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Mission
The mission
of the Institute of International Economic Law (IIEL) is
to encourage thoughtful and scholarly attention to a broad
range of subjects that concern the relation of law to cross-border
economic activity. The Institute emphasizes research of
fundamental, long-term, systemic problems and possible solutions,
based upon empirical observations and experience, and theoretical
and multi-disciplinary approaches. The work of the IIEL
could potentially influence actual events and provide important
critiques of policies, negotiations, or court and tribunal
cases.
Introduction and Description
The Institute of International Economic Law was created
in August 1999 with the primary mission of encouraging
research on International Economic Law (IEL), defined broadly
to include almost any subject involving law as it relates
to economic activity crossing national borders. This would
include research concerning the World Trade Organization
(WTO), trade laws at various levels of government, financial
institutions, and numerous regulatory subjects such as
taxation, competition policy, corporate activity, securities
laws, intellectual property, various services sectors such
as banking and brokerage, linkages to human rights and
cultural problems, etc.
The Institute has the privilege of being located in an
outstanding university setting with the infrastructure advantages
of the Georgetown
University Law Center, including an exceptionally fine
library for IEL, the John Wolff International and Comparative Law Library (arguably one of the two
or three best in the world), extraordinary information technology
capabilities, an extensive curriculum, including more than
80 courses and seminars relevant to International Law and
IEL studies, high quality students interested in IEL subjects,
and a faculty that has more than a dozen distinguished full
time professors with IEL interests (about half of them devoted
full time to IEL subjects) and many more distinguished part
time faculty members to offer assistance.
The Institute also has the privilege of the premier location
in the world for IEL, namely Washington, D.C., with its
extensive governmental activities relevant to IEL (national
and international), as well as the presence of numerous
outstanding policy research centers, institutes, and non-government
organizations (such as the American Society of International
Law and the International Section of the American Bar Association).
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