Learning outcomes of the curricular unit (knowledge, skills and competences to be developed by the students)
Know and understand the rules that frame international trade, through current European and international diplomas and international commercial contracts, fundamental instruments in the context of transnational business.
To provide students, in a time of economic globalization, with a set of knowledge and skills that allow them to analyze, from a legal perspective, international trade and act in it.
Syllabus
1. International contracts in general
1.1. Notion, specificities and general principles
1.2. The formation of international commercial contracts
1.3. Types of contracts
1.4. Typical clauses in international commercial contracts
1.5. Regime applicable to contractual obligations
1.5.1. The Rome I Regulation of 2008
2. The international purchase and sale of goods in particular
2.1. The 1980 Vienna Convention
2.2. The Incoterms
3. Dispute resolution
3.1. Transnational arbitration
Demonstration of the syllabus coherence with the curricular unit's learning objectives
The legal regime of international commercial contracts in general, as well as the regime of the international purchase and sale of goods, the most important and frequent of those contracts, allow us to know and understand the fundamental aspects of the legal regulation of international trade, including the resolution of disputes.
Teaching methodologies (including evaluation)
Teaching Method: classes are theoretical-practical, with the exposition of content, study and analysis of contracts and normative instruments, as well as debate on the themes of the work carried out.
Assessment: the continuous assessment method is adopted, which includes:
a) completion of two works on topics to be proposed by the teacher (30%)
b) completion of a written knowledge assessment test (70%)
Note: A grade below 8 points, in any of the assessment elements, makes it impossible to waive the final exam. Obtaining 8 or 9 points in the written part of the final exam allows you to take an oral part.
Demonstration of the coherence between the teaching methodologies and the learning outcomes
The study and reflection on regulations and doctrinal texts within the scope of the legal regulation of international trade, the formulation of questions and the resolution of practical cases, as well as the analysis of international contracts promote "knowing how to think and know how to do".
Bibliography (Mandatory resources)
Carr, Indira; Stone, Peter (2017). International Trade Law.6th Edition. London: Routledge
Correia Rui Tavares (2019).Commercial Contracts. Vila Nova de Famalicão: New Cause
Pinheiro, L. de Lima (2022). Arbitration Law Studies. Lisbon: AAFDL Editora
