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International Commercial Arbitration

Thomas Lee, Institute Director, Professor of Law and Director of International Studies at Fordham Law School.

This course will begin by reviewing: (1) international treaties; (2) domestic statutes from the United States and selected other countries; and (3) rules of various arbitration associations that govern the arbitration of commercial disputes between private - and sometimes - public parties. We will then consider specific topics including the sorts of things that can be arbitrated as opposed to decided in courts, the selection and disqualification of arbitrators, the enforcement of contractual agreements to arbitrate, choice of law and procedural issues raised in arbitral proceedings pursuant to a valid agreement, and recognition or enforcement of arbitral awards - and their setting aside - in judicial tribunals. Emphasis will be placed on how international commercial arbitration occurs in the United States and in East Asia.

International Business Transactions

Jonathan Kang, Assistant Professor of Law at University of Washington.


This course focuses on international business transactions from the "micro" perspective of the private international business actor rather than the "macro" perspective of public policy. The emphasis will be on the analysis of issues that are peculiar to, or especially prevalent in, the formation and enforcement of international business agreements between private parties. A number of archetypal international transactions will be examined, such as the sales of goods, foreign direct investment, business franchising, and intellectual property licensing. In addition, the course will also explore some issues in the regulation of international trade and investment from the "macro" perspective.

Comparative Corporate Governance

Albert Choi, Professor of Law at University of Virginia

Curtis Milhaupt, Professor of Law at Columbia 

This course examines the wide variety of corporate ownership and governance structures around the world from the perspectives of law, finance, and markets.  Selected topics will include controlling shareholder versus dispersed shareholder regimes, Chinese state capitalism, mergers, and corporate finance.  Legal rules will be situated in the context of national legal institutions and prevailing political economies.

Introduction to Korean Language and Culture (optional non-credit)

Leighanne Yuh, Executive Director, B.A. Wellesley, A.M. Columbia, Ph.D. in Korean History at UCLA

These classes are designed for students who have taken no Korean at all or who have taken less than one semester in college. There are homework assignments but no examinations. The course includes excursions to restaurants and other outings to fully immerse students into Korean culture.