国际通识课程 15.Syllabus of International Economic Law

SYLLABUS OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW

Instructor: Zhao Pu

Office Phone: 021-51278084

Email:apu726@sina.com

 Office: Room 829

REQUIRED TEXT

 International Economic Law

OBJECTIVES & CONTENTS

 Through the studying of this course by pure English, the students are required to master the basic concepts, basic theories and basic knowledge of the international economic law. And be familiar with international trade law, international investment law, international financial law and the specific rules and system of the other branches of the international law. Based on this, the students are required to improve their abilities to analysis and solving specific questions in international transactions by using these theoretical knowledge and specific rules. By using the model of English teaching to improve the students' ability of applying knowledge of English in mastering international economic law, ultimately achieve English and legal knowledge to synchronous progress.

COURSE ASSESSMENT

• Class Attendance: 10%. Responsible attendance is expected of each individual enrolled in this course. Iwill circulate a sign-up sheet every day that we are scheduled to meet and you will forfeit one full percentagepoint for every unexcused absence beyond three. If you miss a lecture you are responsible for obtaining anymissed notes and/or handouts on your own unless you are officially excused.

You may be officially excused from a class meeting for one of four reasons: (1) You have an illness that prevents you from attending class and a doctor's note to that effect; (2) You have a personal emergency like a death in the family and are either excused before class or can document the emergency afterwards; (3) You have a university sponsored obligation (participation in a sporting event or student organization sponsored project)and are excused before the examination or case presentation; or, (4) You have the absence officially excused in writing by the Dean of Economics & Management.

• Group/individual presentation & Class discussion: 20%. Students will be assigned presentations on the course topics, and are encouraged to actively participate in the class discussion.

• Assignment: 20%. The students should finish the assignments such as key concepts, questions for review, problems and application in the related chapters, and hand in them on time.

• Examinations: 50%. There will be 2 examinations (please note specific days and dates listed in the calendar) including the Midterm and Final examinations during this semester. Midterm Exam will be worth 20%, while the Final will be worth 30%. The questions will come from the assigned reading material, the lecture notes, as well as classdiscussions and exercises. Test paper will be presented withdefining, multiple choice, true/false, short essay, and long essay questions.

COURSE CONTENTS