| International trade law |
| Section A: Export sales on English law terms |
| · FOB contracts |
| · CIF contracts |
| · Passing of property and transfer of risk |
| · Remedies of buyer and seller |
| Section B: Carriage of goods by sea in international trade law |
| · The shipping background and electronic developments |
| · The carrier’s duties |
| · The carrier’s limitations |
| · Transfer of contractual rights and duties under the contract of carriage |
| Section C: Bankers’ letters of credit |
| · The contract between beneficiary and issuer/confirmer of documentary credit |
| · Strictness of documentary compliance and autonomy |
| · Fraud and forgery |
| · Stand-by letters of credit and first demand guarantees |
| Section D: United Nations Sale Convention 1980 (CISG) |
| · Scope and application of the Convention |
| · General principles of uniformity in the Convention |
| · Buyer’s and seller’s duties |
| · Avoidance, exemption and remedies for breach |
Sequence:
The sections must be attempted in order. |
Textbooks:
Michael Bridge, The International Sale of Goods: Law and Practice 2nd ed (Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2007), ISBN: 9780199273584 |
| Paul Todd, Cases and Materials on International Trade Law (London: Thomson–Sweet & Maxwell, 2003), ISBN: 9780421827103 |
For Secion B of the course only:
John F. Wilson, Carriage of Goods by Sea 7th ed (London: Longman, 2010),
ISBN:
978140821893 |
