Pre-requisite: Enrolment In A Post Graduate Course
This unit examines the impact of law on the enterprises that conduct international business and on particular transactions entered into by such enterprises. The focus will be primarily on individual transactions. The formation and other aspects of international contracts will be dealt with as well as finance and transport of goods. In addition the unit will explore legal aspects of the structures through which international business may be conducted. A study will also be made of distribution and selling arrangements, the methods by which private international legal disputes are resolved, and one particular regional grouping, namely the European Union.