Learning Outcomes
1) Acquaintance of basic knowledge in relation to legal rules governing international trade relationships. 2) Familiarization with judicial resolution of international trade disputes. 3) Familiarization with alternative modes of international dispute resolution (arbitration, mediation).
Course Content (Syllabus)
1) Object of the Law of International Transactions. 2) Sources of the Law of International Transactions. 3) The law applicable to legal entities engaged in international trade. 4) The law applicable to certain types of contractual and extra-contractual obligations (EU Regulations "Rome I" and "Rome II"). 5) International sales contracts from a trade and bank point of view. 6) Judicial resolution of international commercial disputes. 7) International commercial arbitration. 8) Cross-border mediation. 9) Vienna Convention on Contracts for the international sales of goods (1980).
Keywords
international contracts, judicial dispute resolution, international commercial arbitration, mediation, CISG