LAWS20055  International Contracts & Business Transactions

This course focuses on the fundamentals of international business transactions for business executives involved in international and cross-border dealings. It highlights the complexity of such transactions and how they differ from domestic transactions. Issues which are explored: the complexity of international business dealings; legal issues involved in electronic commerce; various types and key features of international business contracts; basic contract law underlying an international contract; the three stages of an international contract - entering into, performing, and disputing a contract; analysis of draft international business contracts; the formation of international joint ventures, and the law regarding these in various Asian countries. A useful course to complement this one is LAWS20038   International Business Law.