The MILE Programme comprises 34 weekly courses over three terms. Due to the wide scope of materials covered, the amount of classroom teaching is high when compared to other master programmes. Students will usually have five hours of classes a day, four days per week.
• September – December: Term I • January – March: Term II • April – July: Term III • July – September: Work on Master’s Thesis
Teaching Methods
Teaching methods of the MILE Programme reflect the preferences of individual members of the faculty. Weekly courses are based on lectures, case studies, classroom discussions, group workshops, and individual research in the various fields taught. Interdisciplinary work is fundamental to our philosophy.
The Programme pays special attention to integrating economic and legal perspectives on international trade regulation – the core idea of the MILE Programme. Most weekly modules comprise a section taught by a legal practitioner or academic and another taught by an economist. Sometimes, both professors will teach jointly, alternatively they may teach back to back with one professor starting the week and the other finishing. The MILE Programme finishes off with a WTO Moot Court.
An assessment is generally given each Friday based on the week's materials. Students participate in classroom activities, give presentations and discuss cases. They also work in conjunction with the Director of Studies and a Supervisor to design and research their master's thesis, which must be submitted by September 30.
Required Literature
In order to prepare for the MILE, the following books must be purchased in advance. It is the responsibility of each student to order the books from a book supplier or via the internet. Alternatively, please contact the librarian
by no later than August 15th so that a copy can be ordered for you which will then be available for you when you arrive. Unfortunately, we cannot post books to students.
Compulsory purchases
World Trade Organization WTO The Legal Texts - The Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations ISBN 978-0-521-78580-8
Mankiw, Gregory and Taylor, Mark, Economics, 1st edition ISBN: 978-1-844-80133-6 If you are outside Europe, you may not have access to this edition, see clarification below.
Highly recommended material (no compulsory purchase)
Peter van den Bosche, The Law and Policy of the World Trade Organization: Text, Casesand Materials, 2nd Edition, Paperback , Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 9780521727594
Guzman, Andrew T. and Sykes, Alan O., Research Handbook in International Economic Law , Edward Elgar, ISBN: 978-1-847-20845-3 A paperback is available at the publisher's homepage: http://www.e-elgar.co.uk/bookentry_main.lasso?id=3327
Bernard M. Hoekman, Michel M. Kostecki - The Political Economy of the World Trading System: The WTO and Beyond, Oxford University Press ISBN: 019829431X
Mankiw has published his classic textbook in two editions: Europe and the United States, relating to the respective regions. The theoretical sections are the same.
Those who have already purchased the 3rd edition (EU and US edn) or the 4th edition (US edn) titled “Principles of Economics” do not need to buy the 1st edition as the theory is equivalent. Students will be supplied with updated sections of the few pages that are different from the 1st edition (European edn).
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