Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
International Contract Law
Other languages of instruction: Catalan, English
Teaching staff
Introduction
The subject of Law International Contracts intended to make students take an initial contact with the legal aspects of global trade and business in a global and diverse international community, and, especially, to become familiar with the English language and the terms used in the international contracts.
To do this, legal texts emanating from supranational institutions and bodies will be analyzed not only in the field of the European Union but in the wider world trade. The language of instruction will be English.
Pre-course requirements
No procede
Objectives
Know and understand the legal framework of international contracts and trade.
Understand and get familiar with economic documentation and customary documentation in international trade operations.
Work independently and plan and organize their learning.
Acquire legal terminology in the English language capacity in matters relating to international contracts.
Knowing the sources of law in international contracts (treaties, private systems, principles and scope of autonomy) and contractual mechanisms for resolving disputes (judicial and non-judicial mechanisms: mediation and arbitration).
Competences/Learning outcomes of the degree programme
- 11 - To acquire skills for autonomous learning
- 27 - To skillfully use terminology and linguistic structures in English related to Law
- 28 - To be able to read and understand bibliography and other legal texts in English
- 29 - To be able to gather and interpret economic documentation
Learning outcomes of the subject
1. Know and understand the legal framework of international contracts and mechanisms for resolving international commercial disputes.
2. Be able to interpret and understand common economic documentation and documentation in the trade.
3. Be able to work independently and to plan and organize their learning.
4. Get the ability to speak in English in matters relating to the appropriate legal terminology in commercial matters.
Syllabus
1. The exchange of goods and services. International trade. The phenomenon of globalization. Its effects on the international contracts and in the markets. The free movement within the European Union.
2. The international contract. Sources. Tendency to unification. New Lex Mercatoria and UNIDROIT Principles. Rome I. The Vienna Convention.
3. Content, writing and usual clauses in international contracts.
4. E-commerce. State contracts. Consumer contracts.
5. The capital companies in the global market. Groups of companies, joint ventures and M & A International. Risks.
6. Solutions to disputes in international contracts: private international arbitration.
Teaching and learning activities
In blended
| TRAINING ACTIVITY | COMPETENCES |
|---|---|
| Presenting concepts and their practical application in the classroom | 27 |
| Classroom activities in order to follow up on students (both individual and in a group) | 27 29 |
| Student independent study | 11 27 28 29 |
| Individual and group projects | 27 28 |
Evaluation systems and criteria
In blended
La nota final de la asignatura estará integrada por la nota del examen final, que contará un 40% y la nota de la evaluación continua, que contará un 60%.
El examen final consistirá en una prueba escrita, que se realizará online y que consistirá en dos preguntas de desarrollo.
La evaluación continua está constituida, a efectos de la nota final, por:
1. La asistencia a clase, que contará un 20%. De este 20%, un 10% estará integrado por la valoración de las intervenciones y participación en clase, y el otro 10% exclusivamente por la asistencia, que por las excepcionales circunstancias de este curso, lo tendrán todos los alumnos.
2. Y finalmente, se hará una práctica, en lengua inglesa, que se deberá realizar en casa y enviar por email, y que contará otro 40%.
La falta de asistencia a las Conferencias de Formación Continua será evaluada negativamente en la asignatura. Es decir, en función del número de conferencias al que no se haya asistido se bajará hasta un punto la nota final que haya resultado de la evaluación total de la asignatura.
Por ejemplo: si se falta a una conferencia la nota bajará 0,4 puntos, si se falta a dos conferencias la nota bajará 0,7 puntos y si se falta a las tres conferencias la nota bajará 1 punto." Esta normativa no será de aplicación para los alumnos Erasmus o de intercambio, ni tampoco a los alumnos de los Dobles grados
En el examen de 2ª convocatoria de Julio no se tendrá en cuenta la evaluación continua.
El profesor estará siempre disponible para dudas y tutorías. Se ruega comunicarse al mail del profesor o bien al final de las clases teóricas.
Bibliography and resources
-A.-L. Calvo Caravaca y J. Carrascosa González (Directores), Derecho del Comercio Internacional, Colex, 2012.
-J. C. Fernández Rozas, R. Arenas García y P.A. de Miguel Asensio, Derecho de los Negocios Internacionales, Iustel, 2013.
-P. Llanez González, E-contratos, Bosch, 2004.
-S. Sánchez Lorenzo (Editor), Derecho contractual comparado, Thomson Reuters, 2013.
-R. C. Feenstra y A. M. Taylor, Comercio internacional, Reverté, 2011.
-D. G. Papa y L. Elliott, International trade and the successful intermediary, Gower, 2009.
-B. M. Hoekman y M. M. Kostecki, The political economy of the world trading system, Oxford, 2009.
-A. M. Rugman y T. L. Brewer, The Oxford handbook of international business, Oxford, 2001.