29251 - International Contract Law

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course students will achieve knowledge of legal means concerning contracts in global markets, especially with regard to: - international, ultranational and transnational sources of law; - arbitral praxis regulating economical exchanges.

Students will be able to work professionally in the sector of international commerce, international business operations and activities, international entities, including no-profit organizations.

Course contents

Course is divided into three sections.

First section aims to illustrate international contracts sources: the new "lex mercatoria", Unidroit principles; international treaties (including EU Treaties), international conventions (including the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, CISG), international private law, national law.

Second part is based on construction, interpretation and resolution of international and transnational contracts.

Third section is focused on specific international or transnational contracts and on the main differences between these ones and the national ones. Students will study different types and models of contract (including: factoring, franchising, leasing, and so on, but also ecommerce and electronic contracts).

Readings/Bibliography

1. F. GALGANO - F. MARRELLA, Diritto del commercio internazionale, Cedam, Padova, last ed., 2011 (excluding: Part I, Chapter 1; Part II, Chapter 11; Part III).

2. Attending students who analyse and illustrate, with an oral presentation in class, a specific topic concerning international contracts, selected by the teacher, may exclude also Part II, Chapters from 3 to 11, of the above-mentioned textbook.

Teaching methods

Traditional lectures, electronic devices and tools, seminars on specific topics.

Assessment methods

The final exam consists of an oral test.

Attending students who analyse specific topics with a presentation during the course, will be also evaluated during the oral exposition in class.

Teaching tools

Cases of law (i.e.: EU Court of Justice's judgments); models of contracts; others teaching materials.

Office hours

See the website of Nadia Zorzi