LL412E      Half Unit
International Economic Law I

This information is for the 2025/26 session.

Course Convenor

Dr Giulia Leonelli

Availability

This course is available on the Executive Master of Laws (ELLM). This course is not available as an outside option to students on other programmes.

Available to Executive LLM students only. This course will be offered on the Executive LLM during the four year degree period. The Law School will not offer all Executive LLM courses every year, although some of the more popular courses may be offered in each year, or more than once each year. Please note that whilst it is the Law School's intention to offer all Executive LLM courses, its ability to do so will depend on the availability of the staff member in question. For more information please refer to the Law School website. 

Course content

The World Trade Organisation is in crisis, but globalisation and transnational trade flows are here to stay. The entire international economic law regime is undergoing a profound transformation. The aim of this course is to introduce you to this fast-evolving field of law: its principles, rules, institutions, developments, and academic and policy debates. You will be given a grounding in the jurisprudence of the WTO, but will also be introduced to crossdisciplinary analyses of the broader political, economic and normative contexts in which international economic law is embedded and operates. Key themes will include the current crisis around the international trading system, US-China relations, and the trade and climate change mitigation nexus. Students will be expected to engage with the principles and practice of international economic law both at the technical level, and at the level of critical reflection.

Teaching

24-26 hours of contact time.

Formative assessment

Students will have the option of producing a formative exam question of 2000 words to be delivered one month from the end of the module’s teaching session by email.

 

Indicative reading

P. Van den Bossche and W. Zdouc, The Law and Policy of the World Trade Organization: Text, Cases and Materials, 5th ed., CUP, 2022; M.J. Trebilcock, R. Howse and A. Eliason, The Regulation of International Trade, 4th ed., Routledge, 2012; S. Lester, B. Mercurio and A. Davies, World Trade Law: Texts, Materials and Commentary, 3rd ed., Hart Publishing 2022.

Assessment

Oral examination (100%)


Key facts

Department: LSE Law School

Course Study Period: Autumn Term

Unit value: Half unit

FHEQ Level: Level 7

CEFR Level: Null

Total students 2024/25: Unavailable

Average class size 2024/25: Unavailable

Controlled access 2024/25: No
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