International Business Law

Code:

2EGI08

Acronym:

DNI

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Legal Sciences

Instance: 2012/2013 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Secção Autónoma de Direito
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in International Economics and Management

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MEGI	33	Bologna Syllabus since 2012	1	-	7,5	56	202,5

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

- To teach the students the basic features of international commercial contract law.
- To provide the students with a good knowledge of the most important international contracts, allowing them to maximize the protection and minimize the risks in international economic transactions.

Program

I
International contracts

1. International Sale of Goods.
2. Contractual Agency and similar contracts.
3. International Franchising.
4. International Leasing.
5. International Factoring.
6. Forfaiting.
7. Project finance.

II
International Payments and Payment Systems

III
Warranties in International Contract Law

IV
The formation of International contracts

4.1. Pre-contractual liability.
4.2. Letters of Intent.
4.3. Roma I.

V
Typical clauses in international commercial contracts.

VI
Breach of Contract

VII
Arbitration committee

VIII
Intellectual Property Law.

Mandatory literature

Pinheiro, Luís de Lima; Direito Comercial Internacional, Almedina, 2005
Fontaine, Marcel; Ly, Filip De; Droit des Contrats internationaux, Bruylant, 2003
Jan Dalhuisen; Dalhuisen's Transnational Comparative, Commercial, Financial and Trade Law, Hart Pub., 2010

Teaching methods and learning activities

Presentation of the subject matter, always with the use of examples. Case studies.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Eligibility for exams

Written Paper.

Oral Presentation.