COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INVESTMENT LAW AND EU

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AVB 6024 INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INVESTMENT LAW AND EU ELECTIVE 3 0 0 10

Offered By

European Studies

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR PINAR KARACAN

Offered to

European Studies

Course Objective

The main purpose of this course is to discuss EU s legal structure and its trade and investment policies. Understanding the legal framework of decision-making mechanism and the institutional structure of EU has become an important issue after the Lisbon Treaty was signed. For this purpose, EU and WTO will be analysed with particular reference to the responsibilities of their member states. Also, the settlements of the disputes regarding trade and investment law will be referred.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand EU s trade and investment law and policies,
2   To understand the role of EU institutions in establishing trade policies,
3   Be able to evaluate new trade policies of the EU,
4   Be able to evaluate EU-WTO relations,
5   To evaluate and analyse the role of EU in multilateral trade system.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: The Concept of International Trade Law
2 The Concept of International Investment Law
3 Lisbon Treaty and trade assessment
4 Lisbon Treaty and investment assessment
5 World Trade Organisation and its Principles
6 World Trade Organisation and its Agreements -1-
7 World Trade Organisation and its Agreements -2-
8 Assessment of EU and WTO
9 EU and Investment
10 International Investment Rules
11 International Agreements and Investment and EU
12 WTO and Dispute Settlement
13 Investment and Dispute Settlement
14 Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Main materials: EU Agreements. Articles will be supplied weekly before classes.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, discussions, group study.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Term Project: Presentation %20 and Participation %10 total %30

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Students have to comply with the University Regulations on attendance.
Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 10 140
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 25 25
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 248

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.14
LO.254
LO.3453
LO.44
LO.53

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