Module Name |
Module Code |
Lecture Hrs |
Practical Hrs |
Credits |
| Law of International Trade |
LAWS3110Y(5) |
3 |
0 |
6 |
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| Description |
| Origines du droit international public, sa nature et son élaboration; les sources du droit international public: les traités et conventions internationales et régionales (notions générales, conditions de validité, effets et extinction des traités), les coutumes, les principes généraux du droit, les décisions de la jurisprudence, l'équité, les actes juridiques internationaux;The historical background of International Economic Relations, globalisation, sustainable development and trade; GATT; WTO; Organisation resolution of Disputes; LOME/COTONOU Convention; Regional dimension of trade: The preferential trade area, The free trade area, The customs Union, The single market, The economic and monetary union, their organisations, main bodies, implications in the context of globalisation, European Union, NAFTA, COMESA,SADC, SACU, EPA.
Regulation of Imports and Exports; International Economic Organisation; BIRD; World Bank; IMF; International Contracts; Financing of International Trade; Letters of Credit and other mode of payment; Transport; Carriage of goods, Insurance and Bill of Lading;
The World Trade Organisation agreements: understanding its framework, substantive aspects (antidumping, countervailing duties, import licensing, preshipment inspection, rules of origins, Sanitary and Phyto-sanitary, Measures of Safeguard, Standards) and interpretation of agreements, main issues, main bodies and disputes resolution, amicus curiae, burden of proof, caselaw regarding the dispute settlement bodies. Mauritius between regionalisation and globalisation: the Sugar Protocol, mitigation of erosion of preferences, special and differential treatment, as a Small Island Developing States.
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| Faculty |
Department |
| FACULTY OF LAW AND MANAGEMENT |
Department of Law |
| Contact Details |
Administrative assistant: TASLIMA BOODHUN-JHUMKA
Telephone: 4037400
Email: t.boodhun@uom.ac.mu |
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