開講科目名
担当教員

Introduction to International Business Law
Keith Carpenter、川島 富士雄、James玉田 大、齋藤Claxton、彰

開講区分

単位数

前期1単位

授業のテーマと到達目標【Theme】This class is aimed at teaching the basic and fundamental issues of international business law.
【Objectives】For students who are willing to enlarge their knowledge about business law, internationalcommercial law, international economic law, this class will be a good place to start their study. In this class,students are required to learn the basic notions and structures of the relevant law areas (such as international
investment law, law of WTO and law of international transactions.

授業の概要と計画【Outline】This class is composed of the following lectuers, but subject to some changes of order (depending on
the availability of professors).
【Plan】
1st: Introduction, in which all the members of staff and lecturers will attend and will provide students with theirbackgrounds and basic information about the class and the course itself (especially about the GMAP course)
2nd and 3rd: "What's the law of international transactions and of international arbitration?" (by Professor Saito)
4th: "How to study legal English" (by Professor Carpenter)
5th: "What's the law of international investment?" (by Professor Tamada)
6th: "What's the practice of international arbitration?" (by Professor Claxton)
7th and 8th: "What's WTO Law?" (by Professor Kawashima).

成績評価と基準【Evaluation】Evaluation depends on the attendance to the class and the submission of papers at the end oflectures (namely at the end of the 1st quarter).
【Criteria】Students are required to know the basic structure of the relevant areas of law and to be able toexplain what the difference among them.

履修上の注意（準備学習・復習、関連科目情報等を含む）【Notes】Students are not required to know "international law" in general. But, it's recommended to know thebasic idea of "public international law", "private international law", and "international law of transactions".
【Revision】It is strongly recommended to revise what students studied in the class. In addition, it is possible forthem to ask questions to GMAP lecturers.

オフィスアワー・連絡先
In the starting Information session of this class, all the email adresses will be announced to the attending
students. In addition to this, this class is organised by Professor Tamada (tamada<at>port.kobe-u.ac.jp), so if
sutdents need to know anything about this classe, it is allowed to contact him.

学生へのメッセージ
Please be relaxed to attend the class. This class if for beginners of international business law. Very fortunately, you
can learn the basic international business law at Kobe University and advance further your study in someprogrammes. So, if you are interested in foreign and international aspects of law, this class can be stronglyrecommended.

今年度の工夫The order of the class is intentionally arranged for starting the public law aspect of international business law.
This class was 2 weeks lectures, but from 2016, this became 1 week intensive class. So, students will be able tomaintain their concentration in one week.

教科書
All the necessary materials will be distributed by each lecturer in eack class. There is no text book, nor material
which students are required to buy or print out before the class.

参考書・参考資料等
授業における使用言語
Englishキーワード
History of Japanese Law, corporate law, labour law, legal sociology, social security,