SOLM032 Globalisation and the Law

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

15 Credits