Master 2024/2025

Law of Economic Sanctions

Type: Elective course (Law of International Trade and Dispute Resolution)

Area of studies: Law

Delivered by: School of International Law

Where: Faculty of Law

When: 1 year, 3, 4 module

Mode of studies: offline

Open to: students of all HSE University campuses

Instructors: Vladislav Starzhenetsky

Master’s programme: Law of International Trade and Dispute Resolution

Language: English

ECTS credits: 6

Course Syllabus

Abstract

Currently, economic sanctions are one of the most popular mechanisms of coercion and pressure on states. This phenomenon is increasingly used in international practice giving rise to many legal problems, from the legal qualification, conditions and limits of their application, to issues of challenge, impact on business contracts and the resolution of disputes. Within the framework of this course we will study the emerging legal approaches to economic sanctions, specific legal features of sanction regimes, delisting and challenging sanctions on international and national levels, countering sanctions by affected states and legal consequences of sanction son international business. Pre-requisites The course requires the students to have basic knowledge of international law, sufficient level of English (to read legal sources, write essays and participate in class discussions), as well as other skills acquired during their studies at the university. Additional background in private international law is welcome, although not mandatory for the course.