International Trade and Investments Law Program Offered at University of Nairobi

International trade law is the set of laws and agreements that govern commerce between countries. International trade laws create the rules that countries and businesses must follow in order to do business across borders. Lawyers who work in the field help create international agreements.

International investment law is a body of law that regulates the treatment of foreign direct investment and foreign investors. The system of international investment law has no central treaty or institution. This field of law comprises bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and investment chapters in preferential trade agreements made between countries.

A vast number of existing and emerging trade arrangements in developing states particularly in Africa are failing mainly because partner states entered into bilateral and regional trade agreements without due regard to the implications appurtenant to such arrangements.

This Master of Laws in International Trade and Investments Law program offered at the University of Nairobi has been designed for students who are interested in gaining further skills and specializing in specific areas of law.

The program will enable students with a bachelor’s degree in law to delve into emerging areas of law at the national, regional and international levels.

• Do you feel challenged by an international career and solving and mastering the problems of a new legal field?
• Are you interested in the economic aspects of international trade and law?
• Do you want to become a lawyer that really makes a difference?

If so, this Master of Laws in International Trade and Investments Law program suits you perfectly.

This International Trade and Investments Law Masters program at the University of Nairobi teaches the basic principles that are needed for international trade and investment agreements between partner states.

The specific objectives of this International Trade and Investments Law program are:

• To enlarge and secure the future of the Faculty as a centre of excellence in legal training.
• To respond to market demands by addressing emerging legal problems in light of changed legal and geopolitical terrains.
• To provide a rigorous and critical grounding in key areas of law.
• To provide specialised and focused training in the legal rules that govern economic relations between states and regions.

Entry requirements for admission to the International Trade and Investments Law Masters program at the University of Nairobi

• Holders of a Bachelor of Laws degree with a minimum of an Upper Second Class Honours from the University of Nairobi.
• Graduates of any other University whose degrees have been accepted by Senate to be equivalent to the Bachelor of Laws degree with upper second class honours.
• Holders of a Bachelor of Laws Degree of the University of Nairobi or its accepted equivalent who have achieved a Lower Second Class Honours and have satisfied Senate that they possess academic qualifications equivalent to Upper Second Class Honours through:
  • At least two years of work or relevant experience; or
  • Relevant research and publications; or
  • Attainment of a post-graduate diploma from a recognized academic institution.

• Jurisprudence and Legal Theory
• Research Methodology
• Law and Development

Electives

• Law and Economics
• Advanced Competition Law
• International and Regional Economic Institutions Law
• The Legal Regime of the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT) and the World
• Trade Organization (WTO)
• Multilateral Finance Institutions Law
• Transnational Enterprises & the Law
• International Business Transactions Law
• International Maritime Law
• International Investments Law
• Transnational Litigation
• International Commercial Arbitration

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