Case Study(International Law 1)

Description

This aims at acquiring basic and practical knowledge of WTO law and WTO dispute settlement procedure through (1) the analysis of past WTO dispute cases and (2) WTO moot court exercise.
First several classes are devoted to (1) introductory lecture on WTO law and WTO dispute settlement and (2) the in-depth analysis of WTO dispute settlement procedure by examining a few WTO cases. The rest of the classes are devoted to WTO moot court exercise, where participants prepare written and oral submissions of the complainant and the respondent and draft reports of the panel.
The class is conducted in English.

Textbooks
1 WTO, A Handbook on the WTO Dispute Settlement System, Cambridge Univ. Pr., 2004.
Reference materials
1 Mitsuo Matsushita, Thomas J. Schoenbaum & Petros C. Mavroidis, The World Trade Organization: Law, Practice, and Policy,
2nd ed., Oxford U. Pr., 2006.
2 WTO Appellate Body Secretariat, WTO Appellate Body Repertory of Reports and Awards 1995-2004, Cambridge U.Pr., 2005.

Course materials

WTO agreements and past reports of the panel and the Appellate Body, which are available from the WTO website (http://www.wto.org). Other materials that are not easily available will be distributed.

Evaluation

By classroom discussion and reports