Washington College of Law

 

Courses & Credits

Each course is worth 3 credit hours. Students must enroll for a total of 6 credit hours or two courses. All students enrolled in the program must take the International Economic Law course, and then can select either the Human Rights or the Environmental Law course.

Six (6) Credits Total:

• International Economic Law:
  The New European Legal Order (LAW 910-001; 3 credits) - Required.
  This course will provide students with solid instruction on new legal concepts, jurisprudence, and institutions reflecting the globalization of commerce. Particular attention will be given to the expansion and operations of the European Union and its Court of Justice, the Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the World Trade Organization, and other agencies that impact international trade and commerce.

Students then choose between the following two courses:

• International Human Rights Law:
  Changing Concepts, Approaches, & Enforcement (LAW 911-001; 3 credits)
  This course discusses legal developments, court decisions, and international agreements in human rights and humanitarian law, and the more active role undertaken by the European Union, the United Nations Human Rights and Refugees Branches, the International Labor Organization, and the International Committee of the Red Cross, among others, in addressing these problems.

• International Institutions & Sustainable Development
  Environmental Law (LAW 912-001; 3 credits)
  This course focuses on the international institutions responsible for promoting environmental law and sustainable development, including the OECD, the United Nations Environment Program, the World Trade Organization, and various non-governmental organizations.

Class attendance is required. Attendance is normally taken. There is a final exam in Paris for Law 910 and in Geneva for Law 911 or 912. The course grade is based on attendance (30%) and the exam (70%). There will generally be one class period or up to two visits and briefings per day. Some afternoons and most evenings will normally be free for individual activities, studying, or for taking advantage of the many cultural and recreational opportunities available in the countries visited.

Textbooks

It is the responsibility of the students to purchase the appropriate textbooks before leaving for Europe. The latest, most current edition of the book should be purchased.  We will place them on reserve in the WCL library too.

International Economic Law (LAW 910-001)
Professor Andy Pike with guest lectures by Jerry Sheridan

• Detlev F. Vagts, William S. Dodge and Harold H. Koh, Transnational Business Problems. 4th or latest edition. New York: Foundation Press, 2008. ISBN 978 1599410845
   
• Christa Tobler & Jacques Beglinger, Essential EU Law in Text. Budapest: HVG-ORAC, 2010. ISBN 978 963 258 087 6 (available for purchase in Brussels)
   
• Supplement, Paris-Geneva 2011 (provided at no cost to the students by AU/WCL)
   

International Human Rights Law (LAW 911-001)
Professor/Dean Claudio Grossman

Professor Durwood Zaelke