LAW 6325 - NAFTA and Free Trade in the Americas

3 Semester Credit Hours

Introduces students to the substantive legal, procedural, and institutional aspects of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Students will develop tools for transnational practice. Special attention will be given to methods of resolving disputes under NAFTA and to the controversies of environmental and labor law enforcement under the NAFTA Side Agreements. The course introduces students to concepts of free trade beyond the NAFTA by examining the prospects for future integrations and by comparing and contrasting the NAFTA with the World Trade Organization, the European Union, and the more recent Free Trade Agreement signed by the United States, which used the NAFTA as a template.