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TPB2012-024
Sequence: module A, B and C must be attempted before D
Legal and ethical issues in reproduction
Abortion
Embryo and stem cell research
Assisted conception
Surrogacy
Multinational enterprises and the law
Sequence: the modules must be attempted in order.
Module A [LWM40A]
Multinational enterprises in context
Globalisation and the rise of the multinational enterprise (MNE)
Company and international law
State-MNE-civil society relations
MNEs and the creation and convergence of law
‘Effective’ legal systems for investment
Culture, foreign investment and the law
Module B [LWM40B]
Sequence: module A must be attempted before module B
National regulation of multinational enterprises
Keeping MNEs out, and drawing them in
Legislating over MNEs
Enforcing law against MNEs
Extending liability to MNEs groups and directors
Module C [LWM40C]
Sequence: modules A and B must be attempted before module C
International regulation and protection of multinational enterprises
Bilateral investment treaties
Multilateral standards for treatment and behaviour of MNEs
Renegotiation and expropriation
Settling disputes between states and MNEs
Module D [LWM40D]
Sequence: modules A, B and C must be attempted before module D
Fields of concern for multinational enterprises
Corporate governance, accounting and disclosure
Taxation and transfer pricing
Technology transfer and intellectual property rights
Labour standards and human rights
Corruption
Press law
(not yet available – this course is not expected to be available before 2015) †
Deleted: 2013
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