78023 International Trade Law and the Environment

6cp; on-campus
Requisite(s): 77885 Legal Process and Legal Research OR 60 credit points of completed study in C04148 Master of Law and Legal Practice
These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses. See access conditions.
Postgraduate

This subject provides an understanding of the significant interface between international trade and the environment, an overview of the frameworks of international trade law and environmental law and an understanding of environmental disputes in the WTO, the attempts to find a balance between free trade agreements and environmental protection, the position of multilateral environmental agreements and the WTO, the position of regional trading groups, the significance of investment liberalisation and the future of environmental principles in the trade and investment regime.

Assessment: Class presentation (20 per cent), written report on class presentation (10 per cent) and an essay (70 per cent)

Texts and references

Steinberg, R, (ed) The Greening of Trade Law, International Trade Organisations and Environmental Issues, Rowman and Littlefield, 2002

Macmillan, F, WTO and the Environment, Sweet and Maxwell, 2001

Wiers, J, Trade and Environment in the EC and the WTO: A Legal Analysis, Gronoingen: Europa Law Publishing, 2003

Birnie, P, and Boyle, A, International Law and the Environment, second edn, Oxford University Press, 2002

Hunter, D, Salzman, J, and Zaelke, D, International Environmental Law and Policy, Foundation Press, 2002

Access conditions

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