现有外教即将到我院开设《国际法专题》课程，请有意选修的同学注意，该课程的相关信息和选修办法如下：
1、授课时间：2006年3月10－4月30日，每周五下午5－6节。
2、授课方式：讲授与讨论
3、课程学分：1学分
4、选修对象：研究生
5、选修办法：以班为单位，向本班班长报名；班长按学号顺序汇总后，将选修名单于3月3日之前送到203室。
6、课程主要内容是有关北美自由贸易区的法律问题，主要包括：
NAFTA概述
NAFTA与国际贸易法的发展
NAFTA与区域贸易一体化
NAFTA的贸易制度
NAFTA的投资制度
NAFTA 的争端解决制度
NAFTA与WTO的比较
7、外教介绍：
Daniel G. Partan，R. Gordon Butler Scholar in International Law
Interests: international lawmaking methodology; dispute resolution; trade regulation
A senior member of the BUSL faculty, Dan Partan teaches International Trade Regulation and the two-part introductory International Law Process course. “These courses are important for our students because law practice in the 21st century is increasingly transnational,” he says. “U.S. lawyers need to understand the basics of the international lawmaking process and how international law operates within U.S. federal law.” Partan serves on the WTO dispute settlement roster and binational panels appointed to review dumping and subsidy cases under NAFTA.
In addition to his BUSL teaching, Professor Partan enjoys teaching abroad, most recently at BUSL’s summer institute in London and as a Fulbright professor at Beijing’s Tsinghua University Law School (2003) and visiting professor at Peking University’s School of International Studies (2001 and 2005).
Professor Partan’s extensive publications include his International Law Process coursebook, books and articles on contemporary international issues and NAFTA binational panel decisions. He has been a visiting scholar at Cambridge University (England) and Harvard Law School, and consultant to the ABA, the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, the U.S. State Department, the U.N. Development Programme and the U.N. Fund for Population Activities. Partan is an elected member of the American Law Institute, and has served as chairman or rapporteur for studies or programs undertaken by ABA, the American Society of International Law, the International Law Association (American Branch), the Commission to Study the Organization of Peace and the Academic Council on the U.N. System.
For many years, Professor Partan served as an elected town meeting member in Brookline, Massachusetts, representing the community pro bono on environmental and urban development issues. His life outside the law centers on travels in China with his wife, Doris, and biking, hiking and camping with their five children and seven grandchildren.