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Courses Handbook 2015

This handbook contains information on courses and components (majors, minors, streams and units) at Curtin in 2015.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2014.

LAWS3001 (v.1) International Commercial Law

Area: Curtin Law School
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
TUITION PATTERNS: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Seminar: 10 x 3 Hours Semester
Equivalent(s): 314300 (v.1) International Commercial Law 300 or any previous version
Prerequisite(s):     Admission into 314308 (v.1) Bachelor of Laws or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into 314314 (v.1) Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Commerce or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into 314331 (v.1) Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Arts or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into B-LAWS (v.1) Bachelor of Laws or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into BB-LAWCOM (v.1) Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Commerce or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into BB-LAWART (v.1) Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Arts or any previous version
AND
    314278 (v.1) Advanced Contract Law 102 or any previous version
    OR
    LAWS1001 (v.1) Advanced Contract Law or any previous version
AND
    314295 (v.1) Public International Law 200 or any previous version
    OR
    LAWS2010 (v.1) Public International Law or any previous version
UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS: The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Syllabus: This unit discusses the international sale of goods under both domestic law and international instruments including the Incoterms Rules and the Convention on Contracts for the International Sales of Goods (CISG), the international carriage of goods by sea, air and land, payment in international trade, the use of letters of credit under UCP 600, and marine and aviation Insurance. The unit also examines the history and structures of the World Trade Organization (WTO), including GATT, GATS and TRIPS, and WTO Trade Law Fundamentals, including Tariffs, Quotas and Non-discrimination, Subsidies, Countervailing Duties, Dumping & Dispute Settlement. Finally, the role of the WTO in matters such as development, human rights, the environment and food security is discussed.
Field of Education: 090999 Law not elsewhere classified
Result Type: Grade/Mark


Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2015 Bentley Campus Study Period 7 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External


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