| Learning objectives |
On succesful completion of the course, students
should be able to:
- Identify, explain and critically assess the relationship
between law, international business and the global economy
- Identify, explain and critically assess a range of concepts and
research methods used in the study of law and society
- Link the concepts to the empirical material in a
methodologically reflexive manner that demonstrates independent
thinking
- Be able to evidence a strong and comprehensive knowledge of the
course curriculum in submissions
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| Examination |
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Law and Global
Business:
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| Exam
ECTS |
7,5 |
| Examination form |
Home assignment - written product |
| Individual or group exam |
Individual exam |
| Size of written product |
Max. 10 pages |
| Assignment type |
Essay |
| Duration |
2 weeks to prepare |
| Grading scale |
7-point grading scale |
| Examiner(s) |
One internal examiner |
| Exam period |
Winter |
| Make-up exam/re-exam |
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
Same examination form as the
ordinary exam. A new exam assignment must be answered. This applies
to all students (failed, ill, or otherwise).
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Description of the exam
procedure
Home assignment – written product
Students are expected to develop a topic for their exam paper
themselves, which involves an application of concepts and methods
studied in the course to current problems at the intersection of
law, international business and the global
economy.
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| Course content, structure and pedagogical
approach |
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This course concerns the international legal aspects of business
and markets. International law and practices of legal professionals
are crucial in conditioning and transforming the way in which
business is organized across time and space. Tax, trade,
inequality, climate crisis and the firm are legal issues. Law is
ubiquitous in the global economy and determines dynamics and
outcomes. This course addresses key legal regimes that condition
international business and the global economy. It equips students
in the analysis of core business related legal issues, the role of
law in business interactions and management, and the legal basis of
interactions between corporations and public institutions, such as
governments, international organizations and legal bodies. In
particular, it introduces students to topics, including law and
corporate governance, law and supply chain management, law and
international trade, international commercial arbitration, law and
international finance, international investment law, and
international taxation. The course is co-taught by lecturers
trained in law as well as other non-law business related
disciplines. It follows an interdisciplinary and law-in-context
approach. It introduces students to main theories and concepts to
identify and analyze the legal and regulatory regimes around
international business and the global economy, including concepts
and methods drawn from the intellectual fields of Law and Political
Economy, Critical Legal Studies, and Socio-Legal Studies. It
combines these theories and concepts with concrete legal cases and
texts.
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| Description of the teaching methods |
| Lectures, group and class discussions, and guest
lectures. The teaching is case-based and students will be
introduced to and discuss case studies that combine law,
international business and the global economy. |
| Feedback during the teaching period |
| The course is designed to enable continuous
feedback. Students will be given in-class feedback through class
discussions, peer-to-peer discussions, and case work, and
collective feedback based on online feedback tools available via
Canvas. The last lecture of the course is an exercise class in
which students will be presented with questions and tasks that
prepare for the final written exam. During this session the
lecturer will be available to provide feedback. Students are
strongly encouraged to make use of the office hours of the course
coordinator and lecturers to gain further information about course
themes. |
| Student workload |
| Preparation time (readings, group work etc.) |
130 hours |
| Lectures |
30 hours |
| Exam (incl. preparation for the exam and actual exam
period) |
48 hours |
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| Expected literature |
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Textbook chapters, academic articles, and key legal cases.
A comprehensive reading list can be found in the course plan that
will be published on CBS Learn before classes begin. Readings
include:
- Baars, Grietje et al. (2016). The Role of Law in Global Value
Chains: A Research Manifesto. London Review of
International Law 4 (1): 57-79.
- Barkan, Joshua (2011). Law and
the Geographic Analysis
of Economic Globalization. Progress in Human
Geography 35(5): 589-607.
- Carruthers, B., & Halliday, T. C. (2007). The Recursivity
of Law: Global Norm Making and National Lawmaking in the
Globalization of Corporate Insolvency Regimes. American
Journal of Sociology, 112(4): 1135-1202.
- Cutler, A Claire (2003). Private Power and Global
Authority: Transnational Merchant Law in the Global Political
Economy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Cutler, A Claire & Lark, David (2020). The Hidden Costs of
Law in the Governance of Global Supply Chains: The Turn to
Arbitration. Review of International Political
Economy. Published online: 16 Sep 2020.
- Deakin, S., Gindis, D., Hodgson, G., M., Kainan, & Pistor,
K. (2017). Legal Institutionalism: Capitalism and the Constitutive
Role of Law. Journal of Comparative Economics, 45(1):
188-200.
- Robé, Jean-Philippe (2012). Being Done With Milton Friedman.
Accounting, Economics, and Law 2(2): 1-31.
- Seabrooke, Leonard & Wigan, Duncan (2017). The
Governance of Global Wealth Chains. Review of
International Political Economy, 24(1): 1-29.
- Wai, Robert S. (2002). Transnational Liftoff and
Juridical Touchdown: The Regulatory Function of Private
International Law in an Era of Globalization. Columbia
Journal of Transnational Law 40 (2):
209-274.
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