Course: International Law

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Course title International Law
Course code KFÚ/MEP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Poláček Bohumil, doc. JUDr. Ing. Ph.D., MBA, LLM
Course content
Lectures (topics): 1. International law: concept, sources, relationship to national law 2. Entities of international law. 3. International organisation. 4. World Trade Organization. 5. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. 6. Private international law: concept, sources, international element, methods of legal regulation. 7. Collision method: concept, sources, conflict rule, boundary determinant, applicable law, public policy. 8. Factual rights. Liability law. Rome Convention, Rome I and II Regulations 9. United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods: concept, subject matter, conditions of use, concluding, acquisition of property. 10. The UN Vienna Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods: Seller's obligations, risk transfer, liability for defects, buyer's rights. 11. United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods: Buyer's Obligations, Seller's Rights, Liability for Damage. 12. International carriage of goods. International payments. Incoterms. 13. Procedural law: concept, sources, international element, jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, Lugano Convention, Brussels I Regulation, Brussels I bis. 14. Arbitration: concept, sources, arbitration agreement, arbitration award, recognition and performance of foreign arbitral tribunals.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing), Self-study (text study, reading, problematic tasks, practical tasks, experiments, research, written assignments)
  • Preparation for exam - 40 hours per semester
  • Class attendance - 28 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Students will become familiar with valid legal regulations in the area of international law. It introduces international public law, international private law, international trade law, sources of international law, European private international law.
Students obtain knowledge in given course in accordance with requirements and course programme. Students will gain competence to apply knowledge from this course in practice, in bachelor thesis, in master thesis.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

Oral exam.
Recommended literature
  • KUČERA, Z., PAUKNEROVÁ, M., PFEIFFER, M., RŮŽIČKA, K., VYBÍRAL, P. Mezinárodní právo soukromé. Plzeň, 2022. ISBN 978-80-7380-889-1.
  • ONDŘEJ, J. Mezinárodní právo veřejné, soukromé, obchodní. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2012.
  • POLÁČEK, B. Právo mezinárodního obchodu. Praha, 2017. ISBN 978-80-7552-770-7.
  • ŠTURMA, P., ČEPELKA, Č. Mezinárodní právo veřejné. Praha, 2018. ISBN 978-80-7400-721-7.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Economics Study plan (Version): Economics and Management of International Trade (2013) Category: Economy 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer