LW601-7-AP-CO:
International Trade Finance Law
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2023/24
Essex Law School
Colchester Campus
Autumn & Spring
Postgraduate: Level 7
Inactive
Thursday 05 October 2023
Friday 22 March 2024
30
10 February 2021
Requisites for this module
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The primary purpose of the module is to enable students to develop detailed knowledge of the techniques and legal context of the financing of international trade.
No previous knowledge of international trade or finance is required. The module focuses on international trade finance products and methods; namely documentary collections, documentary letters of credit, standby letters of credit and bonds/guarantees, international factoring, forfaiting, international leasing, and export credit agency financing.
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No additional information available.
Instruction is by way of lectures and seminars. Student participation is encouraged.
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Alshaleel, M.K. (2022)
Regulation and Governance of Mutual Funds. London: Routledge. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003127888.
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Murray, C.
et al. (2012b)
Schmitthoff the law and practice of international trade. Twelfth edition. London: Sweet & Maxwell. Available at:
https://app.kortext.com/Shibboleth.sso/Login?entityID=https://idp0.essex.ac.uk/shibboleth&target=https://app.kortext.com/borrow/125555.
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Ebenezer Adodo (no date b)
Letters of Credit?: The Law and Practice of Compliance. First edition. Oxford, United Kingdom?: OUP Oxford. Available at:
https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=2102272&site=eds-live.
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Murray, C.
et al. (2012d)
Schmitthoff the law and practice of international trade. Twelfth edition. London: Sweet & Maxwell. Available at:
https://app.kortext.com/Shibboleth.sso/Login?entityID=https://idp0.essex.ac.uk/shibboleth&target=https://app.kortext.com/borrow/125555.
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Ellinger, Peter, E.P. and Neo, D.S.S. (2010b) The law and practice of documentary letters of credit. Oxford: Hart.
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Gupta, PranayTham, T. Mandy (no date)
Fintech?: The New DNA of Financial Services. De Gruyter. Available at:
https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=2026908&site=eds-live.
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Laurence, T. and EBSCOhost ebook collection (2017)
Blockchain For Dummies. Hoboken, New Jersey: for Dummies, a Wiley brand. Available at:
https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1504950.
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Hare, C. and Neo, D. (2021)
Trade Finance: Technology, Innovation and Documentary Credits. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Incorporated. Available at:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/universityofessex-ebooks/detail.action?docID=6661669.
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Uniform rules for bank payment obligations (2013). Paris, France: International Chamber of Commerce.
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Goode, R., Kronke, H. and McKendrick, E. (eds) (2015)
Transnational Commercial Law: Texts, Cases and Materials. 2nd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Available at:
https://search-ebscohost-com.uniessexlib.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1059868&site=ehost-live&authtype=sso&custid=s9814295.
The above list is indicative of the essential reading for the course.
The library makes provision for all reading list items, with digital provision where possible, and these resources are shared between students.
Further reading can be obtained from this module's
reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
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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
Dr Mohammed Alshaleel, email: mkalsh@essex.ac.uk.
Dr Flora Huang, email: flora.huang@essex.ac.uk.
Dr Mohammed Alshaleel
School of Law, University of Essex. Telephone: 01206 874713 Email: mkalsh@essex.ac.uk
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No
Yes
Prof Duncan Sheehan
University of Leeds
Professor
Available via Moodle
Of 36 hours, 36 (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).
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