Not available in 2020/21
LL4AM Half Unit
International Business Transactions: Advanced Procedure and Tactics
This information is for the 2020/21 session.
Teacher responsible
Prof Trevor Hartley, NAB 7.24
Availability
This course is available on the LLM (extended part-time), LLM (full-time) and University of Pennsylvania Law School LLM Visiting Students. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.
Specialism International business law.
This course is capped at 30 students. Students must apply through Graduate Course Choice on LSEforYou.
Pre-requisites
Students must have completed International Business Transactions: Commercial Litigation (LL4AL).
Students must have taken LL4AL International Business Transactions: Commercial Litigation or obtained equivalent knowledge elsewhere. Knowledge of conflict of laws (private international law) would be useful but is not essential. Non-LLM students must have a full law degree (a degree which fulfils the degree requirement for becoming a lawyer in your country).
A good general understanding of commercial law is essential.
Course content
Litigation resulting from international business transactions. The following topics will be studied from the point of view of European Union law, English law, Canadian law and US law: choice-of-court agreements; forum non conveniens and lis pendens; antisuit injunctions; freezing orders; arbitration and the Brussels Regulation; obtaining evidence abroad; recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments.
Teaching
20 hours of seminars in the LT. 2 hours of seminars in the ST.
There will be a reading week in Week 6 of LT.
Formative coursework
All students are expected to produce one 2,000 word formative essay during the course.
Indicative reading
Core textbook: Trevor C Hartley, International Commercial Litigation (Cambridge University Press, 3rd edn, 2020) (specified chapters only). For reference: Trevor C Hartley, Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments in Europe (Oxford University Press, 2017). Further reading: Born (Gary B) and Rutledge (Peter B), International Civil Litigation in United States Courts: Commentary and Materials (Wolters Kluwer, Austin, Boston, Chicago, New York, the Netherlands, 6th edn, 2018); Fentiman (Richard), International Commercial Litigation (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2nd edn. 2015); Hartley, “Jurisdiction in Conflict of Laws – Disclosure, Third-Party Debt and Freezing Orders” (2010) 126 LQR 194
Assessment
Exam (100%, duration: 2 hours, reading time: 15 minutes) in the summer exam period.
Important information in response to COVID-19
Please note that during 2020/21 academic year some variation to teaching and learning activities may be required to respond to changes in public health advice and/or to account for the situation of students in attendance on campus and those studying online during the early part of the academic year. For assessment, this may involve changes to mode of delivery and/or the format or weighting of assessments. Changes will only be made if required and students will be notified about any changes to teaching or assessment plans at the earliest opportunity.
Key facts
Department: Law
Total students 2019/20: 18
Average class size 2019/20: 18
Controlled access 2019/20: Yes
Value: Half Unit
