International Trade Law

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2009:

Objectives:

A student who has successfully completed this subject should:

• Be aware of the legal problems that arise from international commercial transactions
• Understand how the law of sale of goods, negotiable instruments, carriage of goods, securities, taxation and dispute settlement is affected when goods and services are traded across national boundaries
• Be familiar with the ways in which trading parties resolve or reduce problems created by the international nature of their relationship
• Understand how international conventions, treaties and intergovernmental agreements promote, regulate and restrain trade
• Be aware of the various ways in which government regulation may affect international commercial transactions
• Be familiar with different types of marketing structure used in international trade, and Australian law relating to each type.

Syllabus:

Principal topics will include:

• The contracts by which trade in goods takes place: Sale, transport, payments, insurance
• Marketing and licensing structures: Distributors, agency, franchising, licensing, transfer of technology
• The impact upon trade of international institutions and agreements: The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the World Trade Organization
• Impediments to, and regulation of, international trade: Anti-dumping, duties, antitrust
• Regulation of international investment
• Conflict of laws issues in international trade
• Resolution of disputes in international trade litigation, arbitration, alternative dispute resolution and the recognition of foreign judgments and awards.

• Take-home examination (100%) (7–10 August)
  
  or
   
• Research paper 10,000 words (100%) (24 September) (topic approved by the subject coordinator)
  
  or
   
• Take-home examination (50%) (7–10 August) and
• Research paper 5,000 words (50%) (24 September) (topic approved by the subject coordinator)
   

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

Objectives:

A student who has successfully completed this subject should:

• Be aware of the legal problems that arise from international commercial transactions
• Understand how the law of sale of goods, negotiable instruments, carriage of goods, securities, taxation and dispute settlement is affected when goods and services are traded across national boundaries
• Be familiar with the ways in which trading parties resolve or reduce problems created by the international nature of their relationship
• Understand how international conventions, treaties and intergovernmental agreements promote, regulate and restrain trade
• Be aware of the various ways in which government regulation may affect international commercial transactions
• Be familiar with different types of marketing structure used in international trade, and Australian law relating to each type.

Syllabus:

Principal topics will include:

• The contracts by which trade in goods takes place: Sale, transport, payments, insurance
• Marketing and licensing structures: Distributors, agency, franchising, licensing, transfer of technology
• The impact upon trade of international institutions and agreements: The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the World Trade Organization
• Impediments to, and regulation of, international trade: Anti-dumping, duties, antitrust
• Regulation of international investment
• Conflict of laws issues in international trade
• Resolution of disputes in international trade litigation, arbitration, alternative dispute resolution and the recognition of foreign judgments and awards.

• Take-home examination (100%) (7–10 August)
  
  or
   
• Research paper 10,000 words (100%) (24 September) (topic approved by the subject coordinator)
  
  or
   
• Take-home examination (50%) (7–10 August) and
• Research paper 5,000 words (50%) (24 September) (topic approved by the subject coordinator)