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Level 7 Diploma in International Business Law

Contractual Performance, Validity, and Breach in International Sales

IBL701 · International Trade Law — Week 7 of 16

CourseIBL701
Week7 of 16
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This week’s topics

Contractual Performance, Validity, and Breach in International Sales

  1. Seller obligations of conformity and title
  2. Buyer remedies and fundamental breach under CISG
  3. Validity issues under domestic versus transnational law
  4. Force majeure, hardship, and doctrine of frustration
  5. Topic 3: The CISG as a backbone of Transnational Commercial Law
  6. UNIDROIT Principles: Why Practitioners Should Care About an International Restatement of Contracts

What you will be able to do

  • 2.2 Evaluate the rights and obligations imposed under international sales contracts.
  • 2.3 Analyse the validity of rights and obligation of international sales contracts.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: evaluate the rights and obligations imposed under international sales contracts.

Study materials

Videos

  • Topic 3: The CISG as a backbone of Transnational Commercial Law · YouTube · UNCITRAL: United Nations Commission on International Trade Law · 181 min · for registered students
  • UNIDROIT Principles: Why Practitioners Should Care About an International Restatement of Contracts · YouTube · CIARB New York Branch · 21 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG, Vienna 1980) · PDF · Un, legislation; 54 pages · for registered students
  • UNCITRAL Digest of Case Law on the CISG (2016 edition) · PDF · Uncitral, guidance · for registered students
  • UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts 2016 (black-letter rules) · PDF · Other, framework; 34 pages · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Economic Foundations of Multilateral Trade and GATT Princip…
  • Week 2: Institutional Architecture and Operation of the WTO
  • Week 3: Market Imperfections, Distortions, and Trade Barriers
  • Week 4: Preferential and Regional Trade Agreements
  • Week 5: International Competition Policy and Strategic Environmenta…
  • Week 6: Formation and Structure of International Sales Contracts
  • Week 7: Contractual Performance, Validity, and Breach in Internatio…
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Digital Trade and Cross-Border Electronic Contracting
  • Week 10: International Trade Finance and Payment Mechanisms
  • Week 11: Exchange Rate, Legal, and Regulatory Risks in Global Commer…
  • Week 12: Applying International Trade Law in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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