Investment Law

Course: “Law”

Structural unit: Education and Research Law School

Title
Investment Law
Code
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
3 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
Achievement of such competencies as the ability to apply general and special knowledge on legal regulation of investment activity; ability to solve complex problems in the field of lawmaking and law enforcement; ability to identify, pose and solve problems of legal regulation of investment relations; skills of providing legal advice to the participants of investment activity; ability to make well-grounded decisions on the application of legal norms to resolving investment disputes; ability to work in an international context.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Know the provisions of the Economic Code of Ukraine, the Economic Procedural Code of Ukraine, the Civil Code of Ukraine, the legislation on companies, the basics of international public and private law. Be competent with legislation, interpret its rules, resolve conflicts, collect and analyse legal information from national and foreign sources, including online resources, develop legal positions to address legal issues and practical situations. Possess basic skills of legal advice in the field of economic activity, taking into account the peculiarities of a specific situation and resolve disputes between the participants of economic activity with the help of legal methods.
Course content
The discipline informs students about theoretical and practical aspects of legal regulation of investment activities at the national and international legal levels. The following main issues are studied: investments and investment activities; investment law as a sub-branch of economic law of Ukraine and international economic law; state investment policy; investment protection guarantees; legal regulation of foreign investment; legal regulation of construction investment; legal regulation of innovation activity; special legal regimes of investment activity.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Ralph H. Folsom. Foreign Investment Law including Investor-State Arbitrations in a Nutshell. West Academic Publishing, 2022. 556 р. Poyedynok V.V. Legal Regulation of Investment Activity: theoretical problems: a Monograph. Nizhyn. Aspect-Polygraph, 2013. 480 p. Smityukh A.V. Legal Bases of Investment Activity: a Textbook. K .: Istina, 2013. 420 p. Lyubashenko V.I., Gromovenko K.V. International Investment Law: a textbook. Odessa: Phoenix, 2018. 125 p. Investment Policy Framework for Sustainable Development. UNCTAD, 2015. 157 p. Policy Framework for Investment, 2015 Edition. OECD, 2015. 136 p.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Types of classes are lectures and seminars. The main forms of student work at the seminar are solving cases (problems) and a report (presentation). Solving cases is carried out by students in writing according to logical methods in the form of an expert opinion. The basics of logical methods and requirements for the implementation and design of the case solution are explained by the teacher at the first seminar. The purpose of the report is to study a current problem of legal regulation or a specific court / arbitration case or category of cases (case study). The report on the problem includes the student's coverage of key problematic aspects of the issue, the use of main literature sources on this issue and the student's personal conclusions. The report on the materials of the court / arbitration case or category of cases provides coverage by the student of the legal positions of the parties, substantive law, which are in question in the case, and the legal opinion in the case.
Assessment methods and criteria
Types of formative assessment are chosen by the teacher who conducts practical lessons in compliance with the course syllabus. The teacher who conducts seminars processes students’ points scored during coursework and enters them in the student performance evaluation documents. If a student is absent from a seminar for a good reason, he / she may complete the missed lesson in extracurricular time within 7 days after this lesson was missed, during the teacher's consultation. The procedure is carried out by means of oral questioning or another type of task set by the teacher. Points for missed classes are not awarded. At the end of the semester, missed classes are not completed.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

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