Postgraduate - UnitBTF5919 - International trade law

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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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	Caulfield First semester 2015 (Day) Caulfield Second semester 2015 (Evening)
Coordinator(s)	Mr Mathews Thomas (First semester); Dr Jadranka Petrovic (Second semester)

Synopsis

Topics include law of international trade, including rights and duties in international sales transactions; legal regimes governing contracts for carriage of goods internationally; distribution agreements; legal aspects of financing international trade; shipping documents, documentary collections and letters of credit; marine and aviation insurance; international dispute resolution.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

define the purpose and scope of the international legal framework in which trade between nations takes place
recognise and understand the form and nature of documents used in international trade including contracts of sale, shipping documentation, invoices, insurance policies, bills of exchange, documentary collections 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 and finance of international trade in a variety of situations
write a coherent piece of advice discussing the legal issues arising in an international trade dispute.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 40%
Examination: 60%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Chief examiner(s)

Mr Mathews Thomas (First semester)
Dr Jadranka Petrovic (Second semester)

Prohibitions

BTX5190, LAW7028, LAW7209, BTX9190