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BUSINESS CONTRACT LAW

MONETA, FINANZA E RISK MANAGEMENT

CORSO GENERICO
BUSINESS CONTRACT LAW

CONSULENZA AZIENDALE E LIBERA PROFESSIONE

LIBERA PROFESSIONE
BUSINESS CONTRACT LAW

CONSULENZA AZIENDALE E LIBERA PROFESSIONE

CONTROLLO DI GESTIONE
BUSINESS CONTRACT LAW

CONSULENZA AZIENDALE E LIBERA PROFESSIONE

LIBERA PROFESSIONE
BUSINESS CONTRACT LAW

CONSULENZA AZIENDALE E LIBERA PROFESSIONE

CONTROLLO DI GESTIONE
BUSINESS CONTRACT LAW

MONETA, FINANZA E RISK MANAGEMENT

CORSO GENERICO
BUSINESS CONTRACT LAW

MANAGEMENT

GREEN ECONOMY AND SUSTAINABILITY

Other Courses in the Curriculum

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

Course year: 1

BUSINESS CONTRACT LAW

6 credits - Characterising
FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS

9 credits - Characterising
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

9 credits - Related/Supplementary
BUSINESS HISTORY

9 credits - Characterising
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

9 credits - Characterising
LEADERSHIP AND COMPLEX ORGANIZATIONS

6 credits - Related/Supplementary
BANKING RISK MANAGEMENT
Attendance grouping
12 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
MATHEMATICAL METHODS AND INFORMATICS FOR FINANCE
Attendance grouping
12 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

6 credits - Student's own choice
ADVANCED FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING (CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENT)

9 credits - Student's own choice
AUDITING STANDARD

6 credits - Student's own choice
COMPUTER SCIENCE FOR FINANCE

6 credits - Student's own choice
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND NON-FINANCIAL COMMUNICATION

6 credits - Student's own choice
DATA ANALYSIS FOR BUSINESS AND FINANCE

6 credits - Student's own choice
EU LABOUR LAW

6 credits - Student's own choice
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

9 credits - Student's own choice
HISTORY OF GLOBALIZATION

9 credits - Student's own choice
INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING ISSUES

6 credits - Student's own choice
MARKETING MANAGEMENT

9 credits - Student's own choice
MONEY AND FINANCE

9 credits - Student's own choice
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

6 credits - Student's own choice
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT

6 credits - Student's own choice
RESOURCE AND ENERGY ECONOMICS

9 credits - Student's own choice
RISK MANAGEMENT IN BANKING

6 credits - Student's own choice
SOCIOLOGY OF INNOVATION

6 credits - Student's own choice
STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS DECISIONS

9 credits - Student's own choice
STATISTICS FOR MARKETING

9 credits - Student's own choice
STATISTICS FOR RISK MANAGEMENT

6 credits - Student's own choice
STOCK AND BOND MARKET RISK

9 credits - Student's own choice
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

6 credits - Student's own choice
ADVANCED ACCOUNTING

6 credits - Student's own choice
ASSET MANAGEMENT AND INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS

9 credits - Student's own choice
BANKRUPTCY LAW

6 credits - Student's own choice
BUSINESS ENGLISH

6 credits - Student's own choice
COMMERCIAL LAW

6 credits - Student's own choice
COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT

9 credits - Student's own choice
CORPORATE FINANCE (MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS AND CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING)

6 credits - Student's own choice
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND CONTROL SYSTEMS

9 credits - Student's own choice
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY

9 credits - Student's own choice
CREDIT RISK

6 credits - Student's own choice
CRISIS MANAGEMENT & DEBT RESTRUCTURING

6 credits - Student's own choice
DERIVATIVES AND RISK MANAGEMENT

6 credits - Student's own choice
ECONOMETRICS OF FINANCIAL MARKETS

6 credits - Student's own choice
ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE PROFESSIONS

6 credits - Student's own choice
ECONOMICS OF TAXATION

9 credits - Student's own choice
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS

9 credits - Student's own choice
FINANCIAL CRISIS

6 credits - Student's own choice
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

9 credits - Student's own choice
INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS AND POLICY

6 credits - Student's own choice
LOGISTICS TECHNOLOGIES

9 credits - Student's own choice
MATHEMATICAL METHODS FOR FINANCE

6 credits - Student's own choice
METHODS AND MODELS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

9 credits - Student's own choice
RISK MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL SYSTEM

6 credits - Student's own choice
SERVICE MARKETING

6 credits - Student's own choice
STATISTICS FOR FINANCE

9 credits - Student's own choice
STRATEGY AND STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT CONTROL

9 credits - Student's own choice
TAX LAW

9 credits - Student's own choice

Course year: 2

DEGREE THESIS

16 credits - Language/Final Examination
LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT
Attendance grouping
12 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

6 credits - Characterising
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT FOR BUSINESS

9 credits - Characterising
QUANTITATIVE METHODS FOR ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS

9 credits - Characterising
GREEN LOGISTICS LAB

2 credits
MARKETING-ADVANCED

6 credits - Characterising

BUSINESS CONTRACT LAW

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2018/2019

Academic Year of provision:

2018/2019

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Master's Degree Programme in MANAGEMENT

Disciplinary Sector:

Commercial Law

Language:

English

Grouping type:

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

TRECCANI Matteo Professor

Cycle:

First four months

Hours of classroom activity:

Hours of individual study:

110

None

Educational Goals

The course aims at providing students with basic knowledge, and at the same time with a deeper insight of the main legal topics concerning transnational transactions, international transactions and, in general, internationalization that define the current legal and business environment.
In particular, the course provides basic knowledge for the legal analysis of complex issues in transnational operations and the relevant legal framework for its discipline. For the purpose thereof, particular attention shall be devoted – with a private law approach and with a special focus on contractual relationships – to issues of international contract laws, conflicts of law, EU contract law and international trade law, together with an insight to competition law and international arbitration.
Knowledge and understanding
Knowledge and ability to understand the international legal framework and the national and international sources of law applicable to contracts having an international character. Full knowledge and ability to understand the relevant legal issues concerning main international contracts, including in particular contracts for the international sale of goods.
Applying knowledge and understanding
Ability to analyze and interpret, case analysis, legal qualification and classification of the relationship between economic transactions and the legal system of the sources of the law, legal notions and current trends in the relevant case law.
Making judgements
Ability to analyze and critically review the relevant legal doctrines and case law in order to properly identify, address and solve problems arising from practice of international contracts.
Communication skills
Ability to use a technical legal language in order to properly illustrate the logical and theoretical reasoning that lead to the solution of relevant problems.
Learning skills
Capability of updating and exploit the knowledge background acquired in the Course and to apply it for the purpose of analyzing new laws and legal texts, new case law, doctrine and jurisprudence in order to be capable of constantly update the basic knowledge gained.

Content

The course deals with the main legal issues concerning international contracts, organization and development of business in a cross-border perspective, namely with regard to the legal framework for international trade; to the discipline of main contractual instruments related to international contracts; to model contracts and standards provided by international practice; to certain issues of cross-border business and corporate organisation, and to the main relevant topics thereto, including the discipline of payments, guarantees and dispute resolution.
More in detail, the Course shall focus on the following matters:
- the international contract and its problems: the law(s) applicable to international contracts;
- sources of law(s) applicable to international contracts: the role of international conventions and organizations; projects and models for harmonization of the law of contacts in the international perspective;
- Single contracts: the contract for the international sale of goods under Vienna Convention 1980 – CISG;
- Payments and guarantees: the letter of credit; Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credit – UCP;
- International carriage of goods and the INCOTERMS;
- Consumer protection under EU legislation;
- Contracts and competition under EU legislation;
- Doing business internationally; the problem of the multinational corporation;
- Dispute resolution; forum shopping; international arbitration.

Extended Syllabus

The Course specifically addresses the following topics:
- The international contract;
- The problem of the law(s) applicable to the international contract: sources of law; conflicts of law and private international law;
- Harmonization of law applicable to international contract: international conventions and international law;
- Harmonization of law applicable to international contracts: the role of international organizations;
- EU contract law
- Soft law: model laws and international principles;
- The main international contracts: contracts for the international sale of good in the CISG system;
- International payments and guarantees: the letter of credit;
- Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credit – UCP;
- INCOTERMS and the passage of risk in international carriage of goods;
- B2C conctracts under the EU legislation;
- Contracts and competition;
- Doing business internationally: right of establishment;
- Dispute resolution in the international framework: international arbitration.

Recommended Bibliography

In order to prepare the exam, students shall be requested to use the following texts:
- I. Carr, International Trade Law, fifth edition, London/New York, Routledge, 2014, ISBN 978041565925-4 (or in any case the latest edition available at the beginning of the Course).
The following contents are excluded: Part II, sections 3-4 e alla Part III, sections 5-8-9-10-11-12-13.
In addition to the book, further materials shall be made available to students by way of Moodle platform, together with texts of relevant laws and other sources examined throughout the Course.
In order to prepare the exam, it is strictly forbidden to study on non-university books and texts.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

The Course shall be articulated into class lessons covering the main contents of the program.
During the Course, particular attention shall be devoted to the examination of practical cases, judicial decisions, as well as model contracts and other relevant legal materials, in order to allow students to gain a better understanding of the contents of the Course.
Attendance to the Course from its very beginning until completion is highly recommended in order to provide students with ongoing assistance in the study of the relevant legal sources and of the text, allowing participants to gain a better undestanding of the basic categories and notions of international contracts. Such approach shall enable students not to limit to a mnemonic learning of the program but rather to develop their capability to appreciate connections and interactions among different legal notions.

Assessment Methods

The final exam shall consist, both for attending and non-attending students, in an oral examination aimed at verifying the student’s overall degree of preparation in respect with topics dealt with during the Course.
Evaluation: both the written test and the oral examination are aimed at verifying the degree of knowledge and undestanding of the subject matter by the students; marks are expressed from 18/30 (eighteen out of thirty), (corresponding to the minimum positive evaluation), up to 30/30 (thirty out of thirty) cum laude, (expressing the maximum degree of knowledge of the contents of the Course, as well as accuracy in the language used and capacity to analyze and apply the contents of the Course in order to solve problems).

Assessment:

Final Mark

Programme of Educational Activities

Start date of teaching period:

Monday, September 10, 2018

End date of teaching period:

Friday, December 14, 2018

Other Information

During the Course, students shall have access, through Moodle platform, to cases and materials dealt with in class works, as well as to other useful materials in order to accompany them in the study of the subject matter.