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International Contract and Competition Law

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
International Contract and Competition Law
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
International Business, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2008
Module code: BAIBA-420
SAP-Submodule-No.:
The exam administration creates a SAP-Submodule-No for every exam type in every module. The SAP-Submodule-No is equal for the same module in different study programs.
P420-0483
Hours per semester week / Teaching method:
The count of hours per week is a combination of lecture (V for German Vorlesung), exercise (U for Übung), practice (P) oder project (PA). For example a course of the form 2V+2U has 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of exercise per week.
4V (4 hours per week)
ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
6
Semester: 4
Mandatory course: yes
Language of instruction:
English/French
Assessment:
Written exam

[updated 30.07.2021]
Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

BAIBA-420 (P420-0483) International Business, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2008 , semester 4, mandatory course
Workload:
Workload of student for successfully completing the course. Each ECTS credit represents 30 working hours. These are the combined effort of face-to-face time, post-processing the subject of the lecture, exercises and preparation for the exam.

The total workload is distributed on the semester (01.04.-30.09. during the summer term, 01.10.-31.03. during the winter term).
60 class hours (= 45 clock hours) over a 15-week period.
The total student study time is 180 hours (equivalent to 6 ECTS credits).
There are therefore 135 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
BAIBA-130 Fundamentals of Law
BAIBA-230 Business Law


[updated 15.02.2011]
Recommended as prerequisite for:
Module coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Sybille Neumann
Lecturer:
Prof. Dr. Holger Buck
Prof. Dr. Sybille Neumann


[updated 15.02.2011]
Learning outcomes:
This two-part lecture highlights the international legal framework and regulations that are important for business.
 
In the field of international contract law, we will discuss questions pertaining to international jurisdiction, applicable law and legal harmonization or the standardization of laws. In the field of international competition law, we will focus on international and European intellectual property law, competition conflict law and antitrust law.
 
After successfully completing this course, students will be able to deal with the advancing internationalization/Europeanization of law. They will be able to identify the most important international laws. They will be familiar with important international contracts and how to negotiate and draft international agreements. They will be familiar with the basic principles and the limits of cross-border activities. And they will be familiar with English and French legal terminology.
 
 


[updated 11.10.2021]
Module content:
A. International contract law (in English or French)
- Inhomogeneity, legal sources, legal nature and elements of private international law
 
- The UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG)
- Private international law
- Judicial enforcement of claims , as well as the avoidance and settlement of disputes
 
- Negotiating international contracts
- Rome I Regulation, EuGVVO, CISG and other important contracts of international private law
 
 
B. International competition law (in English)
- International agreements on industrial property rights
- Community trademark and international trademark registration
- Competition law


[updated 11.10.2021]
Teaching methods/Media:
Lecture, group work, exercises based on selected cases and contracts

[updated 20.03.2010]
Recommended or required reading:
International contract law:
- Schlechtriem, P. / Butler, P., UN Law on International Sales, Berlin (Springer) 2008.
 
- Gutmann, Droit international privé, Dalloz (2009)
- Gildeggen, R./Willburger, A., Internationale Handelsgeschäfte, 3. Auflage, München (Vahlen) 2010.
 
- Rauscher, Th., Internationales Privatrecht, 3. Auflage, Heidelberg (C.F. Müller), 2009.
 
 
International competition law:
- Popp, E., Trademark Protection in Germany and Europe, in: Wendler, M, u.a., Key Aspects of German Business Law, Berlin (Springer), 2006
 
- Alison Jones/Brenda Sufrin, EC Competition Law, 3rd ed., Oxford (Oxford University Press), 2008.
  
- Annand, Blackstone"s Guide to the Community Trade Mark, Oxford (Oxford University Press) 1998.


[updated 11.10.2021]
 
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