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ANU Law School · ANU College of Law, Governance and Policy
This course introduces students to the emerging field of International Law and Political Economy (ILPE). It invites students to engage critically with two central questions: first, how international law relates to the global (mal)distribution of power and wealth; and secondly, how the global political economy shapes the production and knowledge of international law. The course begins by introducing a range of theoretical and analytical approaches to the study of ILPE, drawing on history, political economy, international relations, and regional studies. It then examines selected topics within the global political economy and critically explores the role of international law in structuring and responding to economic change. Students will analyse how specific doctrines, principles, institutions and regimes of international law enable or constrain transformations in the global political economy, and how these transformations in turn reshape international law as a field of practice and knowledge production. The course equips students with conceptual and analytical tools to assess contemporary and emerging challenges facing international law and the evolving world order.
The proposed means of assessment for this course will provide students with at least two pieces of assessment, including one piece during the teaching period. More information about the means of assessment, including the relationship between the assessment and the learning outcomes of the course, will be available in the class summary and on the course Canvas page.
- Classes offered in non-standard sessions will be taught semi-intensively with compulsory contact hours of approximately 26 hours of face to face teaching. The course will also require advanced preparation through assigned readings. In total, it is anticipated that the hours required for completion of this course (class preparation, teaching and completion of assessment) will not exceed 120 hours. - Classes offered during semester periods are expected to have three contact hours per week. Students are generally expected to devote at least 10 hours overall per week to this course. In total, it is anticipated that the hours required for completion of this course (class preparation, teaching and completion of assessment) will not exceed 120 hours.
Students must rely on the approved Class Summary which will be posted to the Programs and Courses site approximately two weeks prior to the commencement of the course. Alternatively, this information will be published in the Program course list when finalised. Preliminary Reading Students must rely on the approved Class Summary which will be posted to the Programs and Courses site approximately two weeks prior to the commencement of the course. Alternatively, this information will be published in the Program course list when finalised.