Legal Aspects of International Business

22B1843

Bachelor

English

5.0

winter- and summerterm

1 semester

This module provides an overview over important business related legal questions at the level of international contracts.

Applicable law under Rome-I-Regulation and other PIL-regimes

international jurisdiction

alternative dispute resolution

UN - Sales Law

Commercial Terms

International law of Transport, especially Hague/Hague-Visby-Rules

International Payment, especially letter of credit

The total workload for the module is 150 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").

• Homework / Assignment or
• Written examination or
• Oral presentation, with written elaboration

Referat: 20 minutes; written version: 5 pages

Written assignment: 10 pages

Exam: see study regulations

The requirements are specified in the relevant class.

Successful study of the module Comparative Law

Students know how to establish the law applicable to contracts at international level. They can apply these rules to problem questions. They have an understanding of the importance of the rules of private international law and international jurisdiction. They can point out rules applying to sales contracts, transportation contracts und payment contracts and they can illustrate the application of these rules using problem scenarios. 

Students know the advantages and disadvantages of different legal systems (domestic sales law - UN-Sales Law - commercial terms; Hague Rules - Hague Visby Rules - domestic transportation law). They can compare these systems. They can explain which advantages using letter of credits has for the parties involved in the transaction.

Students can critically reflect the application of different legal systems to the same contract; they can evaluate the resulting differences; as a result, they can provide legal advice for the parties involved. 

Students can apply the knowledge they obtained to unknown problem questions. They can establish the legal issues, they can establish the applicable law and they can give an answer to a legal issue on this basis. In respect of contract drafting, they can evaluate different options and optimize the legal position of a party.

Students can use national and international data bases to find answers to legal issues under different legal regimes. 

Students can - alone and in groups - write/talk about legal issues in such a way that a lay person can make informed decisions on this basis. 

Students can critically reflect where they can still develop solutions on their own and when they reach their limit. In particular, they are aware of their ability or unability to apply the applicable law themselves. 

The module is connected to the other modules in the specialization on international law. In particular, the knowledge and skills obtained in the module comparative law are built on in this module.

• Business Law, LL.B.

• Sutschet, Holger

• Sutschet, Holger