Global business link and impact on the law

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HI5015 Legal Aspects of International Trade & Enterprise - Holmes Institute

Topic - International status of South Africa

International Law - Case Research Assignment

Learning outcome 1: Understand the overall structure of the global legal environment in which business operates today.

Learning outcome 2: Apply an understanding of national and international legal practices to international business law issues.

Learning outcome 3: Critically examine the effect the diversity in the international business and legal environment.

Learning outcome 4: Critically analyse the social political and economic aspects of global business link and impact on the law.

Learning outcome 5: Critically evaluate the diversity and similarity of how firms are currently regulated and governed by global regulatory bodies around the world.

Learning outcome 6: Achieve a firm understanding of global legal issues in intellectual property, foreign investment, money and banking, sales, transportation and financing.

Purpose:

This group assignment aims to evaluate students' legal research skills by familiarising themselves with their selected International legal case. Students will need to critically evaluate the background of the case matter (dispute), identify the facts, state the legal issues, put forward both individual parties' arguments, examine the tribunal's decision and consider the importance of the case in international law.

1. Select a case from the list of International Law Cases below or refer to the ICJ or WTO websites.

2. One member of each group will need to post a message to the discussion board advising all of the other students about which case has been selected. This is very important.

NOTE - NO DUPLICATION OF CASES IS ALLOWED! Each group MUST select a unique case.

3. The Unit Co-Ordinator will respond to each group's post on the discussion board and grant
approval of the selected case, provided that it has not already been selected.

4. Research, read and understand your selected International Legal case in groups of four (4) students.

5. Prepare and submit a written report discussing the following points as part of the IRAC* method:
• background of the dispute
• brief facts of the case
• the legal issues presented
• the individual parties' arguments / defenses / perspectives
• the tribunal's decision / Judgement handed down
• the importance or significance of the case in international law (i.e. why the case is important in the development of international law). You can also discuss any other developments
following the court or tribunal's decision.

6. 10 mins Power-point presentation during the interactive tutorial session from weeks 9 - 12.
(Note - the details of this assessment will be outlined in a separate document and made available on Blackboard)

Group Assignment structure is to be in a report format. It must include:
• Holmes Cover Page
• Executive summary
• Table of contents
• Section headings
• Paragraphing
• Page numbers
• Reference list at the end of the report

Attachment:- Case Research Assignment.rar

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