INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAWModulo INTERNATIONAL LAW ON TRADE AND FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Anno accademico 2024/2025 - Docente: Calogero Alfio PETTINATORisultati di apprendimento attesi
Modalità di svolgimento dell'insegnamento
Prerequisiti richiesti
Frequenza lezioni
Contenuti del corso
Testi di riferimento
1. VAN DEN BOSSCHE P., PREVOST D., Essentials of WTO Law, Cambridge, 2021;
2. QURESHI A. H., ZIEGLER A. R., International Economic Law, London, 2019, 4th ed., pp. 533-599;
3. BORN G. B., International Arbitration – Law and Practice, Alphen aan den Rijin, 2016, pp. 417-449.
4. FARUQUE A., Validity and Efficacy of Stabilisation Clauses. Legal Protection vs. Functional Value, in Journal of International Arbitration, 2006, 4, pp. 317-336.
Verifica dell'apprendimento
Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento
Per gli studenti non frequentanti l’esame sarà orale. Quanto al Modulo 1, per gli studenti frequentanti è prevista una prova intermedia della durata di due ore sul sistema OMC, in forma scritta, con due domande a risposta aperta; mentre, l’esame in materia di tutela degli investimenti internazionali sarà orale.
Esempi di domande e/o esercizi frequenti
The functions of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
The bodies of the WTO.
The decision-making process within the WTO.
The sources of the WTO legal system and their relationship with domestic legal systems of Member States.
The Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment and National Treatment.
The reciprocity principle.
The regional trade agreements.
The general exceptions to the principles of the WTO legal system.
Basic rules on Trade in goods, Non-tariff barriers to trade, Anti-dumping and subsidies.
The basic rules of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (G.A.T.S.).
The basic rules of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs).
The settlement of disputes system in the WTO.
Sources of international law in the field of foreign investments and their relationship with the domestic legal systems.
Principles and rules of customary international law on the protection of aliens and their economic interests.
The diplomatic protection.
Bilateral treaties on reciprocal promotion and protection of foreign investments (BITs).
The settlement of investment disputes: the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (I.C.S.I.D.).
The applicable law to investment disputes and autonomy of the parties (the stabilization clauses in investment contracts).
The insurance guarantee of foreign investments: The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (M.I.G.A.) and the most important domestic systems.