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Level 7 Diploma in International Business Law

Digital Trade and Cross-Border Electronic Contracting

IBL701 · International Trade Law — Week 9 of 16

CourseIBL701
Week9 of 16
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This week’s topics

Digital Trade and Cross-Border Electronic Contracting

  1. UNCITRAL Model Laws on Electronic Commerce and Signatures
  2. Legal validity of automated and smart contracts
  3. Digital platform liability and jurisdictional issues
  4. Data sovereignty and international electronic records

What you will be able to do

  • 2.4 Analyse the implications of making international contract online.

Activity

Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: analyse the implications of making international contract online.

Study materials

Videos

  • Business Network Breakfast Briefing: The challenge of smart contracts · YouTube · The Open University Business School · 62 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce with Guide to Enactment · PDF · Uncitral, legislation · for registered students
  • UN Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts (2005) with explanatory note · PDF · Uncitral, legislation · for registered students
  • Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002 (SI 2002/2013) · Reading · legislation.gov.uk, legislation · 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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