Module Identifier | LAM0620 | ||
Module Title | THE LAW OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE | ||
Academic Year | 2001/2002 | ||
Co-ordinator | Professor Ryszard Piotrowicz | ||
Semester | Semester 1 | ||
Course delivery | Seminar | one seminar weekly of 90 minutes-two hours From the synopsis and the suggested reading provided you will be able to prepare for each class in advance and it is expected that you will come to the classes ready to participate in discussion. There will be plenty of time for questions or raising matters which are troubling you. | |
Assessment | Seminar presentation | 20% | |
Essay | Students may choose one of the following: 1. 2 x 2500-3000 word essays. 2. 1 x 5000-6000 word essay. | 80% |
1. Introduction
Public and private systems distinguished
Rationale for international business
Difficulties in doing international business
Differences in legal systems
International institutions and international business
2. International sale of goods: the contract of sale
Sale of Goods Act 1979
International harmonisation: Vienna Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
3. Construction of international sales contracts
ICC
Incoterms 1990
CIF contracts
FOB contracts
Charterparties
Bills of lading - characteristics and classification
Electronic date interchange
CMI rules on electronic bills of lading
4. International carriage of goods
Carriage by land
Carriage by air
Carriage by sea - methods of performance - rights of suit - Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1971 and the Hague-Visby
Rules - Hamburg Rules - Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1992
Multimodal transport
5. Financing of international trade
International legal framework
Documentary credits
Bills of exchange
6. Dispute settlement
Negotiation and mediation
Litigation
Arbitration: Arbitration Act 1996
7. Conflict of laws
Jurisdiction at common law
Jurisdiction: Brussels and Lugano Conventions
Basic terms in conflict of laws
Bills of exchange