SOC028 International Trade Transactions: Risks Minimalization

Faculty of Law
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 6 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
JUDr. Radka Chlebcová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petra Novotná, Ph.D., LL.M. (lecturer)
Hana Brzobohatá (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. Vladimír Týč, CSc.
Department of International and European Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: prof. JUDr. Josef Bejček, CSc.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main aim of this course is to improve the knowledge of International Business law, to learn more about the special problems of International Business, about the European and American approach to selected issues. At the end of this course, students should be able to: read the case-law; analyze the case-law; work with the case-law;present the analysis of cases; write in Plain English; write legal memoranda.
Syllabus
  • 1. Types of Risks of International Transactions and their Prevention 2. CISG: The Main Risks of CISG and How to Avoid the Risks of CISG: Case Law (mirror rule, last shot rule, battle of forms, warranty, liability) 3. The Payment Methods of International Trade Transactions (Miscellaneous Methods of Financing): Open Account, Documentary Credit, Documentary Collection, Factoring, Forfeiting, Bank Guarantee, Currency Clause, Price Clause 4. Contracts for Carriage of Goods by Sea and Bills of Lading, Law of Transportation, Multi-Modal Transportation
Literature
  • HUBER, Peter and Alastair MULLIS. The CISG : a new textbook for students and practitioners. München: Sellier. European Law Publishers, 2007, xxiii, 408. ISBN 9783866530201. info
  • Commentary on the UN convention on the international sale of goods (CISG). Edited by Peter Schlechtriem - Ingeborg H. Schwenzer. 2nd (English) ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005, lxxxii, 11. ISBN 0199275181. info
  • DIMATTEO, Larry A. International sales law : a critical analysis of CISG jurisprudence. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, xiii, 241. ISBN 0521849802. info
  • BERNSTEIN, Herbert and Joseph M. LOOKOFSKY. Understanding the CISG in Europe : a compact guide to the 1980 United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. 2nd ed. New York: Kluwer Law International, 2003, xii, 266. ISBN 9041189009. info
  • LOOKOFSKY, Joseph M. Understanding the CISG in the USA : a compact guide to the 1980 United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. 2nd ed. Boston: Kluwer Law International, 1995, x, 171. ISBN 9041122974. info
Assessment methods
1. Participation during the course; 2. two legal memo; 3. final memo.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2011.
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