Course Overview

This course provides an introduction to the global law relating to international commercial contracts. A major focus will be on contracts of sales, as codified by the Vienna Convention on the International Sale of Goods (CISG). However, some issues of the general law of contract will also be covered in detail (eg formation, interpretation, third party rights, the duty of good faith and fair dealing). The treatment of some of these topics will be based on an examination of the 2010 UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts (PICC). The approach is comparative. Examples will be drawn from the decisions of national courts as well as arbitral awards.

Learning Achievement

A student who has successfully completed this subject should:

_ be aware of the nature of transnational commercial law;

_ be aware of the specific legal problems that arise from international commercial transactions;

_ be familiar with the Vienna Convention on the International Sale of Goods (CISG);

_ be familiar with the 2010 UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts (PICC).

Competence

Course prerequisites

*Restrict to graduate students.
*Restrict to students of College of Law.

Grading Philosophy

Course schedule

Course type

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Stefan Vogenauer

Other information

Graduate Institute of Law

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