SOLM032 Globalisation and the Law (Sem 2)

Module Description

• Introduction: globalisation in historical perspective
• Companies and group of companies I: commercial and legal perspectives
• Companies and group of companies II: Nexus of contracts and property rights
• Case studies: ENRON and HSBC
• Protecting MNEs I: the national level – the corporate veil
• Protecting MNEs II: the international/transnational level - the vanishing veil
• Group and network liability: The Saro-Wiwa controversy
• States and and Non-State Actors I: obligations of States and MNEs
• States and Non-State Actors II: policy networks and law production: the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
• States and Non-State Actors III: NGOs, social movements and the law
• Global governance I: the rule of law in a globalised world 
• Global governance II: international financial institutions, trade and investment
• Global governance III: debt and development
• The importance of tax evasion and avoidance: the joy of tax.
• Sovereignty
• Companies and human rights law
• Climate change, the environment and globalised trade and investment

Applicable Groupings

• LLM in Commercial and Corporate Law
• LLM in International Business Law
• LLM in Energy and Natural Law
• LLM in International Economic Law

Mode of Assessment

 3,000-4,000 word essay

Credits

15 Credits