LAW7028

International trade law ( 6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL)

Leader: Professor Jeff Waincymer

Offered:
City Second semester 2005 (On-campus)

Synopsis: This course is built around four main topics: (1) the International Trade of Goods including the contracts for sale, transport and financing of goods to and from Australia; (2) entry into a foreigh market through the mechanisms of distibutionship, agency, franchising, licensing and technology transfer; (3) impediments to a regulation of international trade - the impact of the GATT/WTO and, (4) international dispute resolution - negotiation, mediation, litigation and arbitration.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this subject should have (1) an awareness of the kinds of legal problems that arise from international commercial transactions; (2) acquired an understanding of how the law of sale of goods, negotiable instruments, carriage of goods, and dispute settlement is affected when goods cross national boundaries; (3) a familiarity with the principal mechanisms that trading parties use to resolve or reduce those problems; (4) an appreciation of contemporary issues in Australia's interrnational trading relationships; (5) an awareness of the ways in which government controls of various kinds may affect private international commercial transactions; and (6) a broad knowledge of how the general problems of international trade operate in selected specific areas.

Assessment: Research assignment (3750 words): 50% + Take home examination (3750 words): 50%

Contact Hours: Semi-Intensive