LAW52730: International Sales Law

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• to provide an advanced and comparative study of law and policies relating to international sale of goods transactions, with the focus on the Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods and the Sale of Goods Act 1979 (UK).

• history of the law on international sales and the evolution of legal policies relating to it;
• the commercial structure of an international sales transaction (to include principles regarding shipping and payment in international transactions);
• a comparative analysis of the key legal aspects of an international sales transaction, under the Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods and the Sale of Goods Act 1979 (UK);
• emerging issues in international sales transactions, such as the treatment of NFTs and the use of regional treaties.

Subject-specific Knowledge:

• Students will be able to:
• demonstrate a knowledge of the commercial and legal structure of an international sales transaction;
• demonstrate a knowledge of the historical background of the CISG and the SGA 1979, the legal and commercial policies behind them, and their relevance to current issues;
• demonstrate a knowledge of the use of the CISG and SGA 1979 in current commercial practice;
• demonstrate a knowledge of the emerging issues in international sales practice and law.

Subject-specific Skills:

• Students will be able to:
• identify relevant sources for research in relation to the CISG and SGA 1979;
• understand the differences in legal methodology under each;
• employ appropriate methodology and material in researching legal issues under each.

Key Skills:

• Students will be able:
• to undertake independent research;
• to evaulate critically the arguments of others;
• to deal with complex legal meterials and to express a position on the law on a cogent and clear fashion.

• Seminars will be used to impart the fundamentals of the subject.
• Students are expected to engange in extensive guided reading on the subject.
• Assessment will be by summative essay; formative assessment will comprise an essay based on the style of the summative.

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