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King’s University College At The University of Western Ontario

Political Science 4418F: The Politics of International Trade Law and Negotiation

September 2018 – December 2018 Tuesday 2:30 – 4:30pm, FB110

Dr. Erin Hannah Office: DL 237

Email: ehannah2@uwo.ca Phone: 519-433-3491 ext. 4526

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First Term Office Hours: Thursday 2:30-4:30pm or by appointment Course Outline This course addresses the negotiation, contestation, implementation, and enforcement of international trade law. Particular emphasis will be placed on the relationship between international trade law and negotiations and ostensibly non-trade areas including health, development, labour, gender, environment, and food safety. In this course, we will examine efforts to integrate agriculture, services, investment, and intellectual property into the international trading system and to harmonize domestic regulatory practices to facilitate trade. We will turn a critical and reflective lens to these developments in both multilateral and preferential, regional trade in order to better understand the prospects of international trade to produce welfare gains for all. Course Learning Objectives

1. Students will learn to apply a range of International Political Economy (IPE) theoretical approaches to the study of international trade;

2. Students will learn the historical origins and development of the contemporary trading system;

3. Students will learn to identify and situate the principal actors and institutions involved in

the governance of international trade;

4. Students will establish a strong understanding of the issues related to the core areas of international trade such as manufacturing, agriculture and intellectual property;

5. Students will learn to critically engage with issues that arise when trade rules intersect

with ostensibly non-trade related public policy areas.

6. Students will learn about the main challenges to negotiating new trade rules both regionally and multilaterally.

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Texts There is no required textbook for this course. All required readings are available on OWL. The following books are recommended course companions: Clive George (2010) The Truth About Trade: The Real Impact of Liberalization (Zed

Books). (Available on Kindle Amazon.com) Bernard Hoekman and Michael Kostecki (2009) The Political Economy of the World

Trading System (Oxford University Press). (on reserve at King’s Library). Amrita Narlikar (2005) The World Trade Organization: A Very Short Introduction

(Oxford University Press). Amrita Narlikar, Martin Daunton and Robert M. Stern (eds) (2012) The Oxford

Handbook on the World Trade Organization (Oxford University Press). (e-book freely available online, UWO library)

The following books situate international trade in its vast historical context. This is highly recommended supplementary reading for those who are fascinated by the myriad ways trade has shaped lives over the past 1000 years: William Bernstein, A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World (Grove

Press, 2009) Ronald Findlay and Kevin H. O'Rourke. Power and Plenty: Trade, War, and the World

Economy in the Second Millennium (Princeton University Press, 2009). Useful Websites International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development https://www.ictsd.org/ International Institute for Sustainable Development http://www.iisd.org/ WTO Documents Online: https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S005.aspx WTO Dispute Settlement Gateway https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/dispu_e.htm World Trade Law http://worldtradelaw.net/

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Senate Regulation Regarding Course Prerequisites and Exclusions Prerequisite(s): Year three or four of Honours Specialization or Honours Major Political Science, Economics, Sociology or Social Justice and Peace or permission of the department.

You are responsible for ensuring that you have successfully completed the prerequisites for this course. Lack of prerequisites cannot be used as grounds for appeal in this course. You are also responsible for ensuring that this course is not an anti-requisite to another course that you have already taken or wish to take in the future.

Unless you have either the requisites for this course or written special permission from your Dean to enrol in it, you may be removed from this course and it will be deleted from your record. This decision may not be appealed. You will receive no adjustment to your fees in the event that you are dropped from a course for failing to have the necessary prerequisites.

Organization

The class will meet from 2:30pm to 4:30pm on Tuesdays. This is a seminar course. Our meetings will be driven mainly by discussions and debates. We will explore our readings in depth, evaluating their logic and implications. We will engage in informed discussion to enhance our practical and conceptual understanding of the issues outlined above. All participants in the course must attend the seminars and come prepared to discuss the day’s assigned readings. Participation will account for 20% of your course grade and will be evaluated every day we meet. 2% will be deducted from your final grade for each (non-excused) absence. Participation will be judged on the basis of seminar leadership, oral participation, demonstrated knowledge of course readings and the observed level of analytical and communicative skill during discussions. All other evaluation will be made on the basis of group presentations, simulations exercises, independent research and submitted written work. There will be no final exam.

During each class, I will begin by introducing the weekly topic and providing an overview of key issues and concerns. Students are then responsible for “leading” the subsequent discussion by providing a presentation and commentary on the assigned readings and issue area. The in-class presentation should lead us in a discussion of how and to what effect trade rules and negotiations impact broader public policy. In so doing, the student presentations should have three components: commentary on the assigned readings; two case studies; six discussion questions. Students should select case studies in consultation with the professor that focus on a contentious issues in international trade and which demonstrates how trade rules impact ostensibly non-trade areas. Students will engage in analysis of two dimensions of each case: (1) state of play/dispute/implementation of the rules; (2) negotiation of new rules. Each person will be enrolled in this capacity once during the course. This course requires a high degree of commitment and the utmost participation. I would like to encourage wide-open discussion and debate based upon a sound reading of the materials and an analytical approach to the subject. In short, we all have our unique contribution to make and should make this an opportunity to learn from one another as well as from other scholars.

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Evaluation and Due Dates

Requirement

Value

Date or Date Due

Seminar Participation

20%

Ongoing evaluation

Critical Book Review (8-10 pages) 20% 16 October 2018

Mock Dispute

10%

30 October 2018

Legal Brief (5 pages)

10%

13 November 2018

Simulation Position Paper (2 pages) 10% 27 November 2018

Simulation 15%

TBD

Presentation 15% Ongoing

Critical Book Review Students will choose one of the following books as the subject of a critical book review: Kristin Hopewell, Breaking the WTO: How Emerging Powers Disrupted the Neoliberal Project (Stanford University Press, 2016). Dani Rodrik, Straight Talk on Trade: Ideas for a Sane Global Economy (Princeton University Press, 2017). JP Singh, Sweet Talk: Paternalism and Collective Action in North-South Relations (Stanford University Press, 2017). Rorden Wilkinson, What’s Wrong with the WTO and How to Fix it (Polity Press, 2015). These books are available for purchase at: http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/ http://www.amazon.ca In the course of the essay, students should address following questions.

1) What is the central thesis or argument(s) of the book? 2) What concepts or approaches to IPE, if any, inform the analysis in the book?

Does the author do an effective job of applying those concepts or approaches?

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3) Could another IPE approach or any concepts not considered also explain the outcomes the book investigates just as well or better than those utilized by the author?

4) Does the argument make a useful advancement, addition, or critique to the study of IPE?

5) Does the book use evidence well to back up its arguments? Is the evidence convincing? Could the same evidence be used to support an argument that is different than the one the author makes?

6) How significant a contribution do you think the author or authors’ arguments make when compared to other reading you have done on the topic? You should refer to 7 additional academic sources in your essay.

Further details and a grading rubric are available on the course website. Legal Brief Students will play the role of legal advisor working either for the Advisory Centre for World Trade Organization Law (ACWL) or a prominent law firm offering pro bono services. They will be tasked with writing a 5 page legal brief in support of a developing country position in a legal dispute under WTO or FTA law that impacts social and environmental policy. See for example the following prominent disputes: The Guatemala – US Labour Enforcement Dispute under CAFTA-DR US – Tuna II (Mexico) Compliance Dispute under WTO The India – Solar Cells Dispute under WTO Additional details will be provide on OWL. Negotiation Simulation Exercises Negotiation Simulations are dynamic role-play exercises based on critical issues taking place in the international political economy. There are three key educational goals. First, through experiential learning or “learning by doing” students will gain a deeper understanding of international affairs and multilateral diplomacy and the context within which pressing issues are negotiated and resolved. Second, we will establish a cooperative learning environment in which each student develops expertise on one issue- or policy-area and then works together with other delegates to accomplish shared goals. Third, by examining issues from a range of vantage points, students can critically examine their respective world views and experience negotiations from the point of view of countries that may be marginalized or disadvantaged in the process. One simulation exercise will involve a mock dispute at the World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement Body. The second simulation exercise is modeled after negotiations currently taking place over the North American Free Trade Agreement. You will be required to work in groups for these exercises.

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Position Paper Students will be assigned a role (country and portfolio) in the Canada-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations by 16 October. They will be required to write a 2 page position paper which includes the relevant data about the country as well as the main issues the delegate wants to bring to discussion during the negotiations in their respective committees. The position paper must be discussed with the other delegates which will be representing the same country to ensure that no contradicting arguments or points of discussion exist between the member delegates of one country. The position paper should include:

• A brief introduction to the country and its history concerning the topic • How the issue affects the country • Actions taken by the government regarding the issue • What the country would like to accomplish during the negotiations • Data that support the country’s position on that topic

Seminar Schedule and Readings

Seminar 1 - 11 September, Course Introduction Pietra Rivoli (2015) Travels of a T-shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines

the Markets, Power and Politics of World Trade, 2nd Edition (Wiley). Available online through UWO library.

Seminar 2 – 18 September, The Case for Free Trade: Liberal Theory and Comparative Advantage Martin Wolf (2005) Why Globalization Works, Ch. 10 Jagdish Bagwati (2004) In Defense of Globalization, Ch. 5 Clive George (2010) The Truth About Trade: The Real Impact of Trade Liberalization

(Zed Books), Ch. 4 Recommended: Michael Trebilcock, Robert Howse and Antionia Eliason (2013) The Regulation of

International Trade, 4th edition, Ch. 1 pp. 1-20. Douglas A. Irwin (2015) “The Case for Free Trade: Old Theories, New Evidence,”

Chapter 2 in Free Trade Under Fire, 4th edition (Princeton University Press) Douglas A. Irwin (2010) “How 'Protectionist' Became an Insult,” Wall Street Journal

June 18 http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704575304575296610452014710 Paul Krugmann (1996) Ricardo’s Difficult Idea

http://web.mit.edu/krugman/www/ricardo.htm

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Seminar 3 – 25 September, The Case Against Free Trade: Industrialization and Protectionism Ha-Joon Chang (2008) Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History

of Capitalism, chapter 2. Paul Krugman (1994) “The Myth of Asia’s Miracle,” Foreign Affairs 73(6): 62-78 Dani Rodrik (2011) The Globalization Paradox, chapter 3. Recommended: Robert Wade (2009) “Rethinking Industrial Policy for Low Income Countries,” African

Development Review 21(2): 352-366. Cletus Coughlin (2002) “The Controversy over Free Trade: The Gap between

Economists and the General Public,” in Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, January/February 84 (1): 1-22.

Seminar 4 – 2 October, The History and Origins of the Multilateral Trading System: From GATT to WTO Clive George (2010) The Truth About Trade, Ch. 9 Sylvia Ostry (2006) “The World Trading System in a Fog of Uncertainty,” The Review of

International Organization 1(2): 139-152. Michael Trebilcock, Robert Howse and Antionia Eliason (2013) The Regulation of

International Trade, 4th edition, Ch. 1 pp. 21-53. Rorden Wilkinson (2014) What’s Wrong with the WTO and How to Fix it, Ch. 1 Recommended: Paul Collier (2006) “Why the WTO is Deadlocked: And What Can be Done About it,”

The World Economy 29(10). Amrita Narlikar (2005) The World Trade Organization (Oxford University Press), Chs 1-

4. Further Reading: John Croome (1999) Guide to the Uruguay Round Agreements Sylvia Ostry (1997) The Post-Cold War Trading System: Who’s on First? Gilbert Winham (1992) The Evolution of International Trade Agreements Anne O. Krueger (ed) (2000) The WTO as an International Organization

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Ernest Pregg (1995) Traders in a Brave New World: The Uruguay Round and the Future of the International Trading System

World Trade Organization (2000) From GATT to WTO: The Multilateral Trading System

in the New Millennium Oxfam (2002) Rigged Rules and Double Standards: Trade, Globalisation, and the Fight

against Poverty Fatoumata Jawara and Aileen Kwa (2004) Behind the Scenes at the WTO: The Real

World of International Trade Negotiations Seminar 5 – 16 October, Dispute Settlement: WTO World Trade Organization, Dispute Settlement Gateway https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/dispu_e.htm Chad P. Bown and Petros C. Mavroidis (2017) “WTO Dispute Settlement in 2015: Going

Strong after Two Decades,” AND Chad P. Bown and Jennifer A. Hillman “Food and Mouth Disease and Argentina’s Beef Exports: The WTO’s US-Animals Dispute,” World Trade Review 16(2).

Mitsuo Matshushita (2012) “The Dispute Settlement Mechanism at the WTO: The

Appellate Body – Assessment and Problems,” in Narlikar et. al, The Oxford Handbook on the World Trade Organization (Oxford University Press).

Gregory Shaffer and Ricardo Melendez-Ortiz (eds) (2010) Dispute Settlement at the

WTO: The Development Country Experience, Introduction (presenters should select at least one additional chapter to read).

Recommended: Susan Esserman and Robert Howse (2003) “The WTO on Trial.” Foreign Affairs 82(1):

130-141 J.H.H. Weiler (2001) “The Rule of Lawyers and the Ethos of Diplomats: Reflections on the

Internal and External Legitimacy of WTO Dispute Settlement.” Journal of World Trade 35(2): 191-207.

International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), Trade Law:

https://www.ictsd.org/themes/trade-law/overview Further Reading: WTO (2017) A Handbook on the WTO Dispute Settlement System, 2nd Edition (Geneva:

WTO). Chad Bown and Joost Pauwelyn (2010) The Law, Economics and Politics of Retaliation in WTO

Dispute Settlement (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press).

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Peter Van den Bossche and Denise Prevost (2016) Essentials of WTO Law (Cambridge:

Cambridge University Press). John H. Jackson (2006) Sovereignty, the WTO and the Changing Fundamentals of International

Law John H. Jackson (2000) The Jurisprudence of GATT and WTO: Insights on the Treaty Law and

Economic Relations J.H.H. Weiler, ed. (2000) The EU, The WTO and the NAFTA: Towards a Common Law of

International Trade Seminar 6 – 23 October, Dispute Settlement: ISDS Julia Calvert (2017) “Civil Society and Investor-State Dispute Settlement: Assessing the

Social Dimensions of Investment Disputes in Latin America,” New Political Economy early view http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13563467.2017.1330876

Claire Cutler (2016) “Transformations in Statehood, the Investor-State Regime, and the

New Constitutionalism,” Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies 23(1): 95-125. Kyla Tienhaara (2006) “What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You: Investor-State Disputes

and the Protection of the Environment in Developing Countries,” Global Environmental Politics 6(4): 73–100.

Gus Van Harten and Dayna N. Scott (2016) “Investment Treaties and the Internal Vetting

of Regulatory Proposals: A Case Study from Canada,” Journal of International Dispute Settlement 7(1): 92-116.

Recommended:

1. Why do countries sign agreements with ISDS? Joost Pauwelyn (2014) “Rational Design or Accidental Evolution? The Emergence of

International Investment Law,” in Z. Douglas, J. Pauwelyn & J. E. Viñuales (eds.The Foundations of International Investment Law: Bringing Theory into Practice (Oxford University Press).

Lauge N. S. Poulsen (2014) “Bounded Rationality and the Diffusion of Modern

Investment Treaties,” International Studies Quarterly 58(1): 1–14. Jesewald Salacuse and Nicholas Sullivan (2009) “Do BITs Really Work? An Evaluation

of Bilateral Investment Treaties and Their Grand Bargain,” in K. P. Sauvant & L. E. Sachs (Eds.), The Effect of Treaties on Foreign Direct Investment: Bilateral Investment Treaties, Double Taxation Treaties and Investment Flows (Oxford University Press).

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2. How effective are BITs at achieving their stated goal of promoting foreign investment? David Schneiderman (2008) Constitutionalizing Economic Globalization: Investment

Rules and Democracy’s Promise (Cambridge University Press).

3. What are the effects of ISDS on democracy and regulatory autonomy? Krysztof J. Pelc (2017) “What Explains the Low Success Rate of Investor-State

Disputes?” International Organization 71(3): 559-583. Seminar 7 – 30 October: Mock Dispute Seminar 8 – 6 November: The Doha Development Agenda and Trade in Agriculture Please review: https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/agric_e/agric_e.htm Jennifer Clapp (2015) “Food Security and Contested Agricultural Trade Norms,” Journal of

International Law and International Relations 11(2): 104-115. Clive George (2010) The Truth About Trade, Ch. 5 Mathias Margulis (2017) “The Forgotten History of Food Security in Multilateral Trade

Negotiations,” World Trade Review 61(1): 25-57. James Scott (2017) “The Future of Agriculture Governance in the World Trade

Organization,” International Affairs forthcoming. Recommended: Jennifer Clapp (2017) “The Trade-ification of the Food Sustainability Agenda,” The Journal of

Peasant Studies 44(2): 335-353. Matthew Eagleton-Pierce (2012) “The Competing Kings of Cotton: (Re)framing the WTO

African Cotton Initiative,” New Political Economy 17(3):313-337. Rorden Wilkinson, Erin Hannah and James Scott (2016) “The WTO in Nairobi: The

Demise of the Doha Development Agenda and the Future of the Multilateral Trading System,” Global Policy 7(2): 247-255.

Rorden Wilkinson, Erin Hannah and James Scott (2014) “The WTO in Bali: What MC9

Means for the Doha Development Agenda and Why it Matters,” Third World Quarterly 35(6): 1032-1050.

Seminar 9 – 13 November: New Trade Issues – Services and Intellectual Property Rights Please review: https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/serv_e/serv_e.htm Please Review https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/trips_e/trips_e.htm

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Clive George (2010) The Truth About Trade, Ch. 6-7. Erin Hannah (2016) NGOs in Global Trade: Non-State Actors in EU Trade Policymaking

(Routledge), Chs 3-4. Recommended: Rudolph Adlung (2012) “Trade in Services in the WTO: From Marrakesh (1994), to

Doha (2001), to…(?),” in Amrita Narlikar et al, The Oxford Handbook on the World Trade Organization (Oxford University Press).

Keith Maskus (2012) “Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights,” in Amrita Narlikar et

al, The Oxford Handbook on the World Trade Organization (Oxford University Press). Christopher May (2013) The Global Political Economy of Intellectual Property Rights:

The New Enclosures? (Taylor and Francis). South Centre: Publications on IP: https://www.southcentre.int/tag/intellectual-property/ Publications on Services: https://www.southcentre.int/tag/services/ ICTSD: Publications on IP: https://www.ictsd.org/themes/innovation-and-ip/overview Publications on Services: https://www.ictsd.org/themes/services/overview Seminar 10 – 20 November, Trade and Environment https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/envir_e/envir_e.htm Additional readings TBD in consultation with presenters. Topics to select from include but are not limited to: Solar Panels Sea Turtles Carbon credits Renewable energy subsidies Trade in environmental goods Seminar 11 – 27 November, Negotiation Simulation Preparation Seminar 12 – 5 December, Negotiation Simulation Debrief Fine Print PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY. Registration in the course constitutes your agreement to the following terms.

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TURNITIN.COM Students are advised that all required papers may be subject to submission for textual

similarity review to the commercial plagiarism detection software under license to the University for the detection of plagiarism. All papers submitted for such checking will be included as source documents in the reference database for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of papers subsequently submitted to the system. Use of the service is subject to the licensing agreement, currently between The University of Western Ontario and Turnitin.com http://www.turnitin.com.”

If, as a student, you object to using Turnitin.com, see the course Instructor for alternative arrangements for submission of your written assignments. These arrangements will include some or all of the following: submission of drafts, rough work and notes; submission of photocopies of sources along with call numbers and web site addresses of sources cited in the paper; a personal meeting with the Instructor.

Late Penalties and Academic Accommodation The essay is due at the beginning of class on the specified date to avoid disruption of the

seminar. Papers handed in after that point will be considered late. The late penalty is 5 percent per day, with weekends counted as one day, up to a total of 25% (5 days), after which late assignments will not be accepted. Generally speaking, extensions will only be granted when there is proof of a severe medical or other emergency in the form of a signed medical note, etc. that explains why you are unable to complete the assignment on time.

If you feel that you have a medical or personal problem that is interfering with your performance in the course, you should contact your instructor and the Academic Dean’s Office as soon as possible. Problems may then be documented and possible arrangements to assist you can be discussed at the time rather than on a retroactive basis.

You must seek academic accommodation from the Academic Dean’s office for all course

work worth more than 10% of the final grade. This includes class presentations and the book review. Accommodation for work (including participation and attendance) worth less than 10% of the total course grade will be dealt with by re-weighting the term work accordingly. Medical documentation for such accommodation Medical documentation for such accommodation will be required.

For further information on academic accommodation please consult the Policy on Accommodation for Medical Illness: https://studentservices.uwo.ca/secure/index.cfm

Every effort will be made to schedule due dates so as not to conflict with religious

observances. It is the student’s obligation to inform me within the first two weeks of classes whether there is a conflict, and to make appropriate arrangements with me.

Failure to submit the research paper or schedule a meeting with the professor about your research paper will result in a failing grade in the course.

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Etiquette Laptop use is permitted and, indeed encouraged in this course, provided it does not

interrupt the lecture or disrupt the learning experience of other students. Disruptive behavior will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis and may result in the suspension of laptop privileges. Further information regarding the University’s policy on the use of laptops can be found under the “Student Code of Conduct” at: http://www.kings.uwo.ca/files/file/about/code_of_conduct 2003.pdf

Please turn off all cellphones, iPods, iPhones, and other gadgets before entering the classroom.

At times, we will discuss topics in class that are very sensitive and controversial. I strongly encourage students to engage in rigorous debate and discussion. Indeed, disagreement is part of a healthy university environment. However, an ethic of respect and responsibility must guide discussions in class, in tutorial and online at all times. Please remember to engage with other students and with the instructor with respect, patience and tolerance. Occasionally, it may be necessary to shut down a discussion due to time constraints, when positions are intractable, or when the conversation devolves into a series of monologues.

Support Services Students who are in emotional/mental health distress should refer to Mental Health@Western: http://www.uwo.ca/uwocom/mentalhealth/ for a complete list of options about how to obtain help. University Students Council provides many valuable support services for students (including the health insurance plan) http://westernusc.ca/services/. Information about Counselling and Student Development Services at King’s is available at http://www.kings.uwo.ca/current-students/academic-support/; for emotional/mental health assistance see specifically: http://www.kings.uwo.ca/current-students/campus- services/student-support-services/personal-counselling/ The web site for Academic Services at King’s University College is: http://www.kings.uwo.ca/current-students/courses-enrolment/program-and-course-planning/academic- advising/ Academic Honesty It is essential that you understand what plagiarism is and that you do not commit it. In essence, it is the theft of the thoughts or words of others, without giving proper credit. You must put others’ words in quotation marks and cite your source(s). You must give citations when using others’ ideas, even if those ideas are paraphrased in your own words. The following are some examples of plagiarism: 1. Submitting as your own an assignment written by someone else.

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2. Quoting an author without indicating the source of the words. 3. Using words, sentences, or paragraphs written by someone else and failing to place

quotation marks around the material and reference the source and author. Using either quotation marks or reference alone is not sufficient. Both must be used!

4. Adapting an author’s ideas or theme and using it as your own without referencing the original source.

5. Seeking assistance from a friend or family member in respect to work you claim as your own.

Cheating and Academic Misconduct:

Students are responsible for understanding the nature of and avoiding the occurrence of plagiarism and other academic offenses. Students are urged to read the section on Scholastic Offenses in the Academic Calendar. Note that such offenses include plagiarism, cheating on an examination, submitting false or fraudulent assignments or credentials, impersonating a candidate, or submitting for credit in any course without the knowledge and approval of the instructor to whom it is submitted, any academic work for which credit has previously been obtained or is being sought in another course in the University or elsewhere. If you are in doubt about whether what you are doing is inappropriate, consult your instructor. A claim that "you didn't know it was wrong" will not be accepted as an excuse.

The penalties for a student guilty of a scholastic offense include refusal of a passing grade in the assignment, refusal of a passing grade in the course, suspension from the University, and expulsion from the University. Please consult your Academic Calendar for further information.

Updated July 2018

King’s University College at the University of Western Ontario

POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT

Policy Regarding Plagiarism

Definition: Plagiarism is an intentional act of academic dishonesty and intellectual theft. “Flagrant

plagiarism” occurs when complete portions of one or more written texts are copied, but no quotation marks are

used to indicate that the words have been borrowed even if a citation of the source has, or has not, been

included. “Disguised plagiarism” happens when the original text is “disguised” by changing only a few words,

even if a citation is included.

Whether flagrant or disguised, plagiarism is a serious academic offence. The texts and materials borrowed

from others must be acknowledged. The acknowledgment must include quotation marks around the material

used, and a notation giving specific source information. Web citations must include sources as well as the date

and time of access.

Procedures and Penalties:

1. Faculty Discretion: Instructors have the discretion to distinguish between plagiarism and errors in citation

that appear to be harmless and inadvertent. If academic dishonesty is not suspected, the instructor may choose

to give a verbal warning, or suggest a rewrite, with penalty, regarding the mistake. However, the instructor

may also choose to seek consultation with the Chair of the Department to determine if formal reporting is

appropriate.

2. Formal Reporting: If a faculty member believes that a student has engaged in plagiarism or related forms

of academic dishonesty (such as submitting the same paper in two separate courses or submitting a paper

completed in a previous course), the instructor will begin formal reporting procedures.

a. The instructor gathers the evidence of academic dishonesty.

b. The instructor notifies the Chair of the Department and the student of the suspected offence and schedules a meeting for the three parties to discuss the issue.

c. Following the meeting, if the Chair finds that an offence has occurred, the Chair will write a recommendation outlining the case and the penalty to the Academic Dean.

3. Penalties: Penalties will reflect the severity of the offence. The instructor may recommend a penalty as

light as a zero on the assignment, but instructors also may recommend course failure (even in first-offence

cases) where gross and substantial plagiarism has clearly occurred. Penalties may include consequences as

severe as expulsion from the College. See the UWO Academic Calendar under “Academic Rights and

Responsibilities.”

Prerequisites and Antirequisites: Unless you have either the requisites for this course or written special

permission from your Dean to enroll in it, you may be removed from this course and it will be deleted from

your record. This decision may not be appealed. You will receive no adjustment to your fees in the event that

you are dropped from a course for failing to have the necessary prerequisites.

General Statement on Plagiarism:

King’s is committed to Academic Integrity. Scholastic offences are taken seriously and students are directed to

read the appropriate policy, specifically, the definition of what constitutes a Scholastic Offence, at the

following Web site: http://www.uwo.ca/univsec/handbook/appeals/scholoff.pdf. PLAGIARISM AND

CHEATING ARE SERIOUS SCHOLASTIC OFFENCES. All required papers may be subject to submission

for textual similarity review to the commercial plagiarism detection software under license to the University

for the detection of plagiarism. All papers submitted for such checking will be included as source documents

in the reference database for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of papers subsequently submitted to the

system. Use of the service is subject to the licensing agreement, currently between The University of Western

Ontario and Turnitin.com (http://www.turnitin.com).

Computer-marked multiple-choice tests and/or exams may be subject to submission for similarity review by

software that will check for unusual coincidences in answer patterns that may indicate cheating.

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Course Outline Policies 2018-2019

Faculty Office Hours: Faculty office hours can be found on King’s homepage under the menu heading Current Students (http://www.kings.uwo.ca/current-students/courses-enrolment/planning/faculty-office-hours/) and are also posted on the bulletin board across from the Administrative Assistants Office on the second floor of Dante Lenardon Hall. Accommodations for Tests/Examinations: Students are responsible for seeking accommodation with appropriate documentation, prior to writing tests/examinations, if they are of the view that their performance may be affected by extenuating circumstances.

How to Request Academic Accommodation – King’s Students: (https://www.kings.uwo.ca/current-students/courses-enrolment/exams-and-tests/medical-accommodation/) UWO Policy on Accommodation for Medical Illness: (http://uwo.ca/univsec/pdf/academic_policies/appeals/accommodation_medical.pdf) Student Medical Certificate (SMC): https://www.eng.uwo.ca/files/undergraduate/student-medical-certificate.pdf

Support Services: Information about Accessibility, Counselling and Student Development (formerly Services for Students with Disabilities) at King’s is available at https://www.kings.uwo.ca/current-students/student-services/ For emotional/mental health assistance see: http://www.kings.uwo.ca/current-students/campus-services/student-support-services/personal-counselling/ The website for Academic Services at King’s University College is http://www.kings.uwo.ca/current-students/academic-support/ Students who are in emotional/mental health distress should refer to Mental Health@Western: https://uwo.ca/health/services/students/index.html for a complete list of options about how to obtain help. University Students Council provides many valuable support services for students (including the health insurance plan) http://westernusc.ca/services/. Accommodations for Religious Holidays: https://www.uwo.ca/univsec/pdf/academic_policies/appeals/accommodation_religious.pdf NOTE: Students who have a Sabbath or Holy Day that conflicts with tests or exams must give written notice for accommodation by the deadlines noted in the policy above (minimum two weeks for term tests and examinations, and one week for mid-term tests). A calendar of religious holidays may be found here: https://multiculturalcalendar.com/ecal/index.php?s=c-univwo Remembrance Day Policy: That two minutes of silence be observed on November 11 and 11:00 a.m. throughout the university and that, where this is not possible, two minutes of silence be observed between 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon. That students be permitted to be absent from class to attend a Remembrance Day Services, provided the instructor is informed in advance of the intended absence.

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Statement on Use of Electronic Devices: Use of Electronic Devices: You are not allowed to have a cell phone, or any other electronic device, with you during tests or examinations. Use of Laptops in the Classroom: King’s University College at Western University acknowledges the integration of new technologies and learning methods into the curriculum. The use of laptop computers can contribute to student engagement and effective learning. At the same time, King’s recognizes that instructors and students share jointly the responsibility to establish and maintain a respectful classroom environment conducive to learning. The use of laptops by students during lectures, seminars, labs, etc., shall be for matters related to the course at hand only. Students found to be using laptops for purposes not directly related to the class may be subject to sanctions under the Student Code of Conduct. See https://www.kings.uwo.ca/kings/assets/File/currentStudents/studentLife/conduct/code_of_conduct_2003. pdf Inappropriate use of laptops [or smart phones] during lectures, seminars, labs, etc., creates a significant disruption. As a consequence, instructors may choose to limit the use of electronic devices in these settings. In addition, in order to provide a safe classroom environment, students are strongly advised to operate laptops with batteries rather than power cords.” Statement on Academic Offences: King’s is committed to Academic Integrity. Scholastic offences are taken seriously and students are directed to read the appropriate policy, specifically, the definition of what constitutes a Scholastic Offence, at the following Web site: http://www.uwo.ca/univsec/pdf/academic_policies/appeals/scholastic_discipline_undergrad.pdf All required papers may be subject to submission for textual similarity review to the commercial plagiarism detection software under license to the University for the detection of plagiarism. All papers submitted for such checking will be included as source documents in the reference database for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of papers subsequently submitted to the system. http://elearningtoolkit.uwo.ca/terms/plagiarism.html Computer-marked multiple-choice tests and/or exams may be subject to submission for similarity review by software that will check for unusual coincidences in answer patterns that may indicate cheating. Copyright re: Course Material Lectures and course materials, including power point presentations, tests, outlines, and similar materials are protected by copyright. Faculty Members are the exclusive owner of copyright in those materials they create. Students may take notes and make copies for their own use. Students may not allow others to reproduce or distribute lecture notes and course materials publicly (whether or not a fee is charged) without the express written consent of a Faculty Member. Similarly, students own copyright in their own original papers and exam essays. If a faculty member is interested in posting a student’s answers or papers on the course web site he/she should ask for the student’s written permission. (Commercial use of Course material - http://umd.edu/legal/commercial.html) Mailbox re Submission of Late Essays/Assignments ONLY: Only late essays/assignments not handed in at class may be dropped off in the drop box, located between the inner doors of the Cardinal Carter Library. Essays dropped into the mailbox will be picked-up twice per day: once in the morning (9:30 a.m.) and in the afternoon (4:00 p.m.). All essays dropped off after 4:00 p.m. will be date-stamped the following business day. Essays should be placed in an envelope addressed to the professor with the course code and student number clearly indicated. Class Cancellations: All reported class cancellations are posted at: https://www.kings.uwo.ca/current-students/campus-life/service-disruptions/