730-446 Globalisation and the Law

If the subject is being taken in the U21 Global Certifcate, students must complete Global Citizenship - Global Issues - an on-line subject offered by the University of British Columbia. Otherwise, no pre or co-requisites will apply.

This course forms part of the U21 Certificate in Global Issues.It will be offered in conjunction with four other member institutions from the Universitas 21 Network - the University of Auckland, the University of British Columbia, the University of Hong Kong and the University of Nottingham. Lecturers located in Melbourne will teach the course. The course asks students to consider the changing role of law (both domestic and international) in the global economy and will use web-based technology to enact certain global processes, facilitating collaboration and comparative approaches across the globe. The course will be offered in modular format and be designed primarily around role play exercises designed to allow students to engage explicitly with key areas in which global flows are at their most turbulent. These modules will be complemented by selected readings which enable students to develop critical and theoretical frameworks to understand 'globalisation.' Each module will take one or two weeks. Issues covered may include worker migration, global capital flows, the impact of global flows on labour and environmental standards, direct foreign investment, development issues, social movements and resistance and globalisation and terror.

There will be an on-line exercise which will take place over the duration of the course. It will involve (i) ongoing collaborative tasks totalling 2000 words 50% and (ii) a written assignment 3000 words 50% (due after the on-line component of the course has been completed). In addition there are two hurdle requirements student must meet in order to pass the subject: (i) participation in an orientation exercise designed to introduce students to the class and to the website and how to navigate it; (ii) the quality of participation in on-line discussion.

All materials will be web-based.