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 730-429 International Trade Law

Credit Points

10

Coordinator

Professor M Davies

Prerequisites

Torts and the Process of Law; History and Philosophy of Law; Contracts.

Semester

2

Contact

2 hours per week

Subject Description

Interdisciplinary perspectives on international trade; the contracts by which trade in goods takes place - sale, transport, payments, insurance; marketing and licensing structures - distributors, agency, franchising, licensing, transfer of technology; the impact upon trade of international institutions and agreements - GATT and the WTO, ASEAN, Australia/New Zealand CER, APEC; impediments to and regulation of international trade - anti-dumping, duties, antitrust, tax; conflict of law issues in international trade; resolution of disputes in international trade-litigation, arbitration, alternative dispute resolution and the recognition of foreign judgements and awards.

Assessment

Either a Research Paper 5000 words (100%) or a Take-Home Examination (100%).

Prescribed Texts
  • Pryles, Waincymer and Davies, International Trade Law: Commentary and Materials. LBC Information Services, 1996.
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