Postgraduate - UnitBTM5919 - International trade law

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Business Law and Taxation
Offered	Malaysia First semester 2014 (Evening) Malaysia Second semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Haemala Thanasegaran

Synopsis

Topics cover both public and private international trade law, including the WTO and dispute settlement within its framework; rights and duties in international sales transactions; legal regimes governing contracts for carriage of goods internationally and the rights and duties arising there under; legal aspects of financing international trade through documentary collections and letters of credit; marine insurance; and international dispute resolution.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

understand the purpose and scope of the international legal framework in which trade between nations takes place
recognise and understand the nature and purpose of documents used in international trade including contracts of sale, shipping documentation, invoices, insurance policies, bills of exchange and letters of credit
identify and understand legal issues in an international trade context
apply the laws relating to international contracts of sale, international carriage of goods, international finance and marine insurance in a variety of practical situations
write a coherent piece of advice discussing the legal implications of the issues arising in an international trade dispute.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 40%
Examination: 60%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Haemala Thanasegaran

Workload requirements

3 hours per week

Prohibitions

BTF5919, BTS5919, BTX5190, BTX9190, LAW7028, LAW7209