ITL SYLLUBUS AND SUBJECT PLAN 

1. Unit – I Nature and Scope of International Trade Law and its 
Traditional relationship with International Law 
2. Definition of International Economic Law 
3. Sovereignty of States – Reality of International Trade 
4. Developments in International Trade 
5. End of the Cold War 
6. Economic Globalisation 
Unit – II Foundations and Concepts of International Trade Law 
1. Basic Concepts of International Trade Law 
2. Most Favoured Nation (MFN) 
3. MFN and GATT 
4. Non-Discrimination – Equality of States 
5. The Role of Sovereignty in the Development of International Trade Law 
6. Unit – III The Regulatory Role of the United Nations in
Promoting Economic Growth and Development 
7. The Bretton Woods Financial and Monetary System 
8. Regulatory Role of the United Nations 
9. Functions of UNCTAD 
10. UNIDO 
11. New International Economic Order (NIEO) 
12. Loss of appeal of the NIEO 
13. The Cartagena Commitment 
Unit – IV  World Trade Organisation 
ITO, GATT AND WTO 
 
 International Trade Organisation and GATT 
Structural Format of WTO 
 Objectives of the WTO 
 Package approach 
 WTO Forum for Settlement of Disputes 
 Specific Functions of WTO 
 Entering or Withdrawing 
 Decision Making 
 Structure of the WTO 
 Different Committees 
 Basic Principles  of WTO 
1. Most-Favoured-Nation (MFN) or Non-discrimination Between
Members: 
2. National Treatment or Non-discrimination Between Goods: 
3. Freer Trade: Gradually Through Negotiation: 
4. Predictability: Through Binding and Transparency: 
5. Promoting Fair Competition: 
6. Tariffs: Cuts and Bindings 
7. More Bindings 
8. The Built-in Agenda 
 
 
Unit – V  General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 
 Outline of the GATT Agreement, 1947 
 Brief overview of the General Clauses of GATT, 1947 
            GATT 1994 
 General Elimination of Quantitative Restrictions 
 
Unit – VI  General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) 
 
 GATS in Brief 
 Modes of Supply 
 Cross-border Trade: 
 Consumption Abroad: 
  Commercial Presence: 
 Presence of Natural Person: 
 
GENERAL PRINCIPLES 
 
 
 MFN Treatment (Article II) 
 Transparency (Article III) 
 Specific Commitments 
 Market Access (Article XVI) 
 National Treatment (Article XVII) 
 Exemptions 
 Irreversible Commitments 
 Regional Trading Arrangements  
 
Unit VII – Trade Related Aspect of Intellectual Property Rights
(TRIPs) 
 The intent behind TRIPs 
 
TRIPs Coverage: 
1. Patents 
 2. Designs 
3. Trademarks 
4. Copyrights 
5. Geographical Indication of Goods (also known as Geographical
Appellations of Origin) 
6. Trade Secrets 
7. Layout of Integrated Chips (IC) 
 
Unit VIII – Dispute Settlement Mechanism under WTO 
Unit IX – Case Study 
1. Korean Soju case 
2. Canadian Dairy case 
3. The case of Codling Moth 
4. Copy Right Tales 
5. The Banana War 
6. Basmati Rice 
7. Bed Linen I&II 
8. Disputes :217,222,267,285 etc. 
 
 
Unit X- International Conventions Relating to International Trade 
I. UNIDROIT Convention Relating to a Uniform Law on the Formation of
Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (1964) 
            Types of Commercial Contracts 
1. Definite Quantity Contract: 
2. Firm – Fixed – Price (FFP) Contract: 
3. Fixed – price Contract: 
 4. Time – and – Materials (T&M) Contract: 
II U.N. Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
(CISG) Vienna Convention, 1980 
           Contract of International Sale of Goods  
           Conclusion of a contract 
           Obligations of the Seller 
           Breach of Contract 
           Obligations of the Buyer 
Remedies for Breach of Contract by the Seller (Buyer’s Remedies) 
Remedies for Breach of Contract by the Buyer (Seller’s Remedies) 
UNIT XI- Carriage of Goods by Air 
UNIT XII - Carriage of Goods by Sea and Multimodal Transport 
Reference Books 
1.Agreement on Tariffs and Trade(GATT)World Trade
Organisation(WTO):Law, Economics and Politics by Koul, Autar Krishan 
2. WTO: Text&Cases by Rao Palle Krishna 
3. The WTO and International Trade Law/ Dispute Settlement
by Mavroidis, Petros C and Sykes, Alan o ed 
4. Trade in Goods: The other WTO Agreements 
5. The WTO Deadlocked: Understanding the Dynamics of International
Trade by Chakrabarty, D &Khan Amirullah 
6. Intellectual Property Rights in the WTO and Developing Countries
by Watal 
7. Study Material on International Trade Law by NALSAR 
Teaching Methodology/Plan 
As the course is designed to cover the subject in 12 units, it is contemplated
to teach the same through lecture method in three parts. Each part comprises
of four units. One part takes 20 classes approx.