Law, Post-Colonialism and Political Economy
Overview
- Credit value: 30 credits at Level 7
- Convenor: Professor Fiona Macmillan
- Assessment: a 4000-word essay (100%)
Module description
In this module we introduce you to the critical examination of the law, institutions and practice which constitute global and local economies.
Indicative syllabus
- Introduction to international economic law, justice and development
- What is progress (development)?
- Law and economics
- International economic institutions I: governance
- International economic institutions II: inter-institutional relations
- International economic institutions III: relations with states
- International economic institutions IV: accountability
- Continuity of the colonial experience
- Hegemony as possibility, objective and achievement