Faculty of Law, The University of West Indies at Mona

LA33C International Development and Economic Law
	1. General The completion of Public International Law I and Public International Law II is a prerequisite for this course. This course will be taught either in the second semester of the second year or second semester of the third year of the programme. This is an optional course. 2. Course Objective This course analyses the regional and international ‘constitutional’ framework of the regulatory legal system affecting North-South economic relations. The course is complementary to both the Law and International Organisations and Trade Relations Law II. It is, nevertheless, capable of being studied independently of these other options. 3. Course Content i. The growth of International Development Law 78 ii. The fundamental law of the " Bretton Woods System" involving GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade) and the International Monetary Fund. iii. Legal aspects of International Finance and Development Institutions: (a) global (b) regional (c) national iv. The institutional framework of bilateral preferential trade/aid agreements. v. The CARICOM Common Market's Special Regime for the Less Developed Countries. 4. Method of Teaching This course will be taught in small group seminars and meet for three hours per week. 5. Method of Assessment This course will be assessed by one project/paper during the semester which will account for 25% of the final mark and one two-hour final examination at the end of the semester in which it is taught. Students will be required to answer two questions selected from a total of four questions in the examination.