LAWS77-746: International Investment and Trade Law

Description

International Investment and Trade Law is an elective subject in postgraduate programs offered by the Faculty of Law. It examines the international legal frameworks for cross-border investment and trade. The subject considers contemporary and emerging investment and trade trends, Regional and Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreements, business planning considerations and dispute resolution mechanisms. Investment structures examined include joint ventures, the appointment of distributors and agents, licensing and other technology transfer arrangements and the acquisition of local companies and property. Trade institutions and the international trade law system examined include the World Trade Organisation; the World Bank Group; the International Monetary Fund; the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; Australia's Free Trade Agreements; intellectual property and the digital economy.

Subject details

Type: Postgraduate Subject
Code: LAWS77-746
EFTSL: 0.125
Faculty: Faculty of Law
Semesters offered:
  • January 2025 [Non-Standard Offering]
  • January 2026 [Non-Standard Offering]
Credit: 10
Study areas:
  • Law
Subject fees:
  • Commencing in 2024: $5,560.00
  • Commencing in 2025: $5,680.00
  • Commencing in 2026: $5,800.00
  • Commencing in 2024: $6,220.00
  • Commencing in 2025: $6,500.00
  • Commencing in 2026: $6,800.00

Learning outcomes

  1. Understand the regulation of cross-border investment and trade.
  2. Appreciate the impact of investment and trading decisions across a range of areas of economic and social activity.
  3. Understand the framework and method of international dispute resolution.
  4. Understand how investment and trade law is fashioned by the balance of conflicting national interests.
  5. Understand and be capable of assessing the international legal structures for investment and trade.

Enrolment requirements

Requisites:

Nil
Assumed knowledge:

Assumed knowledge is the minimum level of knowledge of a subject area that students are assumed to have acquired through previous study. It is the responsibility of students to ensure they meet the assumed knowledge expectations of the subject. Students who do not possess this prior knowledge are strongly recommended against enrolling and do so at their own risk. No concessions will be made for students’ lack of prior knowledge.

Juris Doctor students are expected to have completed a minimum of 80 credit points of compulsory law subjects.
Restrictions:

This subject is available to Law Study Abroad and Law Exchange students.

This subject is not available as a general elective. To be eligible for enrolment, the subject must be specified in the students’ program structure.

Anti-requisites:

Subject outlines

Subject dates

  • Non-Standard Offering
    Enrolment opens: 10/11/2024
    Semester start: 03/02/2025
    Subject start: 03/02/2025
    Last enrolment: 12/02/2025
    Teaching census: 23/02/2025
    Withdraw - Financial: 24/02/2025
    Withdraw - Academic: 09/03/2025
  • Non-Standard Offering
    Enrolment opens: 16/11/2025
    Semester start: 02/02/2026
    Subject start: 02/02/2026
    Last enrolment: 01/02/2026
    Teaching census: 22/02/2026
    Withdraw - Financial: 23/02/2026
    Withdraw - Academic: 08/03/2026
Non-Standard Offering
Enrolment opens: 10/11/2024
Semester start: 03/02/2025
Subject start: 03/02/2025
Last enrolment: 12/02/2025
Teaching census: 23/02/2025
Withdraw - Financial: 24/02/2025
Withdraw - Academic: 09/03/2025