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Knowledge and Understanding

This introductory course deals with structural aspects of the international trade law system, including the different municipal legal systems; the history of the international legal system; customary international law; treaty law and interpretation; the meaning and jurisprudence of international law statehood and recognition; international organizations such as the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the IMF, World Bank, UNCTAD, UNCITRAL and ICSID as well as the relationship between the international legal system and domestic systems. The course also considers sectoral trade law issues in goods, services, technical barriers to trade, environmental issues and IPRs. In addition the course will review the legal vehicles available to facilitate international dispute resolution methods for governments and business entities. Specific attention is paid to the dispute resolution mechanism in the World Trade Organization, the International Centre for Settling Investor-State Disputes and International Commercial Arbitration and the recognition of foreign awards and judgements through municipal courts

The overall aim of the course is to enable students to critically examine the legal operation of international trade agreements and their application and impact on international business and trading activities.

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

In order to engage effectively in the intensive format and to complete the course successfully, students are expected to prepare by undertaking general reading and research relating to the course in advance of the week of lectures.

A package of materials will be provided before the first week of lectures. Students are required to bring their materials to class and are encouraged to bring additional relevant materials, reports and media articles, both historical and contemporary, and to use opportunities for discussion to address questions and issues that may have arisen during preparation. Lectures will provide the background context to, and an overview of, the various topics in the course and will draw out some of the connecting themes between the various parts of the course. The case studies/ topics and related materials will be distributed and assigned in the week before the commencement of the course.

Due to the dynamic and changing nature of international trade law and the range of international agreements and organisations, as well as differing national jurisdictions and legal systems (common law, civil law etc), and arbitral disputes and other forms of dispute settlement continually being used, no specific text book is prescribed that can provide a completely up-to-date resource. Students are encouraged to read selectively from a range of recommended texts and references listed below, and also to undertake on-line research on the activities of relevant organisations as well as in electronic journals. If students are considering other textbooks and resources than those listed below, they are welcome to contact the lecturer to discuss their scope and applicability. References and chapters of texts dealing in detail with private business aspects of international trade law and export will be more applicable for those students also considering undertaking the second semester course in International Transactions and the Law.

Public International Law:

• Sam Blay, Ryszard Piotrowicz, and Martin Tsamenyi., Public international Law: an Australian perspective – Oxford Univeristy Press – South Melbourne – 2nd edn – 2005 – ISBN 019551422X
• Gillian Triggs, International Law: contemporary principles and practices – LexisNexis Butterworths – Sydney – 2nd edn - 2011 – ISBN: 9780409327038
• Martin Dixon, Textbook on International Law – Oxford University Press – Melbourne – 7th edn – 2013 – ISBN 9780199574452
• Stephen Hall, Principles of International Law – LexisNexis Butterworths – 5th edn – Sydney – 2016
• Ian Sinclair, The Vienna Convention on the law of treaties – 2nd edn – 1984 – ISBN 0719014808

World Trade Organization:

• Bhagirath Las Das, An Introduction to The WTO Agreements - Zed Books Third World Network – Malaysia – 1998 - ISBN 1856495825
• Peter Van den Bossche, The Law and Policy of the World Trade Organization: Text, Cases and Materials – Cambridge University Press – 3rd edn – 2012
• Robert E. Hudec, Essays on the Nature of International Trade Law -Cameron May - London – 1999 – ISBN 1874698775
• Walter Goode, Dictionary of Trade Policy Terms - Centre for International Economic Studies 成人大片 - 5th edn 2007 – ISBN 9780521712064
• A. Hoda, Tariff negotiations and renegotiations under the GATT and the WTO: procedures and practice
• M. Rafiqul Islam, International Trade Law of the WTO - Oxford University Press – Sydney – 2006 – ISBN 0195553284
• WTO: Guide to the GATS: an overview of issues for further liberalization of trade in services.

Dispute Resolution:

• Anthony Connerty, A manual of international dispute resolution – London –Commonwealth Secretariat – 2006 – ISBN 9780850928372
• Vicki Waye (ed), A guide to arbitration practice in Australia – Adelaide Law School – Adelaide – 2nd edn – 2006 – ISBN 064645398X
• World Trade Organization: A handbook on the WTO dispute settlement system.
• World Trade Organization: World dispute settlement procedures. 3rd edn, 2012

General:

• Michael Pryles, Jeff Waincymer and Martin Davies, International Trade Law: Commentary and Materials – Law Book Company – North Ryde – 2nd edn – 2004 – ISBN 0455 218900
• Michell Sanson, Essential International Trade Law – Palgrave Macmillan – North Ryde – 2nd edn – 2005 - ISBN 9781876905330
• Indira Carr, International Trade Law – Cavendish Publishing, London – 5th edn – 2014 – ISBN 9780415659239
• Justin Malbon and Bernard Bishop, Australian export: a guide to law and Practice – Cambridge University Press – Port Melbourne – 2nd edn 2015 – ISBN 9781107634008

Intellectual Property:

• Carlos Maria Correa, Trade related aspects of intellectual property rights: a commentary on TRIPs Agreement – Oxford University Press – Oxford – 2007 – ISBN 9780199271283
• Bernard O’Connor, The Law of geographical Indications, Cameron May – London – 2004 – ISBN 1874698996

International Business

• Ray August, Don Mayer and Michael Bixby – International Business Law: Text, Cases and Readings – Pearson Education – 6th edn – 2013 – ISBN 9780273768616
• John J. Wild, International Business – Pearson Education – Frenchs Forest – 8th edn 2016 – ISBN 9780733974724
• John Shijian Mo, International Commercial Law – Butterworths - Sydney – 6th edn – 2012 – ISBN 9780409341561
• Clark, Bagaric, McConvill, Edney, International Commercial Law - Pearson Education Australia – Sydney – 2006 – ISBN 0733984401

Private International Trade Law

• Schmitthoff’s Export Trade: The Law and Practice of International Trade - (Carole Murray ed., 12th edn) – Thomson Sweet & Maxwell – London – 10th edn – 2012 – ISBN 9780414046078
• John Braithwaite and Peter Drahos, Global Business Regulation - Cambridge University Press – Cambridge – 2000 – ISBN 052178499
• Michael G. Bridge, The International Sale of Goods: Law and Practice – Oxford University Press – Oxford – 3rd edn 2013 – ISBN 9780199658251
• Robyn Burnett and Vivienne Bath, The Law of International Business in Australasia - The Federation Press – Sydney – 2009– ISBN 9781862877245

Online Learning:
MyUni will be used to post announcements, post additional lecture materials (including slides, and where available, audio recordings of lectures) and announce assignment tasks. It will also contain electronic copies of the Course Profile, Lecture and Seminar Guides, and Course Materials. Students are expected to check MyUni regularly to keep up to date with these materials and additional learning resources throughout the course.
In addition, a range of online resources and websites contain a wealth of relevant information, including:

Public International Law:
American Society of International Law –  
International Affairs Resources –  
International Court of Justice –  

International Trade Law Organizations:
World Trade Organization –  
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) –  
UNDROIT –  

General Resources:
World Trade Law –  
World Trade Online –  
EU –  
NAFTA –  
US Trade Rep –  
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs –  
Australian Attorney General’s Department –  

Intellectual Property:
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) –  
World Trade Organization –  
 
International Trade and Business Law:
Lex Mercatoria –  
CISG Online –  
Pace University –  
OECD –  
International Chamber of Commerce -  
International Standards Organization –  
International Monetary Fund –  
World Bank –  
World Customs Organization –  
Georgetown University’s Institute of International Economic Law –  
Food and Agriculture Organization –  
Codex Alimentarius –  
Inernational Maritime Orgnaization –  

Dispute Resolution:
International Commercial Arbitration –  
ICSID – International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes –  
London Court of Arbitration -  
China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission –  

Learning and Teaching Activities amounting to 24 hours (across lecture, seminar and structured learning activity formats) will be offered to students in this course.

The University expects full-time students (i.e. those taking 12 units per semester) to devote a total of 48 hours per week to their studies. This means that you are expected to commit approximately 10 hours of private study in addition to your regular classes.

Course stage	Course Component	Topic
Part 1 (Days 1-2)	Day 1	Introduction
Part 1	Day 1	The nature of International law and the International legal system
Part 1	Day 1	Treaties, custom and other frameworks
Part 1	Day 2	Major international trade law organisations - GATT/WTO, UNCITRAL etc.
Part 1	Day 2	International trade law agreements including GATT, GATS, TRIPS
Part 2 (Days 3-5)	Day 3	Dispute resolution in international trade - WTO/DSU ICJ, international arbitration - student group presentations commence (days 3-5)
Part 2	Day 4	Dispute settlement continued - trade and investment disputes
Part 2	Day 5	Sectoral trade law issues, and methods of enforcement

None.

Assessment Task	Task Type	Due	Weighting	Redeemable	Course Learning Outcome
Attendance and  Participation	Individual	All sessions	10%	No	1,2,6
Seminar presentation in groups/pairs	Individual	13-15 June	10%	No	1,3,6
Written outline of seminar presentation	Group	18 June	10%	No	1,3,6
Comparative case study critique	Individual	25 June	20%	Yes	3,4,5,6
Final research essay	Individual	16 July	50%	No	1,3,4,5,6

Class Attendance and Participation (10%)

Seminar presentation in groups/pairs and written outline (20% in Total - 10% for each component)
Students present in groups on topics/cases to be assigned - this component (10%) is assessed on an individual basis
Written outline/summary of topic/case presentations- maximum 1,000 words. This component (10%) is assessed jointly.

Comparative case study critique (20%, redeeemable)
Comparative critique (1,500-1,600 words) of cases/topics presented by two of the other groups.

Final research essay (50%, or 70% if redeeming Comparative case study)
Topics to be assigned in the week of 5 June - maximum 4,000 words.

Standard Adelaide Law School submission requirements apply. Specific information will be provided in the assessment instructions for each item of assessment.

Courses for which a result of conceded pass has been obtained may not be presented towards the degree requirements for the Bachelor of Laws or the Honours Degree of Bachelor of Laws programs, or any postgraduate law program, nor to satisfy prerequisite requirements within any law course.

Finality of Assessment Grades

Students are advised that Course Coordinators will not enter into negotiations of any kind with any student regarding changes to their grades. It is irrelevant, in any given circumstance, that only a minimal number of additional marks are required to inflate a student’s grade for any individual assessment item or course as a whole. Pursuant to the University’s Assessment for Coursework Programs Policyand the Adelaide Law School Assessment Policies and Procedures, grades may only be varied through the appropriate channels for academic review (such as an official re-mark).

Moderation

In accordance with the University’s Assessment for Coursework Programs Policy, course coordinators ‘ensure that appropriate marking guidelines and cross-marking moderation processes across markers are in place’ in each course. Procedures adopted by Adelaide Law School to ensure consistency of marking in courses with multiple markers include:

• assurance of the qualifications of markers, and their knowledge of the content covered in each course;
• detailed marking guidelines and assessment rubrics to assist in the marking of items of assessment;
• sharing of example marked assessments at various grade bands across markers;
• reviewing of selected marked assessments from each marker by the course coordinator;
• comparison of the marks and their distribution across markers;
• automatic double-marking of all interim assessment receiving a fail grade, and of final assessments where a student’s overall result is a fail grade;
• the availability of re-marking of assessments in accordance with Adelaide Law School’s Assessment Policies and Procedures.

Approval of Results by Board of Examiners

Students are reminded that all assessment results are subject to approval (and possible moderation/change) by the Law School’s Board of Examiners. Assessment results at the University are not scaled. Under the Assessment for Coursework Programs Policy, students are assessed ‘by reference to their performance against pre-determined criteria and standards … and not by ranking against the performance of the student cohort in the course’. However, under that same policy, the Board of Examiners (as the relevant Assessment Review Committee for courses at Adelaide Law School) is required to ‘ensure comparability of standards and consistency’ in assessment. On occasions, the Board of Examiners will form the view that some moderation is required to ensure the comparability of standards and consistency across courses and years, and accordingly provide fairness to all law students. All assessment results are therefore subject to approval (and possible change) until confirmed by the Board of Examiners and posted on Access Adelaide at the end of each semester.

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Student Life Counselling Support

The University’s service provides free and confidential service to all enrolled students. We encourage you to contact the Student Life Counselling Support service on 8313 5663 to make an appointment to deal with any issues that may be affecting your study and life.

Academic Honesty

Academic dishonesty is a serious act of academic misconduct. All students must be familiar with the University’s Academic Honesty Policy.

Academic dishonesty is a serious matter and is treated as such by the Law School and the University. Academic dishonesty (which goes beyond plagiarism) can be a ground for a refusal by the Supreme Court of South Australia to admit a person to practice as a legal practitioner in South Australia.

Academic honesty is an essential aspect of ethical and honest behaviour, which is central to the practice of the law and an understanding of what it is to be a lawyer.