Doing Business in Emerging Markets
Course Information
- Course Number
- L9845-LEC
- Curriculum Level
- Upperclass
- Areas of Study
- Commercial Law and Transactions, Corporate Law, Business, and Finance, International and Comparative Law
- Type
- Lecture
- Additional Attributes
- New Course
Section 001 Information
Instructor
Paul Stephan
Visiting Professor of Law
Section Description
This course explores the legal and regulatory structures affecting foreign investors seeking to participate in the development of so-called "emerging markets." Topics include: corruption and money laundering, sanctions compliance, liability for human rights abuses, forms of foreign investment and commercial transactions, local accreditation, taxation, the privatization process, intellectual property protection, import-export regulations, currency controls, project and conventional financing, banking, the development and regulation of capital markets, securities and commodities exchanges, financing, labor issues, and environmental protection.
Course Textbook: https://www.westacademic.com/Dean-Skelton-and-Stephans-Doing-Business-in-Emerging-Markets-A-Transactional-Course-3d-9781636593661
- School Year & Semester
- Fall 2025
- Points
- 3
- Method of Evaluation
- Exam
- J.D Writing Credit?
- No
Learning Outcomes
- Primary
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- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in a specific body of law, including major policy concerns
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in doctrinal analysis, including close reading of cases and precedents, and application to facts
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in statutory and regulatory analysis, including close reading of statutes and regulations, and application to facts
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in the historical development of law and legal institutions
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in comparative law analysis of legal institutions and the law
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in use of other disciplines in the analysis of legal problems and institutions, e.g., philosophy; economics,other social sciences; and cultural studies
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in ethical and professional issues
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in transactional design and value creation
Course Limitations
- Instructor Pre-requisites
- None
- Instructor Co-Requisites
- None
- Requires Permission
- No
- Recommended Courses
- None
- Other Limitations
- None