1. Identify, explain and interpret key concepts and principles of international trade law.

2. Clearly communicate detailed knowledge and understanding of international trade law in relation to hypothetical scenarios, accurately and analytically.

3. Differentiate and critically explain the essential principles and concepts underlying the substantive rules of international trade law.

4.Apply knowledge of contemporary trade issues to analyse real-life problem scenarios, generate options, select and apply the appropriate legal solutions.

Students will research and deliver a 20 minute presentation on a contemporary issue in international Trade Law. The presentation will be accompanied by at least 5 slides and should include a list of references at the end. This will be followed by ten minutes of questions.

(Assessing Learning Outcomes 1 to 4).

The aim of this module is to provide students with an understanding and application of the key legal principles and rules relating to International Trade Law. This will require an in-depth knowledge of the following:

1.International Commercial Contracts.
- SGA 1979 and CISG
- INCOTERMS
- UNIDROIT Principles

2. Carriage of Goods in International Trade
- Contract of Carriage
- Bill of Lading
- Hague/Visby, Rotterdam and Hamburg Rules

3. Methods of Financing
- Letters of Credit and other payment methods, UCP 600
- The Doctrine of Strict Compliance and recent trends
- The Independent rule and the Fraud Exception

4.The World Trade Organization
- WTO and Its agreements
- Anti-Dumping
- Countervailing and Safeguard

The aim of this module is to provide students with an understanding of the main issues relating to the running

of a business that engages in international trade. Where appropriate the module will consider legal concepts both within the domestic and international sphere to enable an exploration of transnational commercial issues. The focus of the subject is International Commercial Contracts, Carriage of Goods, Methods of Financing and the World Trade Organization. This module also aims at providing students with an in-depth understanding of the relevant Trade law conventions and international instruments. Hence, the students will gain a critical understanding of the fundamental legal principles which apply to trade matters in a business context at the completion of the course. This is revolving mainly around the issues and legal principles related to international trade and will assist the students in the furtherance of their knowledge and critical thinking abilities of the subject matter in a business context.

The learning strategy for this module is based around students committing a total of 200 hours of activities towards achieving the learning outcomes. These will be split between 39 hours of direct contact with a tutor and 161 hours of directed, guided and self-study, together with preparation for the assessment. Students are encouraged to spend 6-8 hours per week on reading, preparation for workshops, and consolidation of learning. This 20-credit module will be delivered through 9 interactive lectures and 3 seminars, each of 3 hours duration. Three 3-hour seminars will be held on the 4th, 8th and 12th week for a total of 9 seminar hours.

Lectures will focus on International Commercial Contracts, Carriage of Goods in International Trade, Methods of Financing and the World Trade Organization. In the seminars, students will have opportunity to explore different areas of trade laws with application to real life scenarios.

The emphasis of the module will be to have relevance to the legal practitioner and enable carefully considered decisions to be made for their clients.

Students will be required to participate in a range of learning opportunities which promote construction of knowledge through problem-based learning. Examples of activities include group discussions, oral and written submissions relating to the application of relevant legal provisions. By challenging students to engage in legal analysis on trade related matters, students will be prepared to expand their ability to critically analyse the existing laws. The assessment strategy will reinforce this by reflecting the multiple possible outcomes when addressing existing issues in International Trade Law.

The module handbook and the Learning Management System will specify the materials to be read prior to attending classes.

- Murray C, Holloway D and Timson-Hunt D, Schmitthoff's The Law and Practice of International Trade (12th edn, Sweet & Maxwell 2012)
- Carr I, Stone P, International Trade Law (6th edn, Routledge 2017)
- Girvin S, Carriage of Goods by Sea (3rd edn, OUP 2022)

Legal databases:
- Westlaw and Staffordshire University online library

E-repositories:
- WTO Publications: WTO | Publications
- UNCITRAL publications: UNCITRAL Publications | United Nations Commission On International Trade Law

International Conventions and Instruments:
- International Chamber of Commerce.
- United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
- The¿United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods¿(CISG)
- The International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)