Summer School Program (Transnational Governance, International Law, and Global Capitalism)

International economic law has entered the mainstream. Politicians debate the intricacies of free trade agreements, newspapers run stories about investor protection mechanisms, and popular movements use collective action to undermine intellectual property provisions.
In this course, we will counter the trade by uniting these three models to better understand the dynamics of the current world with a view to mapping what future ones might look like. We will study the rapid growth of global economic activity during the past century and the implications for geo-political relations.
This course engages students in critical discussion about the nature and goals of transnational governance, about its associated regulatory framework (international law) and its economic model (global capitalism). Our aim is to better understand the costs, benefits, and prospects of the current order as we work our way to the next era of human evolution.