I/04 Foundational Courses

Globalization and International Economic Law

The lecture seeks to introduce MILE students to the sweeping process of globalization and to its regulatory implications. Painting the big picture of globalization of firms, markets and regulation, it will focus on the latter and in particular on international economic law. Building upon regulatory theories, the lecture will illustrate the changes in regulatory design at all levels of governance, as globalization deepens and affects not only the economy but all facets of societal life.
The lecture will encourage students to participate and to actively think about the complex process of globalization.

We welcome interested individuals as weekly students in this course. As a weekly student you do not need any knowledge of the field to participate. The price of signing up to this course as a weekly student is CHF 1'000.

WTO Law in Domestic Legal Systems

This course will focus on the relationship between WTO law and national law, in particular discussing direct applicability of WTO norms in the national legal order. To what extent can litigation before domestic courts be a way, notably for private litigants, to test domestic regulation against international agreements? A particular sub-set of this question is to what extent national courts feel bound or uncommitted to follow the rulings of an international tribunal that is specifically set up by the international agreement they are called upon to interpret. These questions will initially be discussed from a European perspective. Participants from other jurisdictions will be asked to contribute their experiences.
This course is of particular interest to practitioners who engage in dispute resolution matters, trade policy officials and, ultimately, domestic businesses and citizens.

This course is not open to the public.