Leader: Mr Andrew Field

Offered

Clayton First semester 2008 (Day)

Synopsis

The law affecting Australian enterprises engaged in international business. Topics include international trade conventions; import and export procedures; carriage of goods by sea and air; bills of lading and the Hague-Visby rules; finance of international trade; payment and documentary credits; the use of negotiable instruments in international trade; international commercial arbitration and marine insurance.

Objectives

The learning objectives of this unit are to:

• Examine international trade law scenarios;
• Identify legal problems and risks which arise in those scenarios in relation to the global trading system, contracts, carriage of goods, payments and dispute resolution;
• Describe the relevant law which may apply to those problems;
• Analyse and apply the law to those problems and predict possible legal outcomes.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 30%
Examination (open- book, 3 hours): 70%

Contact hours

3 hours per week

Prerequisites

BTC1110 or BTC2110 or equivalent