BPP_PRMO International Trade Law

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. JUDr. Tereza Kyselovská, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Bc. Radovan Malachta, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Tereza Kyselovská, Ph.D.
Department of Law – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Lenka Hráčková
Supplier department: Department of Law – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Timetable
Wed 16:00–17:50 P201, except Wed 14. 9., except Wed 2. 11.
Prerequisites
Students entering the course are recommended to have basic knowledge of law (in particular commercial or EU law).
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The course aims at providing students with knowledge of selected legal institutions in the field of international trade law. Students should acquire at least basic skills in the field of contracting connected with the field of international trade. The course consists of three blocks corresponding to three levels of relations in the field of international trade: selected chapters from international economic law, selected chapters from the field of international trade management, namely outward trade relations within the EU and the Czech Republic, and problems of legal regulation of international business transactions.

At the end of the course students will:
a) have basic information on the area of legal regulation of relations exercised in the area of international trade;
b) have detailed knowledge of certain international economic law institutes, in particular from the field of WTO law;
c) have basic knowledge of the field of legal regulation of relations in the field of external business relations of the EU and the Czech Republic;
d) have acquired knowledge from the field of legal regulation of international business transactions;
e) have acquired certain contracting skills in this area.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, the student will be able to analyze the different levels of international trade law (relations between states and international organizations, relations between a state and an individual on its territory, relations between natural persons). During the course, the student will familiarize with the legal regulation of the international sales contract. Therefore, one of the outcomes is the ability to outline and draft a contract of sale - in particular, the ability to formulate the basic elements of a contract, the commercial terms, delivery term (INCOTERMS), the payment term, the clause of the choice of law and the clause of the dispute resolution and other regular elements of a contract, such as liquidated damages, contractual guarantee or penalty for delay. The student will know how to make a claim for goods and what claims can be demanded in the case of a breach of the contract of sale. The student will also be able to recognize and characterize other international business transactions, both from a legal and economic perspective.
Syllabus
  • 1 Three levels which capture relations in the field of international trade. Legal regulation of the individual relation levels. Sources of law. The cross-border element. Basic methods of solving private law relations with an cross-border element. 2 Legal regulation of the international sales contract. 3 The process of concluding a contract of sale. Terms and conditions. 4 INCOTERMS. Delivery and payment terms in an international purchase – sale. 5 Liability relations in an international purchase-sale. 6 International contract of carriage. International control contract. 7 Dispute resolution in international trade I 8 Dispute resolution in international trade II 9 Other international commercial/financial transactions (in particular leasing, factoring, investment, distribution, sales representative ...). 10 Selected institutes of international economic law. WTO law. 11 WTO law. Other selected problems of investment regulation at international level, double taxation issues. 12 External trade relations of the EU. Characteristics of the various trade policy instruments. Autonomous trade policy instruments. Treaty-based trade policy instruments.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • POLÁČEK, Bohumil. Právo mezinárodního obchodu. Vydání první. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2017, 336 stran. ISBN 9788075527707. info
Teaching methods
Presentations, discussion, solving practical examples and drawing up a purchase contract.
Assessment methods
The course finishes with a homework and final test (multiple-choice test, problem solving).
"Any copying, recording or leaking tests, use of unauthorized tools, aids and communication devices, or other disruptions of objectivity of exams (credit tests) will be considered non-compliance with the conditions for course completion as well as a severe violation of the study rules. Consequently, the teacher will finish the exam (credit test) by awarding grade "F" in the Information System, and the Dean will initiate disciplinary proceedings that may result in study termination."
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Nezapisují si studenti, kteří absolvovali předmět PPPMO.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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