2011-2012
Information given by the law school: http://onderwijsaanbod.kuleuven.be/syllabi/e/C08B3AE.htm
Course included in the following programs:
- Master of laws (LLM)
- Master in de economie, het recht en de bedrijfskunde
- Master in de rechten
- Study Abroad programme in European Culture and Society
Classes
Fall 2011 - Classes on Wednesday (sometimes 11 a.m. - 13, sometimes 9 a.m. - 13 a.m.) - in MTC 00.03
1. 28 sep 11-13: Sources and players
2. 5 oct 9-11: international private law (conflicts of law)
3. 5 oct 11-13: WTO law 1
4. 12 oct 11-13: WTO law 2
5. 19 oct 9-11: Sales 1
6. 19 oct 11-13: Sales 2
7. 26 oct 11-13: General contract law
8. 9 nov 11-13: Distribution
9. 16 nov 9-11: technology 1
10. 16 nov 11-13: technology 2 + investments
11. 23 nov 11-13: financing 1
12. 30 nov 9-11: financing 2
13. 30 nov 11-13: financing 3 / payments 1
14. 7 dec 11-13: payments 2
15. 14 dec 9-11: procedure 1
16. 14 dec 11-13: procedure 2
17. 21 dec 11-13: arbitration
Materials
are posted at http://www.storme.be/IBLmaterials.html
Basic table of contents
PART I. GENERAL FRAMEWORK
* Topic 1. Sources and players in international law
* Topic 2. International private law
* Topic 3. Rules of the game - GATT/WTO
PART II. TRANSACTIONS
* Topic 4. International sales
* Topic 5. General contract law - UPICC
* Topic 6. Distribution agreements
* Topic 7. Intellectual property and transfer of technology
* Topic 8. Protection of investments
* Topic 9a. International financing and credit security
* Topic 9b. Aspects of property law and proprietary security
* Topic 10. International payments
PART III LITIGATION
* Topic 11. International procedure and insolvency
* Topic 12. International commercial arbitration
Exam
Written exam January 2012; open questions; use of official sources allowed.
Explanation:
- allowed: legislation (national, european, treaties, etc.) incl. soft law (Unidroit principles, UPC, URDG, Incoterms etc.), case law, Opinions CISG AC.
In all languages (provided the text can be recognised as a text of such nature)
- allowed: translation dictionaries
- not allowed: other materials, including slides, handbook, personal notes, etc.
Exam questions - examples
Question 1.
What is the role of "good faith (and fair dealing)" in CISG and in the Unidroit PICC?
Question 2.
What would the introduction of a "Community patent" change in comparison with the actual situation in Europe regarding patents?
Question 3.
Art. 5 of the UCP for documentary credits states "Banks deal with documents, not with goods". Art. 4 UCP deals with the distinction "credits v. contracts".
- Explain what this means. Include an explanation of the different legal relationships involved (you may restrict this to a simple case with only 1 bank involved).
- Which law is applicable to each of these relationships?