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Course profile

Law of the World Trade Organization (LAWS7853)

Study period
Sem 1 2025
Location
External
Attendance mode
Online

Course overview

Study period
Semester 1, 2025 (24/02/2025 - 21/06/2025)
Study level
Postgraduate Coursework
Location
External
Attendance mode
Online
Units
2
Administrative campus
St Lucia
Coordinating unit
Law School

An examination of the regulation of international trade by member states of the World Trade Organization, including trade in goods and services, investment, intellectual property and dispute settlement.

This course will introduce the international legal rules, principles and institutions of the World Trade Organization. Students who undertake this course will gain an understanding of the WTO legal regime through the major WTO Agreements as well as of substantive WTO law, drawing on reports of the WTO Appellate Body and panels. The course will cover the basic principles relating to trade in goods and trade in services, as well as some of the more specialised WTO Agreements. These will be examined through a consideration of the WTO Agreements and the legal disputes that have arisen under those agreements, including those relating to the environment, public health, and national security. Students will frequently encounter differing legal, policy, and economic perspectives in the field of WTO law. Students will be asked to think critically about the effect of the WTO’s legal regime and to develop their own views and thinking in light of these diverging perspectives and the descriptive nature of the course. Although not a prerequisite, students are advised that some knowledge of international law, international relations and/or economics would be a distinct advantage.

Course requirements

Restrictions

LLM, MICLaw, MIL and MIR/MIL
Quota: Minimum of 12 enrolments

Course contact

Course staff

Lecturer

Timetable

The timetable for this course is available on the UQ Public Timetable.

Additional timetable information

LAWS7853 is taught intensively for four days from 9am-5pm on 12, 13 April & 24, 25 May.