1. History of international trade law.
- Topic 2. WTO and the sources of international trade law.
- Topic 3. WTO as an international organization
- Topic 4. Fundamental principles of international trade law
- Topic 5. Tariffs and non-tariff barriers in international trade law
- Topic 6. Dispute settlement in international trade law
Assessment Elements
- In-class testThe WTO case law test takes form of a test of 10 multiple choice questions with at least 4 answer options for each. The test is aimed at checking the student’s knowledge and understanding of the positions of the Dispute Settlement Body. Return to the previous questions of the test and changing the answers is not possible. The number of the correct answers (correct answer options indicated by a student) is equal to the grade for the test. The WTO case law test is closed book; students could not use any materials. The duration of the test is 10 minutes. The test may be performed via the LMS platform or otherwise online with using the video conference platforms. In such cases, in the course of assessment student must have a laptop or a PC with a stable Internet connection and working (turned on) video camera. Failure to fulfil these conditions as well as the instructions of the professor including ensuring proper control procedures (checking identity card of the student, status of the workplace, etc.) is equivalent to absence at the control element and is graded as 0.
- ExamForm of the exam: oral in the form of an interview on the whole syllabus. The interview may be held in class or remotely using computer technologies. In the course of an interview, a student is asked to answer two practical questions covered in class or in the assigned self-study materials. Any follow-up questions could be also asked in the course of the interview. The use of any materials and devices is not permitted during the interview.
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- World Trade Organization : a handbook on the WTO dispute settlement system, , 2018
- World Trade Organization, (DE-588)2145784-0, (DE-576)19521952X. (2013). WTO dispute settlement [Elektronische Ressource] : one-page case summaries (1995-2012) / World Trade Organization. Geneva: WTO. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.443062471
- WTO - institutions and dispute settlement, , 2006
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- WTO - world economic order, world trade law, Stoll, P.-T., 2006