Module Information
Module Identifier
LAM7210
Module Title
NEGOTIATING INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTS
Academic Year
2008/2009
Co-ordinator
Semester
Semester 1
Course Delivery
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
Brief description
Rationale:
The module will enable students to study the legal issues involved in the negotiation of international contracts at a postgraduate level through the distance learning format. This will increase the availability and opportunity for studying this subject especially for a range of potential students already in employment in relevant areas of business. The module deals with an important aspect of commercial law which has significance to all engaged in business activity and in particular those involved in cross-border commerce.
Brief Description:
This module will provide an introduction to crucial issues relevant to negotiating international contracts. It will broadly introduce the background and context within which many international agreements are negotiated. The principal areas to be studied in depth include the law relating to: pre-contractual statements; agreements to negotiate; lock-out clauses; and rights and tenders. These will be examined from a common law perspective with reference to the general notion of negotiating contracts in 'good faith' as familiar to civilian jurisprudence.
The module will enable students to study the legal issues involved in the negotiation of international contracts at a postgraduate level through the distance learning format. This will increase the availability and opportunity for studying this subject especially for a range of potential students already in employment in relevant areas of business. The module deals with an important aspect of commercial law which has significance to all engaged in business activity and in particular those involved in cross-border commerce.
Brief Description:
This module will provide an introduction to crucial issues relevant to negotiating international contracts. It will broadly introduce the background and context within which many international agreements are negotiated. The principal areas to be studied in depth include the law relating to: pre-contractual statements; agreements to negotiate; lock-out clauses; and rights and tenders. These will be examined from a common law perspective with reference to the general notion of negotiating contracts in 'good faith' as familiar to civilian jurisprudence.
Content
1. The framework and context in which international contracts are negotiated.
2. The significance of pre-contractual statements.
3. Agreements to negotiate and lock-out clauses.
4. Rights and tenders.
5. Contractual terms and the interpretation of commercial agreements.
2. The significance of pre-contractual statements.
3. Agreements to negotiate and lock-out clauses.
4. Rights and tenders.
5. Contractual terms and the interpretation of commercial agreements.
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Application of Number | N/A |
| Communication | Written communication is developed by the presentation of information and argument in written answers and in a more informal way by the use of Blackboard to encourage communication among students and between students and staff. Oral communication skills are developed at the residential study schools. |
| Improving own Learning and Performance | Distance learning, by its very nature, requires strong individual learning and performance structures and this module further develops key skills in this area. |
| Information Technology | The module is delivered almost entirely by distance learning which relies heavily on the use of electronic information resources and on-line learning and teaching. |
| Personal Development and Career planning | Independent learning enhances time management skills. Studying the module will also develop an enhanced capacity for critical thought and the ability to work independently. |
| Problem solving | By the examination and discussion of actual and hypothetical case studies. |
| Research skills | Through the detailed study at advanced level of literature, legal material and research findings on the subject. |
| Subject Specific Skills | This module provides students with the opportunity to identify, analyse, evaluate and practise a series of series of skills with respect to the negotiation of international contracts |
| Team work | Team working skills will be encouraged and developed in group activities and discussions at the residential study schools. |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7