DROI0900-6 : Law of International Contracting

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Study programmes 2013-2014

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DROI0900-6

Law of International Contracting

Duration :

30h Th

Number of credits :

Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...)		5

Lecturer :

Paul Crahay

Language(s) of instruction :

English language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Course contents :

1. relevance of course

This course aims at giving a general training ro enable the students to understand and negotiate the most common international business contracts.

2. courses contents

sources of law in international commercial contracts
applicable law : national & international rules
jurisdiction & arbitration
international sale agreements
international agency agreements
international distribution agreements
international licence & technology transfer agreements
electronic contracting

Learning outcomes of the course :

A the end of this course, the students will be able to :

understand and use adequately the basic legal concepts
analyse and give a critical opinion on international contracts

For students of the Master in Management : This course contributes to the following Intended Learning Outcomes :

ILO-1 : To strengthen knowledge and understanding of management disciplines and its legal, policy and social context

ILO-2 : Gaining the knowledge and understanding of one of the proposed fields of concentration or to gain deep knowledge in the field of the management being already specialized thru a first University Master Degree.

ILO-3 : To understand, in management situations, the transversal tools of quantitative reasoning, information systems and project management

ILO-4 : To acquire the capacity to research autonomously and methodically the information needed to solve a complex, transversal management problem.

ILO-5 : Integrate autonomously researched information, tools, knowledge and context to build and propose, either individually or as part of a team, original, creative and viable solutions to concrete complex management problems, whether real or simulated, taking into account, when necessary, the human, social and legal context.

ILO-6 : Ability to speak 2 foreign languages: C1 in English and B2 in one other language.

ILO-7 : Being capable of professional team work.

ILO-9 : Developing a critical sense (arguing).

ILO-10 : Developing a transversal, global vision.

ILO-11 : Creative conception of solutions.

ILO-14 : Faced with a management problem, suggesting solutions that are ethical and socially responsible and that respect the principles of good governance.

Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :

good command of the English language
knowledge of essential legal concepts

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

1. Methods

Lectures on fundamental international legal concepts
Tutored study of international contracts
Critical analysis of an international contract, writing and presentation of a group report.

2. General planning.
The work in the classroom is taking place during the first module. The evaluation, based on the group paper and its presentation, will take place at the end of the second module, according to the school organization.

3. student workload (Classroom + Home).

Lecture on fundamental concepts (C=9 - H=9)
Tutored study of contracts (C=12 + H=12)
Research of contracts including their context (H=8)
Approval, advise (C=3 + H=3)
Studies, analysis, research, criticism and synthesis (H=32)
Writing of the report and preparation of the presentation (H=8)

(Credit: ECTS; estimate student workload = 96h including 24h in the classroom)