LW327-6-FY-CO:
International Trade Law
2022/23
Essex Law School
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Thursday 06 October 2022
Friday 30 June 2023
30
15 September 2022
Requisites for this module
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What are the key legal principles underlying international trade transactions? How is English law applied to international trade? What international instruments help establish an autonomous law of international trade? This module will provide students with the training to understand, develop and deploy legal arguments in the context of international trade law.
The module aims to provide an overall examination of the major principles which underlie international trade transactions particularly as they relate to the international sale contract, international trade finance, the contracts of carriage, international commercial arbitration and public international trade law. The module will examine English law as applied to international trade since a large number of international transactions continue to be subject to English law. The module will also examine relevant international instruments which reflect efforts towards establishing an autonomous law of international trade.
At the end of the course students would be expected:
1. to have a systematic understanding of the key legal principles underlying international sale of goods and carriage of goods by sea transactions and of international commercial dispute resolution and the treaties governing state regulation of international economic transactions
2. to be able to accurately and critically assess important legislation and legal instruments applicable in the context of international trade transactions
3. to be able to accurately and critically analyse important judicial and arbitral decisions and to apply judicial and arbitral decisions in various and divergent factual situations arising out of international trade transactions
4. to be able to develop and deploy arguments, critically analyse arguments and legal propositions in the context of international trade law and to develop or apply these arguments in various settings whether e.g. scholarly, in litigation, or in the context of provision of legal advice.
Indicative Syllabus
1. A Typical International Trade Transaction
2. The Law Relating to the International Sale of Goods
3. Choice of Law and International Commerical Arbitration
4. Carriage of Goods by Sea
5. Public International Trade Law
This module is taught via weekly lectures and fortnightly tutorials. The module teaching team will produce and make available on Moodle short guidance notes. The notes will also contain tips designed both to help you navigate the material to be covered in the lectures and to equip you to analyse the required readings. You will be expected to have completed the required readings in advance of your tutorials. Your tutorials will enable you to discuss the material covered in lectures and the required readings, obtain feedback on your pre-class preparation and deepen your understanding of key concepts. To help you prepare in the best possible way for your tutorials, you will be completing regular Multiple-Choice Quizzes on Moodle. The quizzes will be based on the reading set for that week so that the quiz forms part of your preparation for each tutorial. The quizzes will enable you to track your progress, understand what you are doing well, and give you clear feedback to help you manage your studies and your progress.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Formative Essay (LW327 International Trade Law) |
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0% |
| Coursework |
Essay (LW327 International Trade Law) |
|
50% |
| Practical |
Multiple Choice Quizzes - Continuous Assessment (LW327 International Trade Law) |
|
50% |
| Exam |
Main exam: Remote, Open Book, 24hr during Summer (Main Period)
|
| Exam |
Reassessment Main exam: Remote, Open Book, 24hr during September (Reassessment Period)
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Mrs Jessica Glassock, email: j.glassock@essex.ac.uk.
Dr Jessica Lawrence,Dr. Johanna Hoekstra, Ms. Fikayo Taiwo, Ms. Christina Gkampitsaki
Law UG Education Administrators - schooloflawug@essex.ac.uk
Yes
No
Yes
Dr Gary Lynch-Wood
University of Manchester
Senior Lecturer
Available via Moodle
Of 80 hours, 44 (55%) hours available to students:
3 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
33 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
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