International Financial Law
Course: International Trade Regulation
Structural unit: Educational and scientific institute of international relations
Title
International Financial Law
Code
ОК3
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
1 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
PLO 6. To demonstrate the ability of a comprehensive legal and (in cooperation with relevant specialists) economic analysis of an international commercial and other economic project to identify the main legal and non-legal, but related to the legal framework of economic activity risks.
PLO 4. Demonstrate the ability to conduct business in international judicial institutions and other international institutions, general and specialized, in order to resolve international disputes, protect interests, the state, individuals and legal entities.
Form of study
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Knowledge of the basics of Private International Law.
2. Ability to analyze and establish the content of rights and obligations of international
law subjects in accordance with the provisions of certain international treaties.
3. Have the basic skills of legal analysis and synthesis, critical thinking, working out of a considerable amount of legal material while providing one’s own conclusions
and proposals.
4. Proficiency in English
Course content
The educational discipline ‘International Financial Law’ is aimed at familiarizing students with the historical development of international legal regulation of financial relations, peculiarities of sources and principles of international financial law, activities of international organizations in the field of international financial regulation, peculiarities of international responsibility, implementation of international legal norms in financial regulation; the discipline is also aimed at familiarizing students with the international legal aspects of the regulation of particular sophisticated financial transactions, international legal aspects of the protection from financial risks, legal regulation of cooperation of states in the field of international financial regulation.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
SUGGESTED READING:
1. Dalhuisen J.H. Dalhuisen on Transnational Comparative, Commercial, Financial and Trade Law. – Oxford: Hart, 2010. Vol. 3.
2. Vygovskyy O.I. Textbook on International Financial Law / O.I. Vygovskyy. – K.: Publishing and Polygraphic Centre “The University of Kyiv”, 2017.
3. Wood, Ph. R. Conflict of Laws and International Finance. – London, Sweet & Maxwell, 2007.
4. Wood, Ph. R. International Loans, Bonds, Guarantees, Legal opinions. – London, Sweet & Maxwell, 2007.
5. Wood, Ph. R. Law and Practice of International Finance. – London, Sweet&Maxwell, 2008.
6. Wood, Ph. R. Project Finance, Securitisations, Subordinated Debts. – London, Sweet & Maxwell, 2007.
Additional literature:
1. Arner D. W. Globalisation of Financial Markets: An International Passport for Securities Offerings? – London: London Institute of International Banking, Finance and Development Law, 2002.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, solving practical cases, the execution of self-study tasks; performing group tasks-simulations
Assessment methods and criteria
Forms of student assessment:
semester assessment is conducted in the form of testing knowledge, skills in the general / final assessment system:
1. considering the performance at the seminar (participation in the discussion) ‒ 10%;
2. in the form of writing individual analytical papers ‒ 25%;
3. in the form of presentation of the individual topic of the report ‒ 15%;
4. in the form of writing the midterm paper consisting of test tasks ‒ 10%. Control and assessment of knowledge is executed according to the module rating system and it is proposed to assess: the maximum for the subject - 100 points, which includes 60 points ‒work during the semester and 40 points ‒ the exam.
module control: for two modules ‒ up to 60 points (30 + 30); final control:
exam (paperwork) ‒ up to 40 points
Language of instruction
Ukrainian/English
Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline