LAW7028

International trade law

Ms J Schultz

One 2-hour seminar per week
* First semester
* City

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 international 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.

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 foreign market through the mechanisms of distributionship, agency, franchising, licensing and technology transfer; (3) impediments to and regulation of international trade - the impact of the GATT/WTO and, (4) international dispute resolution - negotiation, mediation, litigation and arbitration.

Assessment Class participation: 10%
* Written research assignment (4000-5000 words): 45%
* Take-home examination (4000-5000 words) 45%

Texts

Pryles, Waincymer and Davies International trade law: Commentary and materials LBC Information Series, 1996