76018 International Economic Institutions Law

Requisite(s): 70417 Corporate Law

There are also course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.

Because of the vastness of the topic, it is not possible to cover the subject in one semester, it is therefore proposed to deal with certain basic aspects, as well as a number of topics which are particularly pertinent at the time of lecturing. In this introductory topic, the following items are discussed: sources of law; the present regime; the new economic order; the new world corporate order; the international economic order; and the economic union. In addition, specific focus is paid to the following:

Investment: control of the multinational corporation; settlement of international investment disputes.

Finance: The International Monetary Fund; floating currencies; foreign exchange control law and international contracts (Article VII of the IMF); aspects of international fiscal law; European monetary system; sovereign debt problems; Eurocurrency markets.

Trade: the general agreements on tariffs and trade; the World Trade Organisation; protectionism and legal reactions; trading blocks, others; UNCTAD and the GSP; political controls and boycotts; international contracts; uniformity of international trade law; international commodity agreements.

National law and international economic law: sovereign immunity; extraterritorial jurisdiction; subject matter jurisdiction; anti-trust law; corrupt practices; securities law; personal jurisdiction; taxation (current problems, pricing, unitary taxation).

Note(s)

This subject was formerly called International Economic Law (UG).