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5 – 8 October 2009
Kenneth Raphael, International University, Geneva
Arthur E. Appleton, Appleton Luff
Mr. Raphael’s two-day course will cover the fundamentals of written legal analysis. Its goal will be to produce written legal analysis using the following skills: predictive writing, rule-based synthesis, working with precedents and statutes, writing and applying rule proofs, working with facts and developing persuasive theory and arguments. Class will be interactive with numerous exercises. There will be a final paper, assigned in class, to be turned in after the completion of the course. All assigned reading is compulsory. When reading chapters, the problems/exercises are optional unless otherwise specified.Mr. Raphael’s two-day course will cover the fundamentals of written legal analysis. Its goal will be to produce written legal analysis using the following skills: predictive writing, rule-based synthesis, working with precedents and statutes, writing and applying rule proofs, working with facts and developing persuasive theory and arguments. Class will be interactive with numerous exercises. There will be a final paper, assigned in class, to be turned in after the completion of the course. All assigned reading is compulsory. When reading chapters, the problems/exercises are optional unless otherwise specified.
Dr. Appleton’s two-day course on legal analysis is divided into to parts. The first part of the course will build upon the teaching in PIL I. Through the study of important WTO cases, students will be given insight into the implementation of international obligations, more specifically WTO obligations. Students will learn how to read and brief WTO decisions, and through this activity learn more about public international law, including treaty interpretation, and the substantive and procedural aspects of WTO dispute settlement. Pointers on legal writing as well as exam-taking techniques will be provided.
The second part of the course aims to give the students an insight into the notions of implementation of international obligations and state responsibility in public international law. Furthermore it will deal with the different methods of dispute settlement in general public international law. In both topics, the particular developments in WTO dispute settlement law will be compared to the general standards in public international law. An overview over the nature and functions of international organisation completes the picture.
Lecturers:
Kenneth Raphael served as in-house counsel with several US-based, Fortune 500 companies for more than 25 years before relocating to Geneva, Switzerland in 2002. He is currently a professor with the International University in Geneva where he teaches English Composition, Corporate Governance, Business Law and International Commercial Law. He also teaches Legal English and Commercial Law at the Moscow State University Faculty of Law in Geneva. Kenneth is also certified by Cambridge University as a qualified teacher of English as a Second Language. Dr. Arthur E. Appleton is a Founding Partner of Appleton Luff – International Lawyers ( www.appletonluff.com) a boutique international trade and arbitration firm with offices in Brussels, Geneva, Singapore, Warsaw and Washington, D.C. Dr. Appleton has more than 20 years of experience in the field of international trade (GATT/WTO) law dating back to the late 1980s when he advised a prominent Asian country during the Uruguay Round negotiations. He works with businesses, sovereign States, international organizations and non-governmental organizations on international trade and arbitration matters and has appeared as lead counsel before the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization. He has published two books and more than 30 articles on trade and arbitration issues, and is a co-editor (with Patrick Macrory and Michael Plummer) of “The World Trade Organization: Legal, Economic and Political Analysis”, a multi-volume work that appeared in spring 2005. Dr. Appleton serves on the Board of Directors of the World Trade Institute, and on the Steering Committee of the International Trade Law Center of the International Law Institute (Washington, D.C.). He is also on the Board of the International Business Lawyers Association (Geneva), and the Editorial Board of Legal Issues of Economic Integration. Dr. Appleton has been recognized in the International Who’s Who of Trade and Customs Lawyers since the year 2000. Prior to forming Appleton Luff, Dr. Appleton was Counsel with White & Case and Of Counsel with Lalive & Partners.
Cost: CHF 1'500
Registration date: 28 September 2009
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Master Programme (MILE) 
