JUS5851 - International Investment Law
Course content
The course concerns the relationship between foreign investors and host country governments under international law. The main focus of the course is on the protection of foreign investment against political interference from the host country government, but the potential responsibilites of the foreign investor against the host country and its population will also be dealt with.
Protection of foreign investment has always been a part of international law. Since world war II, and especially during the last 10-20 years, the field has however undergone a transformation. While foreign investors earlier had to rely on diplomatic protection from their home state, international investment law to day is based on a system of arbitral settlement of disputes between the investors and host country governments. As a consequence, this field has now acquired a genuine and practical significance, both for companies making investments abroad and for the host countries where such investments are made.
The course encompasses the history, development and basic architecture of international investment law, as well as the main rules and standards of the substantive law as set out in primarily bilateral investment treaties and developed by international arbitral tribunals through arbitral practice.
The aim of the course is to develop an understanding of the nature and function of the various legal instruments, mechanisms and processes constituting international investment law, as well as the key issues of the substantive law. The course also aims to provide a critical perspective on the function of the law and its future development.
Learning outcome
The course aims to give an understanding of the nature and function of the various legal instruments, mechanisms and processes constituting international investment law. It further aims to develop an in-depth understanding of key issues of the substantive law and policy of foreign investment protection, as well as a critical perspective on the function of the law and its future development.
You may read more about achievement requirements under Detailed course information for the current semester.
Admission
Id does not exist in shared textYou may register for this course if you have admission to a Master’s programme at UiO or the faculty's exchange programme. You can also register for this course if you do not have admission to any programme at UiO, but meet the formal prerequistites.
All students are required meet the formal prerequistites.
Have you met the formal prerequisites at another institution than the University of Oslo, and the results are not formally registered at UiO, you must apply for admission to courses at Master’s level . Students with admission to Master’s degree programmes at other faculties than The Faculty of Law must also apply for admission.
When your admission is in order you must register for courses in StudentWeb
Id does not exist in shared textPrerequisites
Formal prerequisite knowledge
Students must fill one of these requirements:
- Passed 1st - 3rd year of studies in Master's of Law (masterstudiet i rettsvitenskap at UiO) or examinations that qualify for exemption from these) or
- Having a 5-years Master’s degree in Laws (masterstudiet i rettsvitenskap at UiO) or equivalent.
Students with admission to the faculty’s exchange programme and students with admission to any master’s degree programme at the University of Oslo (except masterstudiet i rettsvitenskap) has an exemption from the formal prerequisites.
Recommended previous knowledge
Students are expected to have basic knowledge of international law.
Teaching
Lectures/seminars.
Language of teaching for this course is English. This means that all communication during lectures/seminars will be in English, and all literature and auxiliary materials are in English.
Access to teaching
Id does not exist in shared textExamination
Written examination, 4 hours.
Examination support material
Id does not exist in shared textRegulations for support materials permitted at examination for courses taught in English . Please read all three chapters.
Language of examination
Id does not exist in shared textThe language of examination for this course is English: the examination question will be given in English, and students
may answer in English only.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
Explanations and appeals
You may request an explanation of your grades, and you may also appeal against your grades or make a complaint about formal examination errors. Read more about explanations and appeals.
Resit an examination
You can usually resit an exam, but the conditions depend on whether you had a valid reason for absence from the regular exam. Read more about resitting an exam.
Withdrawal from an examination
Id does not exist in shared textA student can sit for this exam up to 3 times. If a student wishes to withdraw from the exam, s/he must do this in StudentWeb at least
two weeks prior to the first day of the exam. Failure to do so will be counted as one of the three opportunities to sit for the exam.
A study programme may have rules that further limit the number of times a student may re-take this exam. In such instances the rules of the study programme will have priority.
Special examination arrangements
If you have a disability or a health problem that entails significant inconvenience in an examination situation, you may be considered for special examination arrangements. Mothers who are breastfeeding may apply for extra time to complete the exam.
Evaluation
Feedback from our students is essential to us in our efforts to ensure and further improve the high quality of our programmes and courses. All courses are subject to continuous evaluation. At regular intervals we also ask students on a particular course to participate in a more comprehensive, periodic evaluation of this course.
Other
The language for this course is English. Students enrolled in the
Masterprogrammet i rettsvitenskap must pass one
English subject as part of their degree, this course will meet these
obligations.