LAWS6846 - Human Rights & the Global Economy
Objectives
- Examine how the global economy and human rights interrelate and interact.
- Explore how this interaction occurs in the courts and legislatures, in corporate board rooms and in the corridors of the UN and the international trade and financial organisations.
- Gain an understanding of how the law regulates this interaction in the context of domestic or international law as well as ‘hard’ or ‘soft’ law.
Content
The promotion of free market ideology through trade liberalisation; the protection of human rights through the universalisation of the norms that underpin human dignity.
Session
Semester 2 Intensive
27-28 August & 3-4 September 2010
The timetable is subject to frequent changes. Please refer to the latest version of the Postgraduate Timetable.
Assessment
- 1 x 8,000 Word Essay (100%)
Courses this unit is available in
Master of Laws | Graduate Diploma in Law | Master of Global Law |Master of Business Law | Graduate Diploma in Corporate, Securities and Finance Law | Master of International Law | Graduate Diploma in International Law