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International Law
INL 4
3
Senior lecturer E. Stroganova
One 2-hour lecture per week
This course aims to give students a general understanding of
International Law as it affects international business, and to
provide them with knowledge of major principles of international
law and their application.
The course focuses on transnational legal aspects of doing
international business and rules regarding export-import
operations, foreign investments and multinational enterprises.
It enables students to recognize and understand legal problems
of international business operations most frequently encountered.
1.Mastering Business Law. Terry Price, Macmillan 1995.
2.International Business Transactions in a Nutshell. R.Folsom
West Publishing 1996
3.Transnational Business Problems. Detlev F.Vagts, Foundation
Press, 1998
4. The Law of International Trade. H.van Houtte Sweet and
Maxwell 1995
5. International Business Law. R.August Prentice Hall
6.WebCT and Cdrom materials and hand-outs
mid-term multiple choice test, written exam with short essay
questions, open questions and a case, students’ presentations.
Lectures, seminars.
Weekly schedule
Week
Topic
1
Contract law
2
Agency law
3
Torts (product liability)
4
Business organizations. Formation of a company.
5
Insurance law. Tax law.
6
The law and banking. Insolvency law.
7
Mid-term test.
8
Sources of International Law.
9
International business organizations.
10
European Union and EC law.
11
International business transactions. Negotiable
instruments.
12
The Laws of International Sale of Goods.
Trade regulation.
13
Trade restrictions.
14
Forms of involvement in international trade.
15
Foreign investments.
Chapter
1
16
17
18
Multinational enterprises.
Presentations.
Revision.
Summary of Common Professional
Components (CPC) Compliance
1. Accounting
Learning hours
Self study
4. Business policy/strategy
20
8
5. Economics
16
6
6. Global dimensions of business
12
6
7. Organizational Behavior
8
2
9. Legal business environment
26
10
10. Management
28
10
110
42
2. Business Ethics
3. Business Finance
8.
Comprehensive
of
Integrating
experience / Project
11. Marketing
12. Management information system/
Information technology
13. Production (operation) management
14.
Quantitative
techniques
and
Statistics
Total
2