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Learning outcomes
Identify and evaluate the context and foundational doctrines and principles of international environmental law and international intellectual property law
Recognize and have a deeper understanding of the areas of conflict, challenges and opportunities between international IP, international environmental and international trade laws
Reflect critically on the roles that intellectual property rights and international trade rules play in fostering or inhibiting innovation including in the area of green technology
Research and critically assess the existing context and the opportunities for the development of national and international laws to promote a global green economy
Learn from each other in a cross-disciplinary and multi-jurisdictional perspective about strategies and models for legal development to promote the desired ends.
Assessment summary
Attendance requirement: students who fail to attend at least 80% of the classes in this unit (ie who miss 3 or more classes) will receive a result of 0 N for the unit. Students who are unable to meet this requirement due to severe illness or other exceptional circumstances must make an application for in-semester special consideration with supporting documentation.
1. Seminar presentation: 25%
2. Research assignment (5625 words): 75%
Seminar presentation would require the student to lead part of a class and facilitate group and class discussion. Both professors teaching the unit would be present for the class presentation so that requirements of mark verification would be met.