1. General
This course will be taught either in the first or second semester of the third year
of the LL.B. programme. This course is an optional course.

2. Course Objectives
The course is designed to provide an introduction to the rules of international
law foreign investment. It complements International Development and
Economic Law and Trade Relations Law II. The content of the course is
nevertheless designed so that it is capable of being studied independently of
these other options.

3. Course Content
i. Traditional Perspectives and General Codes of Conduct
ii. Bilateral Investment Treaties
iii. Regional Arrangements
iv. Multilateral Legal Framework: Regulation of Trade-Related Investment
Measures, Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, and Services
v. State Responsibility
vi. Settlement of Disputes: International Commercial Arbitration

4. Method of Teaching
This course will be taught in small group seminars and will meet for three hours
per week.

5. Method of Assessment
This course will be assessed by way of one assignment during the semester
which will account for 1/3 of the final mark and one two hour 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.
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