Course overview
This course covers an introduction to International Law and comparison of different legal systems; State responsibility, including protection of the environment; International dispute resolution; The Multinational Enterprise, their structures and home State regulation, including regulation of anti-competitive conduct and sharp business practices such as bribery; Intellectual Property including trade marks, invention patents, product designs, copyright and confidential information/trade secrets. Other topics covered are Foreign Investment, International Trade in Goods, Contracts for International Sales of Goods, Transportation of Goods, Financing and Taxation.
Course learning outcomes
- Analyse some key principles of international law to gain an understanding of how it impacts on international business across a variety of legal jurisdictions with a particular emphasis on the United States of America; the European Union and Australia
- Analyse some public international law issues as they affect nations in their dealings with other nations in terms of trade in goods and services and the use of tariffs and subsidies and applicable retaliatory measures
- Apply private international law to critical issues affecting international business such as in identifying the choice of law applicable to international sales contracts; the formation and terms of international sales contracts; intellectual property, transportation, financing and taxation issues
- Reflect on the different approaches by different legal systems and attain an appreciation of how these different legal systems regulate international business transactions
- Analyse the impact of international business law from a policy perspective and in the context of cultural and legal diversity
- Explain legal issues affecting international business in writing and orally