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QL5502: INTERNATIONAL SALE OF GOODS (2024-2025)

Last modified: 23 Jul 2024 11:02


Course Overview

This course focuses on the difficulties which can arise when the buyer and seller of goods are located in different legal systems: we examine the sources of International Trade Law and the legal issues arising for buyer and seller in an international sale of goods transaction. We consider how to minimise or avoid these difficulties in the following contexts: the Sale of Goods Act 1979 and the CISG; Incoterms and bills of lading; International Documentary Letters of Credit; dispute resolution by litigation and arbitration.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term Second Term Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus Offshore Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Ms Nevena Jevremovic

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Master Of Laws In International Commercial Law (Qatar Campus)
  • Any Postgraduate Programme

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

The course will consist of the following topics:

  1. The sources of International Trade Law and the legal issues arising for buyer and seller in an international sale of goods transaction,
  2. The Sale of Goods Act 1979 (as amended) and the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG),
  3. Trade Terms / Incoterms and documentary sales,
  4. International Documentary Letters of Credit,
  5. International Guarantees,
  6. International Commercial Dispute Resolution in the Sale of Goods context.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Oral Exam

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 50
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Feedback on oral exam to be provided in writing within three weeks.
Learning Outcomes
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Tutorial/Seminar Participation

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 10
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Students will be able to seek further feedback from course coordinator.
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Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 40
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Feedback on written work to be provided in writing within standard three weeks.

 Word Count 2000
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Formative Assessment

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Course Learning Outcomes

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