Legal protection of creative industries in international perspectives

Interdisciplinary Elecitve Course

This course aims to give a critical introduction and discussion of the international trading system and the international trade laws, and how these helps to shape and define the creative industries nowadays. The course will trace the origins of the international trading system and its development after the Second World War and examines how international trade laws help to foster the economic development of creative industries in global perspectives. In addition, this course will provide critical analysis of the national and transboundary legal issues of the creative industries and how these would be resolved by international institutions.