COURSE OUTLINE IN INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION LAW
AU Summer University 2015
Course value
Period
Number of teaching hours
Length
Structure
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Students
Assessment
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Lecturers
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Literature
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10 ECTS
Summer 2015
48 hours in total
22 July – 14 August 2015
Lectures and Case Studies (three sessions per week, each session
comprising 4 hours; first week – two sessions of 4 hours each);
Participants’ presentations (3 hours)
Mock Arbitration Hearing (4 hours for presentation plus 4 hours
for preparation)
Q &A Session (4 hours)
See the allocation of the teaching sessions below for more
information
27 students
Oral exam at the end of the course
Lecturers may give home assignments or presentations (not
graded)
Dimitar Kondev, AU
Jakob B. Sørensen, Holst, Advokater
Prof. Torsten Iversen, AU (mock arbitration hearing)
Prof. René Henschel, AU
Marta Andrecka, AU
Axel-Volkmar Jaeger and Götz-Sebastian Hök, FIDIC: A Guide for
Practitioners, New York: Springer, 2009
Additional reading material will be uploaded on Blackboard or will
be handed out and referred to during the course.
COURSE STRUCTURE
Week
Week 1
Lecture – 4h (09:00 – 13:00)
22 July 2015, Wednesday
Lecture + Case Studies – 4h
(09:00 – 13:00)
24 July 2015, Friday
Week 2
Lecture + Case Studies – 4h
(09:00 – 13:00)
27 July 2015, Monday
Lecture + Case Studies – 4h
(09:00 – 13:00)
29 July 2015, Wednesday
Lecture + Case Studies – 4h
(09:00 – 13:00)
31 July 2015, Friday
Subject
INTRODUCTION, LEGAL SYSTEMS, INTERNATIONAL STANDARD
FORM AGREEMENTS
- General introduction to the course
- Introduction to international construction projects
- Legal systems
- Conflict of Laws
- Development Stages
- Public Procurement
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Common Delivery Methods
International Standard Form Construction Agreements
Understanding FIDIC Conditions of Contract
FIDIC Contract Documents
PARTIES’ OBLIGATIONS, ENGINEER, VARIATIONS, CERTIFICATES,
DEFECTS
- Employer’s Obligations
- Contractor’s Obligations
- Design Responsibility
- Role of the Engineer
- Construction Contracts and Contract Management
- Time for Completion
- Variations
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Tests
Certificates
Defects Notification Period and Defects Liability
Reading (reference to the book)
Lecturer
Chapters 1-3
Pages 1-79
Dimitar
Kondev
(09:00 – 12:00)
Chapter 5-7
Pages 83-176
Marta
Andrecka
(12:00-13:00)
Jakob
Sørensen
Chapters 8-10
Pages 177-219
Dimitar
Kondev
Chapter 11-13
Pages 221-281
Dimitar
Kondev
(09:00-10:00,
11:00-13:00)
Chapter 14-16
283-315
René Henschel
(10:00-11:00)
Dimitar
Kondev
Week 3
Lecture + Case Studies – 4h
(09:00 – 13:00)
03 August 2015, Monday
Lecture + Case Studies – 4h
(09:00 – 13:00)
05 August 2015, Wednesday
Lecture + Case Studies – 4h
(09:00 – 13:00)
07 August 2015, Friday
Week 4
Lecture + Case Studies – 4h
(09:00 – 13:00)
10 August 2015, Monday
Discussion – 4 h (09:00 –
13:00)
11 August 2015, Tuesday
Mock Hearing – 4h (09:00 –
13:00)
13 August, Thursday
TERMINATION, RISK, CLAIMS AND DISPUTES, DISPUTE
ADJUDICATION, ARBITRATION
- Termination
- Risk and Insurance
- Securities
- Discharge, Frustration and Force Majeure
- Claim Management
- Disputes
- Dispute Adjudication Boards and Arbitration
- Disputes
- Dispute Adjudication Boards and Arbitration
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MOCK HEARING
Effect of Governing Law
Participants’ presentations on specific topics (group work
required, topics to be announced)
Chapters 17-20
Pages 317-356
Jakob
Sørensen
Chapters 21-22
Pages 357-416
Dimitar
Kondev
Chapters 21-22
Pages 357-416
Dimitar
Kondev
Materials to be uploaded on
Blackboard
Dimitar
Kondev
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Mock Arbitration Hearing – preparation
NA
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Mock Arbitration Hearing
NA
Course
Participants
Dimitar
Kondev
Torsten
Iversen
René Henschel
Q & A Session – 4h (09:00 –
13:00)
14 August 2015, Friday
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Q & A Session
Closing Remarks
NA
Dimitar
Kondev
Dimitar
Kondev