LAW 954: Globalization and Foreign Investment Seminar
This seminar will focus on the increasingly global nature of rules governing securities markets and foreign direct investment. Two general sets of questions will be addressed in the course. First, what are the major vehicles for, as well as institutions and legal frameworks governing, foreign investment and financing, and how are they adapting to the free(er) flow of capital across national boundaries? Second, what are the drivers behind and implications of increasingly global rules for international financings? How are they affecting the social and economic welfare of developed and developing countries alike? The first half of the course will focus on legal regimes for foreign direct investment such a bilateral investment treaties and integration arrangements such as GATS, NAFTA, and ASEAN. The second will center on capital markets and their regulation by private and public authorities (e.g., exchanges and national securities regulators). The seminar should be of particular interest to students planning careers in international business transactions, international finance, and public policy work in economic development. Enrollment limited. [3]
