LW338-6-AU-CO:
Private International Trade Law
2023/24
Essex Law School
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Thursday 05 October 2023
Friday 15 December 2023
15
16 October 2023
Requisites for this module
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What are the key legal principles underlying international trade transactions? How is English law applied to private 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 private 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 sales contracts, the contracts of carriage, and international commercial arbitration. 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.
By the end of the module, students will be expected to be able:
1. To gain 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.
2. To be able to accurately and critically assess important legislation and legal instruments applicable in the context of private 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 private international trade transactions.
4. To develop and deploy arguments, and critically evaluate and analyse arguments and legal propositions in this area.
The syllabus includes:
Contracts of sale
Documentary credit
Carriage of goods by sea
Commercial arbitration
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.
10 x 2hr lecture
4 x 1hr tutorial
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 |
LW338 MCQs |
|
20% |
| Coursework |
LW338-6-AU Summative Essay |
|
80% |
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
Dr Fikayo Taiwo, email: fikayo.taiwo@essex.ac.uk.
Law Education Office, lawschoolug@essex.ac.uk
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No external examiner information available for this module.
Available via Moodle
Of 38 hours, 38 (100%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
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