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HANOI LAW UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND BUSINESS LAW APPROVAL OF PRINCIPAL DETAILED OUTLINE ADVANCED LEGAL ENGLISH (FOR HLU INTERNAL USE ONLY) 1 HANOI - 2022 FACULTY OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND BUSINESS LAW DEPARTMENT OF MULTILATERAL TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT LAW Degree: Bachelor of International Trade and Business Law Course: Advanced Legal English Number of credits: 03 Course type: Compulsory INFORMATION OF LECTURERS N o Name LL.M Ngo Trong Quan M.A Ngo Thi Ngoc Anh LL.M Doan Thanh Huyen LL.M Tran Thu Yen LL.M Nguyen Mai Linh LL.M Tran Phuong Anh LL.M Nguyen Quang Anh LL.M Nguyen Ngoc Hong Duong Phone Email 04.3773178 04.3773178 04.3773178 04.3773178 04.3773178 04.3773178 04.3773178 04.3773178 pltmdpdtqt@gmail.com pltmdpdtqt@gmail.com pltmdpdtqt@gmail.com pltmdpdtqt@gmail.com pltmdpdtqt@gmail.com pltmdpdtqt@gmail.com pltmdpdtqt@gmail.com pltmdpdtqt@gmail.com LL.M Do Thi Anh Hong 10 LL.M Pham Minh Huyen 11 LL.M Nguyen Huy Hoang Nam M.A Nguyen Thi Huong Lan 12 04.3773178 04.3773178 04.3773178 04.3773178 pltmdpdtqt@gmail.com pltmdpdtqt@gmail.com pltmdpdtqt@gmail.com pltmdpdtqt@gmail.com Office of Department of Multilateral Trade and International Investment Law Room A1401, Building A, Hanoi Law University No 87, Nguyen Chi Thanh Street, Dong Da, Ha Noi Working hours: 8h00 – 17h00 everyday (except for Saturday, Sunday, and holidays) PREREQUISITES - Legal English (DCBB08) SUMMARY OF THE COURSE Legal English relating to the United Nations (UN), World Trade Organization (WTO), Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), and International Investment Agreements (IIAs) CONTENTS OF THE COURSE Issue Public International Law Issue The Law of WTO Issue Free Trade Agreements Issue International Investment Agreements OUTPUT STANDARDS OF THE COURSE AND MAPPING WITH OUTPUT STANDARDS OF THE TRAINING PROGRAM 3 5.1 Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs) This course aims at improving students’ legal English in the field of international trade and investment law Upon completion of the course, students will be able to: Knowledge K1 Understand and apply the vocabulary, grammar and structures of English in an international trade and investment law setting; K2 Explain the sources and branches of international law; K3 Explain the basic terminologies of trade law in goods, services, intellectual property rights and dispute settlement; K4 List the typical chapters and basic rules of origin in free trade agreements; K5 List the typical provisions and standards of treatment in investment treaties; K6 Describe the procedures of investor-state arbitration; K7 Understand the structure and layout of different forms of legal writing Skills S8 Design and deliver a presentation in English on international trade and investment law in accurate language; S9 Work independently and collaboratively with other students to prepare research papers, press releases, workshop agendas or dialogues; S10 Listen to main ideas and details in academic lectures or talks about international trade and investment law; S11 Write a letter or email of legal advice and a legal memorandum; S12 Develop arguments for a case in international trade and investment law Self-control ability and self-responsibility T13 Be confident, willing to acquire new knowledge and open to different viewpoints in the field; T14 Develop a sense of honesty, striving for progress and protection of justice; T15 Develop a sense of respect and compliance with the law; T16 Develop professional working ethics 4 5.2 The matrix demonstrating the compatibility of the CLOs with the TPLOs The Knowledge LOs of The Skill LOs of The ability LOs of Course the training program the training program the training program Learning K13 K14 S25 S26 S29 S30 S31 T35 T36 T37 T38 Outcomes K1 K2 K3 K4 K5 K6 K7 S8 S9 S10 S11 S12 T13 T14 T15 T16 LEARNING OBJECTIVES 6.1 Detailed learning objectives Objective Level Level Level Issue 1A1 Introducing 1B1 Analysing 1C1 Public the sources of the differences Discussing International international law between sources different forms 5 Law The Law of WTO 1A2 Introducing braches of public international law 1A3 Understanding different forms of legal writing of international law 1B2 Analysing the nature of international trade and investment law of legal writing 1C2 Knowing how to write a press release 2A1 Memorizing GATT terminologies 2A2 Memorizing GATS terminologies 2A3 Memorizing TRIPS terminologies 2A4 Memorizing DSU terminologies 2B1 Summarizing a GATT-related dispute 2B2 Summarizing a GATS-related dispute 2B3 Analysing the current challenges to WTO dispute settlement mechanism 3B1 Analysing the WTO Law on regional trade agreements 3B2 Analysing the features of new-generation free trade agreements 2C1 Knowing how to write a workshop agenda 2C2 Knowing how to write a letter or email of legal advice 3A1 Introducing typical chapters and articles of a free trade agreement Free Trade 3A2 Introducing Agreements different methods to determine rules of origin in a free trade agreement 4A1 Introducing 4B1 Describing International the typical the process of an 3C1 Commenting on the relationship between WTO and FTAs 3C2 Knowing how to write a legal memorandum 4C1 Commenting provisions of an investment treaty 4A2 Introducing the fundamental principles of international investment law Investment Agreement investor-state arbitration 4B2 Presenting the recent issues of investment arbitration on the application of substantive principles of international investment law in dispute settlement 6.2 Total learning objectives Objectives Issue Issue Issue Issue Issue Total Level Level Level Total 2 11 2 2 7 27 THE MATRIX DEMONSTRATING THE COMPATIBILITY OF THE DETAILED LEARNING OBJECTIVES WITH CLOs Objective Knowledge K1 K2 K3 K4 K5 K6 K7 Ability S8 S9 S10 S11 S12 T13 T14 T15 T16 1A1 1A2 1A3 Skills 1B1 1B2 1C1 1C2 2A1 2A2 2A3 2A4 2B1 2B2 2B3 2C1 2C2 3A1 3A2 3B1 3B2 3C1 3C2 4A1 4A2 4B1 4B2 4C1 MATERIALS 8.1 Compulsory materials Amy Krois-Lindner, International Legal English: A Course for Classroom or Self-study Use, Second Edition, Cambridge University Press, 2011 8.2 Recommended materials * Books Nick Brieger, Test Your Professional English: Law, Pearson Education Limited, 2002 Gillian D Brown and Sally Rice, Professional English in Use - Law, Cambridge University Press, 2007 Amy Krois-Lindner and Matt Firth, Introduction to International 8 Legal English: A Course for Classroom or Self-study Use, Cambridge University Press, 2008 Annabel Elkington et al., Skills for Lawyers, College of Law Publishing, 2015 Daniel C.K Chow, Thomas J Schoenbaum, International Trade Law: Problems, Cases, and Materials, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business/Aspen Publishers, 2008 John H Jackson, The World Trading System, Law and Policy of International Economic Relations, 2nd edition, 1997 Manfred Elsig, Bernard Hoekman, Joost Pauwelyn, Assessing the World Trade Organization: Fit for Purpose, Cambridge University Press, 2017 Peter Van den Bossche, The Law and Policy of the World Trade Organization: Text, Cases and Materials, Cambridge University Press, 2005 Raj Bhala, International Trade Law - Interdisciplinary Theory and Practice, LexisNexis Publisher, Third Edition, 2006 10 Simon Lester, Bryan Mercurio, Arwel Davies, World Trade Law: Text, Materials, and Commentary, Third Edition, Hart Publishing, 2018 11 Thomas Cottier and Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer, Elgar Encyclopedia of International Economic Law, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017 12 WTO, Understanding the World Trade Organization, Fifth Edition, 2015, https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/understanding_e pdf 13 Andrew Newcombe, LLuis Paradell, Law and Practice of Investment Treaties: Standards of Treatment, Kluwer Law International, 2009 14 Jurgen Kurtz, The WTO and International Investment Law: Converging Systems, Cambridge University Press, 2016 15 M Sornarajah, The International Law on Foreign Investment, Cambridge University Press, Third Edition, 2010 16 Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, Markus W Gehring, Andrew Newcombe, Sustainable Development in World Investment Law, Kluwer Law International, 2011 9 17 Mavluda Sattorova, The Impact of Investment Treaty Law on Host States: Enabling Good Governance, Hart Publishing, 2018 18 Peter Muchlinski, Federico Ortino, and Christoph Schreuer, The Oxford Handbook of International Investment Law, Oxford University Press, 2008 19 Surya P Subedi, International Investment Law - Reconciling Policy and Principle, Hart Publishing, Third Edition, 2016 20 Thomas Cottier and Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer, Elgar Encyclopedia of International Economic Law, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017 * Legal texts and reports 10 10 18 http://www.mofa.gov.vn 19 http://www.moit.gov.vn TEACHING – LEARNING FORMS 9.1 General schedule Week Issue 10 11 12 13 14 15 Lectu Seminar re 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 2 2 2 2 Grou Selfp study work 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 Assignment Total Teamwork Assignment Teamwork Assignment Total hours 18 24 16 21 79 Credit hours 18 12 45 9.2 Detailed schedule Week 1: Issue Teaching – Credit 13 Main contents Requirements for students’ 13 Learning hours form Lecture - Reading: Sources of international law - Language Focus: Sources of international law, branches of public international law Group work Self study Tutoring preparation - Searching and reading websites and academic materials about sources of international law - Reading the following article at: http://legal.un.org/avl/pdf/ls/g reenwood_outline.pdf Studying sources of international law - Listening for main ideas - Listening for details - Content: Answering student’s questions off the class, introducing new reference materials etc - Time: 14h00 to 16h00 every Monday - Venue: Room 1401, A Building or via email Week 2: Issue Teaching – Credit Learning Main contents hours form Lecture - Overview of legal writing Drafting legal correspondence: Emails /Letters Seminar 14 - Listening to audio lectures / presentations/ speeches on the United Nations (UN), Requirements for students’ preparation Reading: Amy Krois-Lindner, International Legal English: A Course for Classroom or Self-study Use, Cambridge University Press - Searching and reading websites and academic materials about the UN and ICJ 14 International Court of Justice (ICJ), and World Trade Organization (WTO) - Discussing the role of the UN, ICJ and WTO Group work Self study Tutoring - Listening to the following video: https://www.youtube.com/wa tch?v=DME-wfbt08c - Understanding different types of legal writing - Understanding structure and styles of a press release Practising writing a press release and workshop agenda - Content: Answering student’s questions off the class, introducing new reference materials etc - Time: 14h00 to 16h00 every Monday - Venue: Room 1401, A Building or via email Week 3: Issue Teaching – Credit Learning Main contents hours form Lecture - Reading: WTO Law on Trade in Goods (GATT) Language Focus: Vocabulary about GATT Seminar 15 Requirements for students’ preparation - Searching and reading websites and academic materials about the GATT - Reading the text of GATT at https://www.wto.org/english/ docs_e/legal_e/06-gatt_e.htm - Listening to audio - Searching and reading lectures/ presentations/ websites and academic speeches on the GATT materials about the GATT - Discussing GATT-related - Listening to videos about disputes trade in goods at https://www.wto.org/english/ res_e/webcas_e/webcas_e.ht m 15 Group work Self study Tutoring Studying the legal text of GATT - Listening for main ideas - Listening for details - Content: Answering student’s questions off the class, introducing new reference materials etc - Time: 14h00 to 16h00 every Monday - Venue: Room 1401, A Building or via email Week 4: Issue Teaching – Credit Requirements for students’ Learning Main contents hours preparation form Lecture Drafting legal Reading: correspondence: Emails Amy Krois-Lindner, /Letters (Continued) International Legal English: A Course for Classroom or Self-study Use, Cambridge University Press Group work Self study Tutoring Studying structure and styles of legal correspondence Practising writing an email or letter of advice - Content: Answering student’s questions off the class, introducing new reference materials etc - Time: 14h00 to 16h00 every Monday - Venue: Room 1401, A Building or via email Week 5: Issue Teaching – Credit Requirements for students’ Learning Main contents hours preparation form Seminar Drafting legal Reading: 16 16 Amy Krois-Lindner, correspondence: Emails/ International Legal English: Letters (continued) A Course for Classroom or Self-study Use, Cambridge University Press Group work Self study Tutoring 1 Understanding structure and styles of legal correspondence Practising writing an email or letter of advice - Content: Answering student’s questions off the class, introducing new reference materials etc - Time: 14h00 to 16h00 every Monday - Venue: Room 1401, A Building or via email Week 6: Issue Teaching – Credit Learning Main contents hours form Lecture - Reading: WTO Law on Trade in Services (GATS) and Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) - Language Focus: Vocabulary about GATS and TRIPS Seminar 17 Requirements for students’ preparation - Searching and reading websites and academic materials about the GATS and TRIPS - Reading the following article about GATS: https://www.wto.org/english/ tratop_e/serv_e/guide1_e.ht m - Reading the following article about TRIPS: https://www.wto.org/english/ tratop_e/trips_e/intel2_e.htm - Listening to audio - Searching and reading lectures/ presentations/ websites and academic 17 materials about the GATS and TRIPS - Reading the article: https://www.most.gov.vn/en/ speeches on the GATS and news/814/intellectualTRIPS property-legislation-and- Discussing GATS and policies-in-2020.aspx TRIPS-related disputes https://cms.iccwbo.org/conte nt/uploads/sites/3/2019/05/ba scap-vietnam-country-reporttranslation-vietnam-eng.pdf Group work Self study Tutoring Studying the legal text of GATS - Listening for main ideas - Listening for details - Content: Answering student’s questions off the class, introducing new reference materials etc - Time: 14h00 to 16h00 every Monday - Venue: Room 1401, A Building or via email Week 7: Issue Teaching – Credit Learning Main contents hours form Lecture - Reading: WTO Law on Dispute Settlement (DSU) Language focus: Vocabulary about DSU Seminar - Listening to audio lectures/ presentations/ speeches on WTO Dispute Settlement Discussing current 18 Requirements for students’ preparation Searching and reading websites and academic materials about the WTO dispute settlement mechanism - Searching and reading websites and academic materials about the WTO dispute settlement mechanism 18 - Listening to audios on WTO challenges to the WTO's dispute settlement at dispute settlement https://www.wto.org/english/r mechanism es_e/webcas_e/podcasting_e htm Group work Self study Tutoring Studying the legal text of DSU - Listening for main ideas - Listening for details - Content: Answering student’s questions off the class, introducing new reference materials etc - Time: 14h00 to 16h00 every Monday - Venue: Room 1401, A Building or via email Week 8: Issue Teaching – Credit Learning hours form Main contents Writing a memorandum Requirements for students’ preparation legal Reading: Amy Krois-Lindner, International Legal English: A Course for Classroom or Self-study Use, Cambridge University Press Seminar Group work Understanding structure and styles of a legal memorandum Practising writing a legal memorandum Self study Tutoring 19 - Content: Answering student’s questions off the class, introducing new reference materials etc - Time: 14h00 to 16h00 every Monday - Venue: Room 1401, A Building or via email 19 Week 9: Issue Teaching – Credit Learning Main contents hours form Lecture - Reading: Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) - Language focus: Typical chapters and articles in an FTA Requirements for students’ preparation - Searching and reading websites and academic materials about FTAs - Reading: How to design, negotiate, and implement a free trade agreement in Asia, Asian Development Bank, 2008, at https://www.adb.org/sites/def ault/files/publication/27974/ft a.pdf - Searching and reading websites and academic materials about FTAs - Reading the following article at https://www.wto.org/english/ tratop_e/region_e/scope_rta_ e.htm Seminar - Listening to audio lectures/ presentations/ speeches on FTAs and regionalism in international trade law - Discussing the relationship between WTO and FTAs Group work Studying the legal text of FTAs Self study Tutoring - Listening for main ideas - Listening for details - Content: Answering student’s questions off the class, introducing new reference materials etc - Time: 14h00 to 16h00 every Monday - Venue: Room 1401, A Building or via email Week 10: Issue 20 20 Teaching – Credit Learning hours form Requirements for students’ preparation Main contents Seminar Reading: Amy Krois-Lindner, Writing a legal International Legal English: memorandum (continued) A Course for Classroom or Self-study Use, Cambridge University Press Group work Understanding structure and styles of a legal memorandum Practising writing a legal memo Self study Tutoring - Content: Answering student’s questions off the class, introducing new reference materials etc - Time: 14h00 to 16h00 every Monday - Venue: Room 1401, A Building or via email Week 11: Issue Teaching – Credit Learning Main contents hours form Lecture - Reading: Free Trade Agreements (continued) - Language focus: Rules of Origin Seminar 21 - Listening to Requirements for students’ preparation - Searching and reading websites and academic materials about FTAs - Reading the following article on EVFTA Rules of Origin at https://www.amfori.org/sites/ default/files/amfori-2020-0615-FTA-Insight-on-ReadingEVFTA-FINAL.pdf audio Searching and reading 21 lectures/ presentations/ speeches on FTAs websites and academic - Discussing features of materials about FTAs and new-generation FTAs, EU- Vietnam's participation Vietnam FTA and CP-TPP Group work Self study Tutoring Studying the legal text of FTAs - Listening for main ideas - Listening for details - Content: Answering student’s questions off the class, introducing new reference materials etc - Time: 14h00 to 16h00 every Monday - Venue: Room 1401, A Building or via email Week 12: Issue Teaching – Credit Learning hours form Seminar Group work Self study Tutoring 22 Main contents Requirements for students’ preparation - Searching the WTO dispute settlement gateway and Structure and language of a reading panel or Appellate WTO dispute settlement Body reports at: report https://www.wto.org/english/t ratop_e/dispu_e/dispu_e.htm Understanding structure and styles of a WTO dispute settlement report Practising translation and sentence-writing to develop arguments - Content: Answering student’s questions off the class, introducing new reference materials etc - Time: 14h00 to 16h00 every Monday - Venue: Room 1401, A Building or via email 22 Week 13: Issue Teaching – Credit Learning Main contents hours form Lecture - Reading: International Investment Agreements (IIAs) - Language focus: Typical provisions of a Bilateral Investment Treaty/ Investment Chapter in FTAs, 2012 US Model BIT Group work Self study Tutoring Requirements for students’ preparation - Searching and reading websites and academic materials about IIAs - Reading the text of US Model BIT 2012 at https://ustr.gov/sites/default/f iles/BIT%20text%20for %20ACIEP%20Meeting.pdf Studying the legal text of IIAs Practising translation of provisions in an investment treaty - Content: Answering student’s questions off the class, introducing new reference materials etc - Time: 14h00 to 16h00 every Monday - Venue: Room 1401, A Building or via email Week 14: Issue Teaching – Credit Learning hours form Main contents Teamwork Assignment Requirements for students’ preparation Preparing a presentation on assigned topics Seminar Group work Prepare for the teamwork presentation Prepare for the teamwork presentation Self study Tutoring 23 - Content: Answering student’s questions off the class, introducing new reference materials etc 23 - Time: 14h00 to 16h00 every Monday - Venue: Room 1401, A Building or via email Week 15: Issue Teaching – Credit Learning hours form Main contents Teamwork Assignment Requirements for students’ preparation Preparing a presentation on assigned topics Seminar Group work Prepare for the teamwork presentation Prepare for the teamwork presentation Self study Tutoring - Content: Answering student’s questions off the class, introducing new reference materials etc - Time: 14h00 to 16h00 every Monday - Venue: Room 1401, A Building or via email 10 POLICIES OF THE COURSE - Course delivery is in accordance with the University’s regulations - Assignments must be submitted by the deadline - Plagiarism in any forms will result in FAIL for the related academic work - Cheating on any exam also results in FAIL to the student who commits the cheating and to the person who allows others to copy his/her work - No excuses for the ignorance of the guidelines for academic works set by Hanoi Law University 11 ASSESSMENT METHODS 11.1 Regular assessment - Inspections: Students participate in 75% or more of the prescribed hours for each theory or seminar part - Participation in teamwork assignments - Participation in role-plays, problem-solving tasks 11.2 Periodical assessment 24 24 Type of assignment Assessing knowledge and attitudes to participate in seminar 01 Teamwork Assignment Weight 10% 30% Final Exam 60% 11.3 Criteria for assessment Assessing knowledge and attitudes to participate in seminar - Assessing knowledge: Self-study and understand the lesson (1-7 mark) - Attitudes to participate in seminar: negative/ positive (1-3 mark) - Total: 10 mark General requirements on assignments - Referencing style: Follow the University’s guidelines on citations and bibliography (pp 5-9, Annex 2), available at http://dt.hlu.edu.vn/SubNews/Details/17989 Plagiarism in any form is strictly penalized - Formatting style: Paper Size: A4, Font: Times New Roman, Size: 13, Margins: Top 2cm, Bottom 2cm, Left 3cm, Right 2cm, Line Spacing: Multiple at 1.3, Spacing: Before 6pt, After 6pt Teamwork assignments - Format: Essay - Content: Issues covered in the course - Assessment criteria: Structure and Presentation Linguistic Aspects (e.g.: Grammar, Spelling, Word Use) Depth of Insight, Understanding of Issues Accuracy, Relevance and Coherence Acknowledgement of Sources and Referencing Effectiveness and Appropriateness of Visual Aids (if any) Originality and Individuality of Thought Oral Communication Skills and Audience Engagement Evidence of Teamwork 25 25 Final examination - Condition to participate in the final exam: + Students participate in 75% or more of the prescribed hours for each lecture or seminar part + Team assignment or individual exam must be greater than - Format: 100% multiple-choice questions (60-minute length) - Content: Issues covered in the course - Requirements: Students are able to achieve learning objectives in Section of this document - Assessment criteria: As per the answer key LEADER OF SUBJECT 26 26 TABLE OF CONTENTS 10 11 27 Information of lecturers Prerequisite courses Summary of the course Content of the course Output standards of the course Learning objectives The matrix learning objectives with CLOs Materials Teaching – learning forms Policies of the course Assessment methods Page 2 2 11 22 23 27 ... Issue 10 11 12 13 14 15 Lectu Seminar re 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 2 2 2 2 Grou Selfp study work 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 Assignment Total Teamwork Assignment Teamwork Assignment Total hours 18 ... 2 11 2 2 7 27 THE MATRIX DEMONSTRATING THE COMPATIBILITY OF THE DETAILED LEARNING OBJECTIVES WITH CLOs Objective Knowledge K1 K2 K3 K4 K5 K6 K7 Ability S8 S9 S10 S 11 S12 T13 T14 T15 T16 1A1 ... Learning K13 K14 S25 S26 S29 S30 S 31 T35 T36 T37 T38 Outcomes K1 K2 K3 K4 K5 K6 K7 S8 S9 S10 S 11 S12 T13 T14 T15 T16