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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
This course provides an introduction to modern banking law. The most important issues that arise in international, regional, and national banking and financial law are identified and important current trends and developments in market operations and practice highlighted. Matters to be covered include the nature of banking and financial markets, the core functions carried out by financial intermediaries, and financial risk and risk control. Instructor: Staff
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2.00 Credits
In today's global economy, parties to cross-border commercial transactions increasingly choose to resolve their disputes through arbitration. This course introduces students to the law and practice of international arbitration. Among other things, the course will consider the formation and enforcement of arbitration agreements; the conduct of arbitral proceedings; the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards; the international conventions, national laws, and institutional arbitration rules that govern the arbitral process and the enforcement of arbitration agreements and awards; the strategic issues that arise in the course of international arbitration proceedings; and the practical benefits (and disadvantages) of arbitration. Instructor: Kent
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
This course will provide an introduction to corporate governance (CG) regimes in major Asian economies, including mainland China and several important common law jurisdictions which were former British enclaves in the southern hemisphere. The first term of the course will consider CG regulations and practices in mainland China, especially regarding recent developments in the context of China¿s transition to a market economy and participation in economic globalization. The course will conclude with an overview of the aftermath of the 1997-98 crisis and some implications for CG in Asian jurisdictions in light of the so-called ¿law matters¿ thesis proposed by Rafael La Porta and colleagues. Department consent required. Instructor: Staff
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2.00 Credits
This course examines the legal relations among the various parties in sports at both the professional and amateur levels. Particular attention will be paid to the importance given to the maintenance of competitive balance and its impact on traditional notions of competition that apply in other business settings. Instructor: Haagen
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
This course will concentrate on the study of organized sport, i.e., sport practiced within the framework of the rules of international sports bodies, in particular the IOC and the international sports federations. Lectures will be presented taking into account both national and international law. The course will examine arbitration and court action. Finally, sports having become a prime economic factor, contracts pertaining to employment, sponsoring, the sale of media rights, as well as legal and contractual liabilities will be discussed. Instructor: Staff
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
This course begins with the system of constitutional review in Hong Kong. Topics include the power to review the constitutionality of Hong Kong legislation enjoyed by the courts of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the power to review Hong Kong legislation enjoyed by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, and the jurisdiction of the courts of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to review legislative actos of the National People's Congress, and its Standing Committee. The second term is designed to evolve a participatory framework to understand the travails of judicial review in India. Instructor: Staff
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
The first term of this course will introduce the fundamental principles of international trade regulation in the multilateral GATT/WTO system and in regional trade agreements, with a focus on the trade policies of Asian states and trade agreements in the region. The second term of the course will address the broad variety of dilemmas relating to the participation of developing countries in a globalized legal and economic system. The emphasis will be on understanding and critiquing the transnational legal, economic and political environment that impacts upon the contemporary goals of worldwide poverty reduction and development. This term will discuss the relationship between trade and development with an emphasis on the WTO¿s ¿Doha Development Round,¿ and conclude with a consideration of the controversial role of International Financial Institutions (IFIs), development aid and its legal framework, and the participation of private actors, investors and benefactors in the development process. Department consent required. Instructor: Staff
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
This course will examine federalism as it exists in the United States and in Europe, with an emphasis toward understanding the federal form of government more generally. Instructor: Staff
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
This course offers a basic background to the institutions and legal rules in the sphere of international trade and investment law on one hand, and international environmental law on the other. It will examine more closely the interaction between trade and environment through a series of case studies. Instructor: Staff
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0.00 Credits
A four-week intensive course which will introduce international students to legal English, the American legal system, and the law school experience. Through small-group class interaction, encounters with lawyers, judges, and teachers, visits to classrooms, courtrooms and law firms, and interaction with popular media, students will learn to read and begin to produce good legal writing, to study and understand American law, and to make the best possible use of their American law school experiences. Instructor: Linnartz
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